<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - applicants</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/applicants</link><description>Newsvine - applicants</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 20:34:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:58 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Tennessee police chief uses polygraph test to weed out racist applicants | Fox News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Well it appears that the good people of one town in Tennessee have come to realize that it does no one any good putting racists behind badges.
So here we have this wonderful police chief trying to clean up a department by using the polygraph to try and weed out racists. I like t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239555-tennessee-police-chief-uses-polygraph-test-to-weed-out-racist-applicants-fox-news</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239555-tennessee-police-chief-uses-polygraph-test-to-weed-out-racist-applicants-fox-news</guid><category>test</category><category>out</category><category>tennessee</category><category>police</category><category>to</category><category>chief</category><category>more</category><category>polygraph</category><category>us-news</category><category>racist</category><category>weed</category><category>read</category><category>uses</category><category>applicants</category><category>http-www-foxnews-com-us-2013-03-08-tennessee-police-chief-uses-polygraph-test-to-weed-out-racist-app</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 20:34:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeA4F4851C-D912-0419-24E1-7A55A061E8C7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeA4F4851C-D912-0419-24E1-7A55A061E8C7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The most incredible newspaper apology -- due to conceal-carry info request</title>
<description><![CDATA[`The Cherokee Scout in Murphy N.C. apologized Friday for asking the local sheriff for the names of gun-permit holders and permit applicants. The paper calls its records request &ldquo;a tremendous error in judgment&rdquo; and apologizes to the sheriff for submitting it.' -- jimro&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[EJ Rotert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[EJ Rotert]]></source><link>http://ej-rotert.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17091792-the-most-incredible-newspaper-apology-due-to-conceal-carry-info-request</link><guid>http://ej-rotert.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17091792-the-most-incredible-newspaper-apology-due-to-conceal-carry-info-request</guid><category>editor</category><category>apology</category><category>us-news</category><category>newspaper</category><category>publisher</category><category>permits</category><category>applicants</category><category>conceal-carry</category><category>cherokee-scout</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:28:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ej-rotert57DBC807-1E1B-F958-71DC-DE354E43A18A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="83" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ej-rotert57DBC807-1E1B-F958-71DC-DE354E43A18A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="25" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Correction: Illinois Job Applicants-Facebook story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an Aug. 1 story about a new Illinois law that bars employers from asking for job applicants' social media account passwords, The Associated Press erroneously reported the Illinois Institute of Technology's abbreviated name. The school is known as IIT, not ITT.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13072880-correction-illinois-job-applicants-facebook-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13072880-correction-illinois-job-applicants-facebook-story</guid><category>us</category><category>illinois</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>facebook</category><category>illinois-institute</category><category>applicants</category><category>job-applicants</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2012 19:48:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Red Tape - EXCLUSIVE: 'SNOPA' would ban employers, schools from demanding Facebook passwords</title>
<description><![CDATA[A New York Congressman has introduced federal legislation nicknamed "SNOPA" that would make it illegal for employers and educational institutions to require a potential or current employee, or a potential or current student, to divulge personal online information as part of the h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[trekie70]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[trekie70]]></source><link>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11450071-red-tape-exclusive-snopa-would-ban-employers-schools-from-demanding-facebook-passwords</link><guid>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11450071-red-tape-exclusive-snopa-would-ban-employers-schools-from-demanding-facebook-passwords</guid><category>technology</category><category>privacy</category><category>ban</category><category>social-networking</category><category>passwords</category><category>employers</category><category>applicants</category><category>eliot-engel</category><category>snopa</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:27:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie70AF005ACF-C49D-4FC4-FC85-E0348609DA40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="97" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie70AF005ACF-C49D-4FC4-FC85-E0348609DA40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="97" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mexico cartels, US battle in classified ads</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/12/11156768-mexico-cartels-us-battle-in-classified-ads</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/12/11156768-mexico-cartels-us-battle-in-classified-ads</guid><category>security</category><category>fighting</category><category>cars</category><category>guards</category><category>advertised</category><category>applicants</category><category>cashiers</category><category>housecleaners</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:58:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120412-drug-ads-120a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120412-drug-ads-120a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Smugglers have long advertised work as security guards, housecleaners and cashiers, telling applicants they must drive company cars to the United States. Now the U.S. is fighting back.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Facebook warns employers not to demand passwords</title>
<description><![CDATA[Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying that it's an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10828387-facebook-warns-employers-not-to-demand-passwords</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10828387-facebook-warns-employers-not-to-demand-passwords</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>facebook</category><category>tec</category><category>applicants</category><category>job-applicants</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:16:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Valdes]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Manuel Valdes]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10769754-employers-ask-job-seekers-for-facebook-passwords</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10769754-employers-ask-job-seekers-for-facebook-passwords</guid><category>technology</category><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>facebook</category><category>applicants</category><category>job-applicants</category><category>when-justin-bassett</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:12:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/60645234-46b3-4535-a5ad-20a15e17a69d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/60645234-46b3-4535-a5ad-20a15e17a69d.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Robert Collins of Baltimore poses for a photo Friday, March 16, 2012 at Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore. When Collins returned from a leave of absence from his job as a security guard with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in 2010, he was asked for his Facebook login and password during a reinstatement interview, purportedly so the agency could check for any gang affiliations. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9b4701bb-a371-4fa1-a1e4-81620e2874a7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="345" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9b4701bb-a371-4fa1-a1e4-81620e2874a7.jpg" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Robert Collins of Baltimore poses for a photo Friday, March 16, 2012 at Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore. When Collins returned from a leave of absence from his job as a security guard with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in 2010, he was asked for his Facebook login and password during a reinstatement interview, purportedly so the agency could check for any gang affiliations. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Firms want your passwords</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10590625-firms-want-your-passwords</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10590625-firms-want-your-passwords</guid><category>privacy</category><category>colleges</category><category>students</category><category>facebook</category><category>demanding</category><category>employers</category><category>raising</category><category>applicants</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:20:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Swedish recruiters check jobseekers on the net</title>
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40 percent of recruiters are checking potential employee&rsquo;s social networking pages during the hiring process, a figure which has shot up from last year, according to a recent report.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10398229-swedish-recruiters-check-jobseekers-on-the-net</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10398229-swedish-recruiters-check-jobseekers-on-the-net</guid><category>technology</category><category>sweden</category><category>computers</category><category>hiring</category><category>social-networking</category><category>recruiters</category><category>employers</category><category>job-seekers</category><category>applicants</category><category>internet-searches</category><category>social-lifes</category><category>personal-images</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:48:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>DCF Reports Preliminary Results for Welfare Drug Testing </title>
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Tallahassee, Florida - About two percent of Florida's welfare recipients are testing positive for illegal drugs, according to preliminary figures from the Department of Children and Families.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/24/7466354-dcf-reports-preliminary-results-for-welfare-drug-testing</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/24/7466354-dcf-reports-preliminary-results-for-welfare-drug-testing</guid><category>figures</category><category>florida</category><category>testing</category><category>approved</category><category>law</category><category>requiring</category><category>welfare</category><category>us-news</category><category>legislature</category><category>positive</category><category>illegal-drugs</category><category>applicants</category><category>dcf</category><category>temporary-assistance</category><category>rediepients</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:56:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046763058B9C-AC96-D83F-43CA-A4A94852F94F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="67" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046763058B9C-AC96-D83F-43CA-A4A94852F94F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="67" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>One Way to Help the Jobless </title>
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It is hard to recall a time when it was tougher to find a job. Fully two years after the official end of the recession, unemployment is at 9.2 percent. Job creation has stalled.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7170547-one-way-to-help-the-jobless</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7170547-one-way-to-help-the-jobless</guid><category>business</category><category>jobless</category><category>cvs</category><category>recession</category><category>resumes</category><category>unemployed</category><category>employers</category><category>applicants</category><category>poor-performers</category><category>staffing-agencies</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:41:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>DCF: Positive Drug Test For Parents On Welfare Will Lead To Child Abuse Hotline Referral </title>
<description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE -- Starting next month, Florida's social service agency will refer every welfare applicant who fails a drug test to a child abuse hotline.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6963097-dcf-positive-drug-test-for-parents-on-welfare-will-lead-to-child-abuse-hotline-referral</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6963097-dcf-positive-drug-test-for-parents-on-welfare-will-lead-to-child-abuse-hotline-referral</guid><category>state</category><category>investigation</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>law</category><category>results</category><category>parents</category><category>benefits</category><category>agencies</category><category>fear</category><category>american-civil-liberties-union</category><category>challenge</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>drug-test</category><category>us-news</category><category>aclu</category><category>activists</category><category>will</category><category>constitutionality</category><category>hotline</category><category>child-protection</category><category>used</category><category>refer</category><category>temporary</category><category>deny</category><category>fails</category><category>applicants</category><category>officals</category><category>dcf</category><category>social-service</category><category>remove-children</category><category>cash-assistance</category><category>welfare-applicants</category><category>must-pass</category><category>offer-of-services</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:06:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Over 6000 Gator Hunting Licenses Issued In Florida</title>
<description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE - It's the closest anyone ever will get to Jurassic Park.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/21/6906905-over-6000-gator-hunting-licenses-issued-in-florida</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/21/6906905-over-6000-gator-hunting-licenses-issued-in-florida</guid><category>kill</category><category>gators</category><category>odd-news</category><category>alligator</category><category>hunt</category><category>license</category><category>thousands</category><category>limit</category><category>applicants</category><category>fish-and-wildlife-conservation-commission</category><category>per-person</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:58:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fmaddad04672F6906894.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="201" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fmaddad04672F6906894.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bills To Allow Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients Advance Through The State House</title>
<description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - New applicants for temporary welfare assistance would have to dig into their own pockets to pay for drug tests that can cost $35 or more under bills advancing in the Florida House and Senate and backed by Gov. Rick Scott.
 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/15/6475475-bills-to-allow-drug-testing-of-welfare-recipients-advance-through-the-state-house</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/15/6475475-bills-to-allow-drug-testing-of-welfare-recipients-advance-through-the-state-house</guid><category>governor</category><category>senate</category><category>florida</category><category>court</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>republicans</category><category>welfare</category><category>challenge</category><category>drug-test</category><category>protection</category><category>unfair</category><category>privacy-rights</category><category>unconstitutional</category><category>appeals-court</category><category>temporary</category><category>submit</category><category>applicants</category><category>domocrats</category><category>pay-for</category><category>violates</category><category>party-line-vote</category><category>rick-scott</category><category>assistamce</category><category>bills-laws-advancing</category><category>sb-556</category><category>hb-353</category><category>fedeal</category><category>unwarranted-searches</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:31:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Your Career: Help wanted (except for you)</title>
<description><![CDATA[There are roughly five applicants for every job opening these days, and that means employers can be picky if they want. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eve Tahmincioglu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eve Tahmincioglu]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/28/6151318-your-career-help-wanted-except-for-you</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/28/6151318-your-career-help-wanted-except-for-you</guid><category>job</category><category>health</category><category>hiring</category><category>careers</category><category>employers</category><category>seekers</category><category>applicants</category><category>maltby</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>pre-employment</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:46:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/tz-biz-110227-yc-250p-4x3.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="108" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/tz-biz-110227-yc-250p-4x3.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="108" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK - MARCH 30:  A man smokes a cigarette March 30, 2009 in New York City. On April 1 a new federal excise tax on tobacco will officially commence, driving the per-pack tax from 39 cents to $1.01.The tax will affect all tobacco products, including cigars and pipes, and the money earned will be used to expand health coverage for low-income children.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Study Finds Family Connections Give Big Advantage in College Admissions</title>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study of admissions at 30 highly selective colleges found that legacy applicants get a big advantage over those with no family connections to the institution — but the benefit is far greater for those with a parent who earned an undergraduate degree at the college than f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[henry1966]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[henry1966]]></source><link>http://hvdk.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/09/5797810-study-finds-family-connections-give-big-advantage-in-college-admissions</link><guid>http://hvdk.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/09/5797810-study-finds-family-connections-give-big-advantage-in-college-admissions</guid><category>universities</category><category>education</category><category>colleges</category><category>students</category><category>admissions</category><category>advantage</category><category>applicants</category><category>family-connections</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:10:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>School leaders astonished at number of job applicants - Nearly 750 applications came in for seven jobs</title>
<description><![CDATA[ It is no secret jobs are hard to come by right now and in the Chardon Local School District, they might just have the job applications to prove it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></source><link>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/04/4816068-school-leaders-astonished-at-number-of-job-applicants-nearly-750-applications-came-in-for-seven-jobs</link><guid>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/04/4816068-school-leaders-astonished-at-number-of-job-applicants-nearly-750-applications-came-in-for-seven-jobs</guid><category>recovery</category><category>unemployment</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>economic-boom</category><category>applicants</category><category>good-times</category><category>under-employment</category><category>oblessness</category><category>superintendent-bergant</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Aug 2010 21:27:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cabela's: Nearly 1,000 apply for 40 jobs at Glendale store  - The early birds arrived by at least 5:30 this morning  </title>
<description><![CDATA[By 6, a crowd of about 150 job applicants were in line, a full hour before Cabela's opened its doors for on-the-spot interviews.

Every minute throughout the early morning hour more job seekers arrived.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></source><link>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/17/4699564-cabelas-nearly-1000-apply-for-40-jobs-at-glendale-store-the-early-birds-arrived-by-at-least-530-this-morning</link><guid>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/17/4699564-cabelas-nearly-1000-apply-for-40-jobs-at-glendale-store-the-early-birds-arrived-by-at-least-530-this-morning</guid><category>unemployment</category><category>us-news</category><category>applicants</category><category>joblessness</category><category>under-employment</category><category>cabelas-glendale-store</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:42:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Delta Air Expects 65,000 Applicants for 1,000 Jobs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's largest carrier, said it anticipates getting about 65,000 applications for its 1,000 airport job openings as millions of Americans continue to look for work.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></source><link>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/17/4699557-delta-air-expects-65000-applicants-for-1000-jobs</link><guid>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/17/4699557-delta-air-expects-65000-applicants-for-1000-jobs</guid><category>unemployment</category><category>us-news</category><category>delta-airlines</category><category>applicants</category><category>joblessness</category><category>underemployment</category><category>airport-job-openings</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:39:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hundreds of job applicants for supermarket jobs - after firing 300 illegal aliens - and giving them a parting gift of a $250 grocery card</title>
<description><![CDATA[Job hunters turned out in the hundreds to fill recently-vacant positions at Pro's Ranch Market stores, where a federal audit led to the firing of some 300 workers]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></source><link>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/23/4196501-hundreds-of-job-applicants-for-supermarket-jobs-after-firing-300-illegal-aliens-and-giving-them-a-parting-gift-of-a-250-grocery-card</link><guid>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/23/4196501-hundreds-of-job-applicants-for-supermarket-jobs-after-firing-300-illegal-aliens-and-giving-them-a-parting-gift-of-a-250-grocery-card</guid><category>border-patrol</category><category>illegal-immigrants</category><category>jobless</category><category>us-news</category><category>ice</category><category>illegal-aliens</category><category>illegal-immigration</category><category>unemployed</category><category>applicants</category><category>ranch-markets</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:16:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hotel flooded with 8,000 and 10,000 applicants for 250 openings</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the past two weeks, the luxury Midtown hotel has received between 8,000 and 10,000 applications.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[april-1023405]]></source><link>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/11/3882381-hotel-flooded-with-8000-and-10000-applicants-for-250-openings</link><guid>http://quispisyummy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/11/3882381-hotel-flooded-with-8000-and-10000-applicants-for-250-openings</guid><category>jobs</category><category>hotel</category><category>atlanta</category><category>unemployment</category><category>us-news</category><category>luxury</category><category>applicants</category><category>joblessness</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:45:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Job losses send disability claims soaring</title>
<description><![CDATA[ELKHART, Ind. - With an aching shoulder and sore hip, Michael Spratt figured he’d have to apply for disability benefits someday. He just didn’t think that day would come so soon. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason White]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jason White]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/17/3645283-job-losses-send-disability-claims-soaring</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/17/3645283-job-losses-send-disability-claims-soaring</guid><category>business</category><category>army</category><category>claims</category><category>social-security</category><category>disability</category><category>grimm</category><category>applicants</category><category>spratt</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>michael-spratt</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091214-Michael Spratt-12p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="283" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091214-Michael Spratt-12p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="85" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Elkhart resident Michael Spratt talks about his on-going health issues Wednesday, December 9, 2009 that resulted in his being laid-off this year. Spratt has limited use of his shoulder as well as other injuries that leave him unable to work.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Single tweet earns man a new job</title>
<description><![CDATA[You knew it was going to come to this.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eve Tahmincioglu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eve Tahmincioglu]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/11/3619404-single-tweet-earns-man-a-new-job</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/11/3619404-single-tweet-earns-man-a-new-job</guid><category>media</category><category>social</category><category>job</category><category>careers</category><category>kelley</category><category>thomas'</category><category>applicants</category><category>twitter</category><category>tweet</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:39:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>10,000 Apply for 90 Factory Jobs in Louisville</title>
<description><![CDATA["About 10,000 people applied over three days for 90 jobs." 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jameseg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jameseg]]></source><link>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/09/3366205-10000-apply-for-90-factory-jobs-in-louisville</link><guid>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/09/3366205-10000-apply-for-90-factory-jobs-in-louisville</guid><category>business</category><category>jobs</category><category>job</category><category>ge</category><category>unemployment</category><category>louisville</category><category>building</category><category>kentucky</category><category>general-electric</category><category>factory</category><category>washing-machines</category><category>applicants</category><category>assembling</category><category>90-jobs</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>University's Big Blunder: Congratulation Letter Sent to 29,000 Rejected Students</title>
<description><![CDATA[UC San Diego -- a school for the smart ones, supposedly -- mistakenly congratulated nearly 29,000 applicants on their acceptance, according to university officials.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[newsguru]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[newsguru]]></source><link>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/01/2627246-universitys-big-blunder-congratulation-letter-sent-to-29000-rejected-students</link><guid>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/01/2627246-universitys-big-blunder-congratulation-letter-sent-to-29000-rejected-students</guid><category>college</category><category>education</category><category>students</category><category>university</category><category>school</category><category>teachers</category><category>admission</category><category>applicants</category><category>rejected-students</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:24:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>