Employment Expertise at Michigan Works prompts career exploration
December marks Career Exploration and Awareness Month as West Michigan Works urges students and job seekers to start with a career expert. Conversations plus assessments like the JOF1 help map cognitive skills, interests, and personality to a satisfying path, while staff offer resume help, workshops, training connections, and employer links.
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Deb Powell
West Michigan Works
Michigan Works
Kim Heenan
Powell
Westmiworks
Qatar Airways grounds Airbus A350 amid fuselage paint issue
Qatar Airways grounded its Airbus A350s over a significant condition described as degradation beneath the fuselage paint. The carrier urged Airbus to perform a thorough root-cause investigation before agreeing on any repair, noting the impact on overall aircraft safety and operations while continuing discussions with Airbus.
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Airbus
Qatar Airways
Toulouse
Singapore Airlines
America
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta
Akbar al-Baker
PepsiCo Foundation expands Food For Good to fight global hunger
PepsiCo Foundation pledges 100 million dollars by 2030 to expand food security and sustainable farming with WFP. The effort, led by Silvia Cruz-Vargas, centers on three pillars access to food water and economic opportunity. Be a Champion's Bargainer notes Food For Good helped his Houston area nonprofit grow meals and seeks global expansion.
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Banner
PepsiCo Foundation
United Nations World Food Programme
Middle East
North Africa
PepsiCo
United States
Silvia Cruz-Vargas
Foundation
America
Cruz-Vargas
North America
Food For Good
Houston
Be A Champion
A Champion
Texas
Barganier
Rio Grande Valley
Why a 401k to IRA rollover could be a mistake
A cautious look at rolling a workplace retirement into an IRA. The article weighs costs, access, fiduciary duties, creditor protection, and alternatives like leaving the plan or transferring to a new employer. It notes that more investment choices are not always better and highlights key age and penalty rules. Bruce comments underscore the gravity of the decision for most people.
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Investment Company Institute
Bruce
Dutch Gristmills and Brickworks Shape New Groningen History
Vander Veen recounts New Groningen’s hunger for industry and resilience. Kolvoord starts the era with a furniture factory alongside a gristmill in 1849, while De Roo and Robbers fail due to water, steam, or grain limits. Rabbers builds a school that burns then a bridge collapses in 1853. Veneklasens shift brick operations for clay, their works lasting to 1923, with Veneklasen Brick’s 1881 school still standing. Rabbers village moves in 1856, then New Groningen rises amid roads and clay. Historical sources and Steve VanderVeen note the enduring legacy.
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Kolvoord
Allegan
Groningen
de Roo
Robbers
Rabbers
Jan
Berend Veneklasen
24Th Street
Country Club Road
Township Highway Commission
Zeeland
Holland
Veneklasens
New Groningen
Robert Swierenga
Michigan
Aleida Johanna Pieters
Jacob van Hinte
America
Steve VanderVeen
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Liz Weston
Nerd Wallet
Zeeland Historical Society
Vander Veen
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