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Tips for More Effective Networking We’ve all heard about the “old boys’ network.” How well are you using your “successful women’s network?” Sure we all admire the person who got to the top on their own but... |
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Confidentiality in the Work Place: Ethical and Legal Obligations In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. When we are given confidential information from our employers, a trust and at... |
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Making Your Business More Efficient Businesses don’t always run smoothly. If yours isn't taking off or is in a rut, maybe it's time to take a look at the way you've been running it and see what you can improve.. Today's world is one of fast access, fast connections,... |
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Time Tracking Software: Good-bye time cards, hello time tracking One of the biggest expenses any employer faces is the cost of lost productivity, whether employees are absent or equipment breaks. Exacerbating the situation is that, unfortunately, not all employees are honest. Did you know that up to 19 percent of employees will... |
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Lessons from Success: What Can We Learn from the New Jackie Robinson Bio-Pic The new Jackie Robinson bio-pic,”42”, which opened this past weekend, has attracted a large cross-section of folks—men and women, young and old folks. The movie, by highly respected filmmaker Brian Helgeland, was last weekend’s top... |
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10 Essentials of Project Management
Managing multiple projects, inter-company projects, or national or international projects is tough, no matter how capable project managers may believe themselves to be. Managing these projects can take a lot of your time and effort, so you'll... |
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Homage to Strong Women, Creating a Personal Brand "If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman" – Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, known as the Iron Lady for her no-nonsense tough approach to governing, didn’t... |
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Managing a Work-at-Home Business as a Single Mom Working from home is an option that many people, especially single mothers, are taking advantage of in this day and age. Working from home has become a... |
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Stress Management for Workers in Helping Professions
CareerCast.com lists several helping professions among its Top 10 Most Stressful Jobs. For example, in 2013 public service jobs like military member, firefighter and police officer were mentioned in the list. Other stressful jobs include social worker,... |
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Time Management Solutions to Keep Your Business Running Smoothly One of the hardest parts of running your own business isn’t getting it up and going (though that is tough); it’s keeping it running smoothly. Running a business often means juggling tasks and, unfortunately, when you juggle you’re more likely to miss... |
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Making it Easier for Nurses to Change Jobs We're all aware that this country suffers from a critical shortage of nurses. That's why it's important to help nurses find new jobs quickly when their life situations change and they have to move. Here's a write-up from one nurse who found... |
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How to Create Your Personal Brand
Creating a personal brand is a wise first step in building a career path that will be both enjoyable and a good fit for your interests, skills and personality. The concept behind building a personal brand is simple: When you know what makes you tick,... |
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What Makes a Happy Worker? 5 Key Contributors to Employee Satisfaction
What do you want from your new job? A corner office? Flexitime? A short commute? Job searchers often think certain factors are the most important when looking at potential positions. In addition to obvious things such as money, overall job satisfaction... |
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How to Create an Effective Email Newsletter Here are the steps that will help you create an effective email newsletter:
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Tools from Google To Help You Succeed
Google Alerts: Here’s a way to keep track of subjects that matter to your business. Google Alerts lets you select a subject that matters to you and then news relating to that subject will be delivered to your email inbox. Best uses: monitor news... |
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Marketing Trends for 2013 When it comes to marketing, things can change dramatically from one year to another. Traditional techniques such as print mail advertising no longer dominate the industry. Instead online marketing is the go-to choice for many marketers. Since marketing trends for 2013... |
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What To Do With Your Accounting Degree If you are interested in finance, math, and business; an accounting degree might be for you. However, without a degree it can be nearly impossible to move up in the accounting industry. There are many laws as well as math classes that are learned over approximately... |
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How A SWOT Analysis Helps You Plan More Effectively When it’s time to develop a plan whether it’s for business or your personal life one technique that can help in planning next steps is a SWOT analysis. SWOT is the acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Many businesses... |
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Making your goals short-term boosts likelihood of success I remember when I was younger I promised myself I was going to learn to speak Spanish by the time I was 30. I made this promise when I was in my mid-twenties. Guess what, by the time I hit 30, I still hadn’t learned Spanish, even though being able to... |
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Beware of Brainstorming: It May Not Be the Best Way to Unleash Creativity Brainstorming is one of the most popular method companies use to try to unleash creativity. Companies use brainstorming to generate new products, gear up marketing campaigns, or solve problems to name just a few applications. The rules of... |
