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Home Colors Can Help to Sell a House
DigitalJournal.com (press release) - PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 15, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The team at College Works Painting has issued a statement on an article that describes how a house's color can impact its curb appeal when it comes time to sell the property. The piece explains that ...
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Parents’ Savings Plans Fall Short in Face of Rising College Tuitions
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 21, 2013) - College Works Painting has recently responded to an article published by Reuters that highlights the growing challenge parents face with regard to paying for their children's higher education, as the amount ...
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College Works Painting Named One of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Country
WARREN, Mich., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Hundreds of competing companies throughout the country vie for the Best and Brightest designation, but only companies with the highest quality human resources initiatives can be named a National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For. The 2012 winning companies were assessed by an independent research firm, which [...]
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Ambassador Energy Expands Its Sales Force in Southern California
“Finance options for solar PV are getting better all the time,” said Kelly Smith, President of Ambassador Energy. “PACE financing is especially interesting. PACE allows owners of homes and commercial buildings to install solar and defer the costs via their property tax roll. The cost of solar, added to their tax bill, is less than [...]
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College Works Painting Wins Second Talk of the Town Award For Customer Satisfaction
California-based painting contractor, College Works Painting, earns its second consecutive Talk of the Town Award by providing excellent customer service. Achieving the highest customer satisfaction rating of 5 stars for the second straight year, College Works Painting has won its second consecutive CMUS Talk of the Town Customer Satisfaction Award in the Painting Contractors category. [...]
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6 Ways College Students Can Snag Summer Jobs
Identifying and securing a job in this recession is tough for anyone with a 4-yr degree or not, however there is proof that shows teens are among the many people most affected. If a summer season job for yourself or your college scholar is in your to-do list, take into account these ideas to assist [...]
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Internship Program Gives Glendora High Graduate Head Start on Job Market
By Henry Montemayor In a time when the nation’s unemployment rate for recent college graduates has spiked, finding a job straight out of college can be a daunting task. For others, such as Nelson Rony, a first year student at the University of California at Santa Barbra, a chance meeting with a guest speaker in [...]
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Generation: Lost
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The brutal job market brought on by the recession has been hard on everyone, but especially devastating on the youngest members of the labor force. About 60% of recent graduates have not been able to find a full-time job in their chosen profession, according to job placement firm Adecco. And for those [...]
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Congratulations to Illinois for being division of the year!
At the January District Manager training in Park City, Utah, the 2010 Division of the Year honors where awarded to the Great Lakes Division. Co-VPs Taylor Duncan and Tom Ackmann accepted the award on behalf of the division, both clearly acknowledging the award was a team effort by all of their interns and DMs. This [...]
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Recession punishes young workers the most
Posted by Mary Ann Milbourn Young Californians ages 16 to 24 have been hurt more by the recession than any other age group and likely will feel its negative financial impact for years, the California Budget Project reported today. “The Great Recession has been particularly devastating for 16-to-24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school [...]
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College students painting houses
During this recession, college students find a way to pay for rising tuition costs. Juan Lopez, a senior at California State University, Chico, has started his own business painting houses in Tehama and Shasta counties. Lopez is Branch Manager for College Works Painting in the Redding/Red Bluff area. He has recruited students from Butte College [...]
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UC Irvine student awarded business scholarship
UC Irvine junior Marko Tomov, a management minor at The Paul Merage School of Business, garnered a $2,500 Future Business Leader scholarship presented by Newport Beach-based The Waltos Group of Northwestern Mutual and Northwestern Mutual Foundation. An Irvine resident, Tomov (pictured with Shelby Olsen and Kate Eder of The Waltos Group of Northwestern Mutual) received [...]
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