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		<title>How To Become A Travel Writer &#8211; An Inspiring, True Story Proving It Can Be Done</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this down-turned economy, I get a lot of prospective clients telling me, with almost an apology, &#8220;You know Brian, what I REALLY want to do with my life is become a Travel Writer.&#8221;  And then they follow with a chuckle, &#8220;But, come on, how does one do that?  It&#8217;s not feasible, is it?&#8221;
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		<title>Join The Career/Life Reinvention Revolution!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kurth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a really quick shout-out before heading out for the weekend.  I just have to share how excited I am that several authors see what we do as career mentor recruiters at Brian Kurth + Company and as career mentorship providers at VocationVacations as, simply &#8212; revolutionary.
In his best-selling, new book, DRIVE, Daniel Pink [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.briankurth.com&blog=3203279&post=1109&subd=briankurth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So You Want To Be A Baker&#8230;&#8230;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the pleasure of seeing yet another career transition client fulfill on their dream of creating or finding their dream job.
Annemarie Spitznagle was a pharmaceutical sales executive who simply lost the passion for &#8220;schlepping&#8221; legal drugs.  Instead, she wanted to pursue her true passion:  organic foods including&#8230;.sweets!
Annemarie was well down the path of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.briankurth.com&blog=3203279&post=1099&subd=briankurth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CNN Says I&#8217;m The Dream Job Matchmaker.  Aw Shucks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kurth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I taped this interview with CNN Money on Wed and it ran on CNN.com on Friday.  It tells a great story of how a VocationVacation assisted Cory Chacon in making her career transition into the hotel hospitality field after being laid off from her marketing position at Virgin Records due to the downturn of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.briankurth.com&blog=3203279&post=1083&subd=briankurth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GET OUT OF THERE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kurth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, these days, some folks are forgetting to have fun in their work or job search (yes, job search can and SHOULD be fun at times).  I feel there is a pervasive “heaviness” in the air due to the economic conditions in the US, the constant partisanship in DC, overall “worry” about world affairs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.briankurth.com&blog=3203279&post=1071&subd=briankurth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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