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5. Quality systems director for red meat and poultry
Employer: McDonald’s
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Oversees evaluation and assessment of suppliers to ensure compliance with food safety and product quality expectations. (Click here for more information.)
Location: Oak Brook, Ill. (pop. 8,702; median family income $170,914) – officially a “village” – is headquarters to a number of national and international corporations.

6. Graphics specialist
Employer: General Physics Corp.
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Use graphics software to produce training materials for workers engaged in disposing of chemical weapons. (Click here for more information.)
Location: Pueblo, Colo. (pop. 103,495; median family income $33,650) is known as Steel City and the Home of Heroes for producing four Medal of Honor recipients. It averages 14 inches of rain a year.

7. Grants writer and resource developer
Employer: The Comanche Nation of Oklahoma
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Assist tribal administrator in assessing immediate and long-term needs of tribal members and departments. Work entails writing grants and funding proposals. (Click here for more information.)
Location: Lawton, Okla. (pop. 84,093; median family income $38,343) is the headquarters of the Commanche Nation and adjacent to Fort Sill, site of Geronimo’s grave.

8. Archaeological Technician
Employer: Sonoma State University (Calif.)
Wages/salary: $12.24 to $18.36 an hour
Details: Participates in field work and/or lab analyses and writes portions of technical reports. Helps to prepare laboratory specimens, materials, and equipment. (Click here for more information.)
Location: Rohnert Park, Calif. (pop. 42,236; median family income $61,420) was one of America's first planned communities (named after a local seed-farm family) and was designed with a park and elementary school at the heart of each neighborhood.

9. Museum technician
Employer: Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park of the National Park Service
Wages/salary: $30,772
Details: Performs a variety of clerical operations in support of curatorial staff, handling routine research for catalog records, exhibits, and other purposes as assigned. (Click here for more information.)
Location: Woodstock, Vt. (pop. 3,232; median family income $57,330), sometimes called the “quintessential New England town,” is popular with tourists drawn to its quaint village green, classic inn, stately homes, and covered bridge.

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