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David Meade has spent five years as executive director of Building Skills New York, a nonprofit that has helped link hundreds of job seekers with entry-level positions in construction. It’s a rewarding job placing workers into positions that may jump-start a career shift, but this year, it’s required employers to be much quicker to respond. 

“We’ll get individuals lined up for an interview, and if the firm looking to hire them takes an extra minute, entry-level applicants are on to the next job,” he said.

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Wendy Rogers' mind was made up from a young age — she wanted to be an architect. Even a tour of the boring parts of the job, orchestrated by her father to dissuade her from the profession, convinced Rogers it was the career for her. 

She has brought that same steady conviction to her choice in the workplace. She started with LPA Design Studios as an intern in 1987, and she never left. Today, she is CEO of LPA, now an integrated design firm with more than 400 architects, engineers, landscape architects and interior designers, including large commercial and workplace practices.

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