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		<title>US News &amp; World Report &#8211; How to Negotiate a Sabbatical</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alexis Grant, a careers writer at US News &#38; World Report, provides great tips on negotiating a sabbatical if your company  doesn&#8217;t have an official sabbatical program for employees. Read FULL STORY. 
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		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2011/07/28/us-news-world-report-how-to-negotiate-a-sabbatical/</link>
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		<title>The New York Times &#8211; Making the Dream Trip a Reality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IT’S a dream anyone with a passport fantasizes about once in a while:  ditching everything to travel the world for a year, or at least long  enough to forget about office life. Acting out that fantasy tends to be reserved for retirees and recent  college graduates, but some midcareer globe-trotters hope to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2010/10/15/the-new-york-times-making-the-dream-trip-a-reality/</link>
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		<title>Forbes &#8211; How to Take a Sabbatical From Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago Michael Tieso, now 25, was working in a windowless cubicle at UPS, plotting his escape. Inspired by travel blogs, he decided that he would save up enough money to travel for a year. He brought his lunch to work, sold his possessions on Craigslist, and downgraded from a $1,400 apartment to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2010/08/24/forbes-how-to-take-a-sabbatical-from-work/</link>
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		<title>General Mills&#8217; “Innovation Sabbatical”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rolled out in 2007 along with a personal sabbatical program, General Mills’ “Innovation Sabbatical” is only offered to members of the company’s “Innovation, Technology and Quality” organization, which is comprised of employees in roles related to research and development, nutrition, quality and engineering. After 7 years of service, these employees may apply for an Innovation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2010/06/01/general-mills-innovation-sabbatical/</link>
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		<title>Desert Leaf &#8211; Sabbaticals: Not Just For Faculty Anymore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Angela Petitt began to get a nagging feeling there was more to life than her winning corporate existence. After trying unsuccessfully to ignore the distracting doubts, Petitt, 41, decided that a sabbatical was the only way to satisfy her curiosity about the world outside of her Houston realm. After four years as an information technology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2010/03/22/desert-leaf-sabbaticals-not-just-for-faculty-anymore/</link>
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		<title>LegalWeek &#8211; A Break From The Norm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a 2007 report about public and private sector approaches to sabbaticals, researchers at the University of Illinois found that "many corporations consider the benefits of sabbaticals so self-evident that they forego the expense of documenting them." A stronger endorsement is hard to imagine. An article by Friederike Heine. ]]></description>
		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2010/03/11/legalweek-a-break-from-the-norm/</link>
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		<title>Times Educational Supplement &#8211; The Road Less Traveled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In precarious economic times, asking your employer for six months off may seem little short of professional suicide. But as Friederike Heine reports, sabbaticals can enhance your professional development - and save your school's precious funds.]]></description>
		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2010/02/05/times-educational-supplement-the-road-less-traveled/</link>
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		<title>Kiplinger&#8217;s &#8211; Ease Into Retirement By Scaling Back Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The bear market has ravaged retirement accounts, leaving many workers no choice but to work more years. Meanwhile, a desire to remain intellectually engaged has many employees eager to stay in the workforce. &#8220;There&#8217;s a trend of looking at retirement not as an event but as a process,&#8221; says Andrew Peterson, staff fellow for retirement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2010/01/01/ease-into-retirement-by-scaling-back-work/</link>
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		<title>ARCO&#8217;s Sabbatical Bonus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since 1992, a small construction company in St. Louis has offered its 250 employees even more than a sabbatical. After every five years of service, ARCO Construction Company’s employees get a 4-week paid break and a $3500 travel bonus.]]></description>
		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2009/11/12/arcos-sabbatical-bonus/</link>
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		<title>Sabbaticals at a Small PR Firm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Standing Partnership’s 24 staff members are eligible for a two-month paid sabbatical after seven years of employment. Because a three- to five-year turnover is pretty standard in the communications industry, the program gives the firm several extra years to build relationships with its team members.]]></description>
		<link>http://yoursabbatical.com/2009/11/05/sabbaticals-at-a-small-pr-firm/</link>
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