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Top 5 Resume Tips for Recent College Graduates

Your cap and gown are packed away in the closet, your new diploma is framed and placed conspicuously on the wall, and now it's time to nail down the job of your dreams. Of course, this is a tough time to be entering the workforce. Jobs are scarce, hiring managers...

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Tips for Building a Strong Brand in a Bad Economy

Yes, the economy is currently less than stellar, but don't let it distract you from continuing to do all that you can to making your company thrive. The truth of the matter is that while the economy could definitely be doing better, this is still a remarkable time...

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How Much Will Corporate Relocation Cost?

So, you got the job that you've always wanted. Congratulations, that's great! It's good pay, it will provide you with more work experience, and it's in a city that you've always wanted to live in. There's just one catch: The company that you...

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How to Find a Job When You Have a Disability

If you have a disability, you may feel (or fret) that you won't be able to get a job---a good-paying and well-deserved job. First of all, put that fear far from your mind. There are lots of companies that are happy to hire people with disabilities, and the ones who...

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How to Protect Your Eyes From Prolonged Computer Strain at Work

You've been working nonstop for a few hours and you start feeling that all too familiar sting and tiredness in your eyes. This happens because our eyes aren't meant to stare at one thing close up for long; our eyes are adapted for hunting and spotting food from...

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The Best Jobs for Women Who Enjoy Traveling

So you love to travel and you take every possible opportunity to get out and see the world. It's a great priority to have, as travel constantly exposes you to new experiences and invigorates your perspective. But there are only so many international vacations you...

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How Businesses Can Improve the Efficiency of Their Service Management Teams

If you are fortunate enough to be a part of a service management team, then you know that it's a position that is filled with a lot of room for growth and also a high demand for great service. As a form of open-source management, you are working daily to come up...

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The benefits of email marketing for businesses

Email marketing can help business gain new customers and keep the old ones.  I have been a direct marketer for a good part of my career working in both B2B and B2C markets and have found email marketing to be one of the most effective avenues for driving sales....

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Top 5 Things to Consider Before Selling Your Company

If you've grown your business into a financial success and are ready to slow down and reap the benefits of all those years of work, you may be considering selling your company. It's a great position to be in, but you certainly shouldn't enter the process...

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Top Design Tips for Creating Your Own Custom Packaging

Oftentimes, a product's packaging is the first interaction a consumer has with your brand. They see it on your website or hold it in their hands in the store, and it tells them a great deal about your business. While some people do a ton of research on every...

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Appropriate Attire for the Office – What Not to Wear

by Jenna Ghosheh

I have worked with many women across all industries, and there are some basic fundamentals of office attire that women frequently have questions about. Here are 5 basic tips of what not to wear to the office.

Keep in mind that you...

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Computer Repairs: DIY or Hire a Pro?

If your computer flashes that gray screen and won't boot up, chances are your first response is absolute panic. Hopefully you've backed everything up, so even if the situation is dire you won't lose all your precious files, photos and music. But if smaller...

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5 Ways to Design a More Productive Work Environment at Home

One benefit of the down economy and miserable hiring climate is more and more people taking the opportunity to go out on their own as an entrepreneur. Sure, it's difficult getting any business off the ground, but managing your own schedule and working on projects...

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Top 5 Ways to Repair Your Reputation Online

In some cases a bad reputation is deserved. Perhaps in the course of doing business you made a poor decision or had a major flub. Hey, we're only human; these things can happen no matter how professional you try to be. It may be the result of a misunderstanding or...

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How secure are your online passwords?

The hacking of over 6 million passwords from LinkedIn should have all of us worried. I checked my LinkedIn password using a free tool from LastPass.  And yes it was hacked and published. Security experts are...

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Declutter your to-do list and become more productive

Sometimes you just have to admit you can’t do it all.  It happens especially when our to-do list creeps onto a second page and continually nags us about all the undone things in our lives. 

The outcome:  we can feel paralyzed;...

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The Most Common Accounting Mistakes Made by Independent Contractors

The wonderful thing about working for yourself is that you get to be the boss. You don't have to deal with nosy supervisors constantly looking over your shoulder and micromanaging, you can set your own schedule, manage your workflow, and take vacations whenever you...

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How to get yourself to the top of the list on your next job search

If it’s time find a new job, the age of the internet has made it a lot easier.  But that doesn’t mean you can just jump into your job search without laying the proper foundation.

First, even before you update your resume, do a self-audit....

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How Small Businesses Can Utilize Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding

Never before have the resources been available to start your own business, or to expand your business, as they are today. With the Internet, we have the ability to connect with people from all over the world with the click of a single button. This new frontier opens a...

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Using project management to achieve your goals

Starting a new project can be daunting but using project management tools to plan, organize, manage and lead a project can help you meet your goals.

At its heart, project management uses many of the same techniques we use in everyday life when wrestling with a...