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...disappointments, new adventures, new cities, new lifestyles and new challenges. And brand-spanking-new jobs. But don't call it a boom--yet. Call it a job thaw. Even as the first blasts of winter are whipping across much of the U.S., the economy's red-hot third-quarter performance seems to be loosening jobs from the cold clutches of corporate managers...
...past two years, this thirtysomething has been juggling as many as six free-lance projects at a time while taking on survival jobs like handing out Pepsi samples in Wal-Mart. "I'm barely scraping by," says Nieva-Woodgate, who commanded a six-figure salary during the tech boom. And, she adds, if landing free-lance work sounds tough, try getting paid for it: "You're such a small fry, companies pay you whenever the hell they feel like...
...software makers and factories creep cautiously out of this recession. Texas Health Resources is barreling full speed into a boom. Demand for health care is expected to be so strong that over the next 10 years, this group of 13 hospitals dotting the cities and suburbs of north Texas will hire 2,000 people as part of a $1.5 billion expansion...
...everyone who wants to take advantage of the health-care boom needs medical training. For potential job switchers there is some good news: demand in hospitals for nontechnical positions like billing and information technology will be strong over the next few years, with vacancy rates from 5% to 10%. And laid-off middle managers could transfer their experience to health care; hospitals will need 123,000 more managers by 2010, a 32% increase in their ranks from 2001. Many entry-level jobs in health care also provide on-the-job training...
...China's first treaty ports - the centers for international trade set up by Europeans in the aftermath of the Opium War in 1842. Xiamen's sleepy Gulangyu Island is an enclave of vine-covered colonial buildings and winding alleyways. The newer parts of the city attest to the commercial boom that resulted from China's more recent forays into international trade. Seafood is plentiful at the cafés strung along the sun-drenched beach. DUNHUANG Set amid dramatic white sand dunes in the northwestern province of Gansu, Dunhuang was once one of the main stops along the Silk Road...