{"id":30929,"date":"2022-10-26T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T00:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread\/early-educators\/opportunities\/starting-career-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:28:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:28:42","slug":"starting-career","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread\/educators-and-programs\/jobs-opportunities\/starting-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a Career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center script headings has-red-color 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