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Over the summer, a bus driver in Nacogdoches was awarded as the top bus driver in Texas.  Wanna join him?  The Nacogdoches ISD is hiring bus drivers now. The Nacogdoches ISD in conjunction with Property Casualty Alliance of Texas presented Joe Page Jr. with a plaque, personalized jacket and a check in the amount of $1,000 over the summer for being the best bus driver in Texas.  Bus Drivers were ev

More on a story we brought you earlier this week... General Electric is getting more involved in the energy industry and is in the process of buying Lufkin Industries in a deal valued at around $3.3 billion dollars.  The CEO tells KTRE that Lufkin Industries will keep its name.

Man, remember the days before computers?  How did we survive?  I remember that every document that required type-written entries was a pain in the butt to do a second time if needed. Let's say for example you simply wanted to update your Resume.  HA!  You'd have to re-type it all over again, and then after the "do over", you'd find another pertinent group of words that needed inclusion. 

Texas is just plain license happy.  I recently blogged about a potential law, that if passed, will require exotic dancers to be licensed to......................DANCE? Now, someone else has brought to my attention, that statewide, under the thumb of Cosmetology, there is another fee that must be paid if you want to become...

Being a classic rocker means you could be right around the corner to joining AARP.  It also means that you have had many years of wisdom when it comes to filing Income Tax returns.

Going on field trips in elementary school was always a hoot because it meant not bustin' open the textbook for half a day.  Still remember going to the rock quarry and learning about geological formations -- when Marcel, the school bully, wasn't pouncing on me just for fun.

There's a so-so, quasi, used, already done, coming around the block again scam, and East Texans seeking work should be wary of the unwanted intruder, and escort it away swiftly and quickly. Work-at-home opportunities may sound like just the thing to do until an eight to five day is in your employment future, but responding to a "blind" ad could be dangerous to your credibility.

If your email address is "drunkpartychick@something.com" or "jeffreydahmerwannabe@serialkillers.com," you ought not include it on a resume. Including raunchy and inappropriate email addresses is one of the biggest mistakes you can make on your resume when you're trying to land a new job. What are some other big goofs?

If you didn’t know it by now, employers are using social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as an active part of their recruiting process. In fact, a new survey suggests that even if you are not providing a recruiter with your social media information, most are still looking at them anyway.

If you are like me; even if you are not like me (thank your lucky stars for that one), getting together with other folks just like you (not me), makes for an enjoyable time for people like you and me.  Confused yet?  Me, too! Okay, let me untie my tongue and get to the gist of this post.  Chamber of Commerce member Al Meyer Ford is hosting Business After Five on July 12.  No, you don't have to tak

If you went to the Forest County Job Fair on May 22, you know that the building was packed with enthusiastic job seekers ready to "trend" their way into the rank and file position, better known as employee. Now the hard part comes, the dreaded interview process!  Make darn sure you can describe your "strengths" and "weaknesses" when asked (just put some positive spin

Gotten any tattoos removed lately? If so, you're not alone. A survey conducted by The Patient’s Guide, an online skincare reference center, shows laser tattoo removals are up by 32 percent this year compared to 2011. Why? And will you keep your tattoo into your eighties? One of my family members did.