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...groups are taking the opposite tack and aggressively recruiting older workers for jobs that employers have a hard time filling. In 1987, Kelly Services, a leading temporary-help agency based in Troy, Mich., started one such program, called Encore. About 14% of Kelly temps are now 55 or older, vs. 10% five years ago. "We can't find enough of them," says Carl Camden, executive vice president of operations. "They have the experience and work ethic employers want." (Camden is too tactful to add that those employers might not want quite so much experience and work ethic if they...
...uninitiated, is a kind of poetry Olympics in which poets perform their work before a panel of judges randomly chosen from the audience. Each performer is rated on a scale of 0 to 10; the highest cumulative score wins. It is poetry as team sport; Emily Dickinson vs. Langston Hughes on the wrestling mat. It is not for the faint of heart...
...year ago, the Teachers launched six open-end mutual funds, and so far they have been standouts. The Growth Equity fund and the Growth and Income fund are both up 21% since inception last September through last week, vs. an 18.5% gain for the Standard & Poor's 500, Morningstar reports. Ordinarily, I wouldn't write about a fund with less than a year's history. But these are irresistible in their simplicity, low expenses and minimums, proven record on the institutional side and now market-beating numbers on the retail side...
...VS. ORGASMS So men are preoccupied with sex, and women with their bodies, right? Better take note: a tally of articles on sex and fitness in the past four issues of Men's Health and Cosmopolitan suggests otherwise...
...Ruth Whitney, 70, Glamour committed itself to offering young women a perspective beyond the frame of their compact mirrors. In fact, Whitney's mix of personal service and substantial journalism has made Glamour one of the best-read women's magazines in the country, with 2.2 million readers, vs. top-selling Cosmo's 2.7 million. Glamour is the biggest moneymaker for its corporate parent, Conde Nast, and has won a number of National Magazine Awards, including two for general excellence and one for a series on managed care...