Is your resume too good?
McClatchy Newspapers
2/17/2009, by Kirsten Valle
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Faced with the cruelest job market in years, some unemployed professionals are lowering their standards for the jobs they're seeking _ and even toning down their resumes to avoid seeming overqualified. To try to land interviews, they're mum about master's degrees ...
Schools take part in environmental campaign
McClatchy Newspapers
2/16/2009, by John A. Gavin
The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (MCT) - Educational institutions across the country are participating in a national campaign to save the environment. The initiatives are part of the national Lexus Eco Challenge, co-sponsored by the automobile manufacturer and children's book publisher Scholastic Inc., ...
For some, better a trailer home than no home
McClatchy Newspapers
2/12/2009, by Brad Talbutt
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - It wasn't supposed to work out this way for Dave MacNeill. Three years ago, he was pulling down six figures as a magazine editor in his hometown of Sacramento, Calif. Today he's not even scraping by in Boise.
MacNeill and his family will lose their rental home at the ...
Mandolin proves to be more than just a family heirloom
McClatchy Newspapers
2/12/2009, by Bill Graham
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - For years, an old mandolin that was passed down as a family heirloom held a secret from two sisters. Jody Kennedy had used the aged, wooden instrument as a sentimental fireplace decoration in her Olathe, Kan., home until sister Phyllis Shanline of Manhattan, Kan., ...
They'll have their hearts in it
McClatchy Newspapers
2/11/2009, by Rebecca Young
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - While Valentine's Day causes angst for many grown-ups, it makes the top-five holiday list for most kids. There's a lot of fun to be had: decorating a mailbox for school, delivering Valentines to classmates, checking out the cards and treats in your own mailbox. Plus, ...
Before saying ‘I do,' make couples counseling a to-do
McClatchy Newspapers
2/11/2009, by Louis R. Carlozo
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - It's almost wedding time, and you've attacked that list of to-dos with true go-getter gumption. Centerpieces? Check. Photographer? Check. Caterer? Check. But one more matter calls for serious consideration: premarital counseling.
Premarital huh?
"People take up to 12 ...
Don't worry, kids, Stanford will teach Mom, Dad about Facebook
McClatchy Newspapers
2/11/2009, by Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News (MCT) - Status Update: Mom and Dad want to join Facebook. And, like much else about Silicon Valley parenting, they're enlisting experts to learn how.
A new "Facebook for Parents" course, taught at Stanford University, starts this month and is already full. The four-part ...
A gift to the living: An advance directive ensures final wishes are carried out
McClatchy Newspapers
2/6/2009, by Robyn Shelton
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) - You would have liked my Uncle Eddie. After he died last month, I heard it over and over again: Eddie didn't have an enemy in the world.
He was loving, fun and utterly devoted to his family. My heart was aching as I stood by his hospital bed in early January.
Uncle ...
More find second jobs, start offbeat businesses to pay the bills
McClatchy Newspapers
2/6/2009, by Diana Lambert
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Linda Callaway is a part-time pet detective. Lisa Roby offers Teddy bear stuffing parties to children. Michelle Angell sells used household items on eBay. And Shaun Leeper commutes 70 miles three days a week to a second part-time job. They are among a growing number of ...
Modern board games emphasize cooperation over crushing opponents
McClatchy Newspapers
2/6/2009, by Tim Blangger
The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT) - Quietly, stealthily, board games have undergone subtle and significant changes. The games many baby boomers grew up on, the megalomaniac bankruptcy of Monopoly and the world domination of Risk, are still around _ popular as ever with new generations.
But a ...
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