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  • These are the very same lenders, by the way, who issued loans to anyone with a pulse who wanted one -- regardless of what the prospective student planned on studying, whether the career field they were pursuing had enough well-paying jobs to allow the student to repay their loans and without any regard for the effects such loans would have on the borrower.

    Brett Greene: The $1 Trillion Student Loan Debt Bubble: An Interview With Robert Applebaum Brett Greene 2011

  • A recruiter for Union Pacific Corp., she has openings to fill, the kind that sometimes seem to have all but vanished: secure, well-paying jobs with good benefits that don't require a college degree.

    Help Wanted: In Unexpected Twist, Some Skilled Jobs Go Begging Ben Casselman 2011

  • The issue (of PR statehood) once loomed large to me (and I lost a well-paying job over my public opposition to it).

    52 Cars Roll Out | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • Yet these are the programs that will lead to well-paying jobs in manufacturing.

    Filling the Demand for Skilled Manufacturing Workers 2011

  • I'm incredibly lucky to have a job that's fun, intellectually interesting and well-paying.

    Why I'm Saying Goodbye to the Column Jeff D. Opdyke 2011

  • And in Afghanistan, famous for being among the toughest environments for women to thrive, I met a young woman who dared to turn down a well-paying job offer filled with perks from an international aid organization in order to start a business consultancy which she believed would create jobs for herself and many others.

    Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Why Do We Think Small When It Comes to Women? Gayle Tzemach Lemmon 2011

  • And in Afghanistan, famous for being among the toughest environments for women to thrive, I met a young woman who dared to turn down a well-paying job offer filled with perks from an international aid organization in order to start a business consultancy which she believed would create jobs for herself and many others.

    Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Why Do We Think Small When It Comes to Women? Gayle Tzemach Lemmon 2011

  • And in Afghanistan, famous for being among the toughest environments for women to thrive, I met a young woman who dared to turn down a well-paying job offer filled with perks from an international aid organization in order to start a business consultancy which she believed would create jobs for herself and many others.

    Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Why Do We Think Small When It Comes to Women? Gayle Tzemach Lemmon 2011

  • And in Afghanistan, famous for being among the toughest environments for women to thrive, I met a young woman who dared to turn down a well-paying job offer filled with perks from an international aid organization in order to start a business consultancy which she believed would create jobs for herself and many others.

    Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Why Do We Think Small When It Comes to Women? Gayle Tzemach Lemmon 2011

  • The loss of jobs in more well-paying sectors drives the arguments of many who say that legislators should aim their efforts at attracting more business to the state rather than at an increase in the minimum wage.

    Minimum-Wage Rolls Drive Albany Debate Joseph De Avila 2012

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