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...know who's hiring so you don't waste valuable searching time. For summer work, any business with rapid employee turnover is a good bet. Chain pharmacies, convenience stores and fast-food outlets all turn their employees at a rate of 150-300% a year, says SnagAJob CEO Shawn Boyer. Call centers and telemarketers also churn through their staffs quickly. If you can travel to find work, it may help to know that job growth is greatest in New Mexico, Nevada and Hawaii (as if you needed any more prodding to head for the beach...
...Sign on for the third shift. For college students who rarely sleep anyway, adjusting your clock to work through the night may not be all that difficult (but see story on page 73 for the possible health implications). According to Boyer, manufacturers, convenience stores, gas stations and "big-box retailers" that stay open 24/7, such as some Rite-Aids and Home Depots, are constantly searching for late-night help. The bonus: salaries are typically 20% higher than those for 9-to-5 work...
...first successful genetic-engineering experiment, Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer insert a gene from an African clawed toad into bacterial...
...Boyer and Robert Swanson found Genentech, the world's first genetic-engineering company...
Weary of airport hassles and delays--not to mention time-wasting traffic jams--many executives like King are taking the throttle in their hands and learning to fly themselves from appointment to appointment. Student starts are at their highest level since 1993, says Phil Boyer, 61, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that the number of new student pilots flying single-engine planes rose 6% this year through Nov. 2, compared with the same period last year, to a total of 58,747. While no one tracks the number of executives...