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...same time, more employees are asking their firms to tweak the terms of their parting pay - a shot to get more as they head for the door. "The packages are smaller than they have been, and that makes the need to negotiate more critical," says employment lawyer Robin Bond, "especially since you don't know how long it's going to be until your next...
...Robin Bell, a museum exhibit designer who built her retirement home on the plains less than half a mile from one of the proposed plants, started the Carrisa Alliance for Responsible Energy to combat the projects. Says Bell: "I personally feel strongly that all of these rules and regulations are in place for a reason and, in the name of being green, these power companies are exploiting them and taking all kinds of liberties with the environment." She says she prefers distributed solar power (by way of roof panels on individual homes) rather than via sprawling power plants and believes...
...career counsel in July, the Office of Career Services may not be the place to go. Amid sweeping budget cuts across the University, OCS is considering the option of slicing operation costs by cutting one-on-one advising for the month of July, according to Interim Director Robin E. Mount. In early April, the University will assess the expected figures for next year’s budget based on the number of eligible staffers that have accepted the retirement incentive package. Eligible employees are those over 55 years of age who will have worked at the University...
...number of on-campus recruiters at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences fell by nearly 20 percent this spring, leading to an ever-more competitive job market and the diversification of students’ career choices outside of the finance and consulting sectors. According to Robin E. Mount, interim director of the Office of Career Services, recruiting at Harvard College fell 10 percent in the fall of 2008 and 19 percent this spring. Six thousand eRecruiting interviews were held on campus this year, she said. “The economy’s sinking, and we weren?...
...they want him so badly." - Jorge Chabat, a Mexico City expert on law enforcement, on the government's inability to catch him despite the arrests of 18 cartel leaders since 2001 (Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2005) "People see Chapo Guzman as the social bandit, as a Robin Hood. He fixes up the towns and puts lights in the cemetery. He is part of Sinaloan folklore." - Victor Hugo Aguilar, a professor at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, on Guzman's influence over the region's people and culture (Chicago Tribune, July...