Category Archives: Career
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Steve Albright on Dec 25th, 2011
If you are trying to learn how to work from home then there are many things that you can learn from an internet career builder. The first thing that you can learn from someone who is already established in that field is how to get started.
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Donald Mitchell on Dec 23rd, 2011
Challenging authority may seem like a dangerous thing for an employee or a student to do, but it's essential for mid-career professionals who want to advance their work-related opportunities. Find places to work and to study where your questions and experience are highly valued, and you'll become an authentic authority who can lead others to greater accomplishments.
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Kelly Fox on Dec 23rd, 2011
Several military personnel coming out of their military job to continue with their career in a private sector organization discover it hard conveying their military abilities relevant to private sector while writing their resumes. This could be predominantly tough if you have served many years in the military and are utilised to military jargon.
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Emanuele Miglioretti on Dec 20th, 2011
It should come as no surprise that since most home-based jobs today involve working on the Internet, starting with the Internet is the best place to find your work-at-home opportunity. There are other avenues of finding home jobs as well, and every opportunity needs to be checked out.
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Amy Myer on Dec 15th, 2011
Probably one of the harder things about being is management is probably those that work under you. As we all know, even adults can at times act like little kids when things don't happen to go the way they want them to go or if someone else happens to make them mad. So here are some ideas on how you can take care of disputes between your employees.
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Michael Connelly on Dec 14th, 2011
This article by Author/Filmmaker Michael P. Connelly is an explanation of what it takes to make an independent film production happen with very limited funds.
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Lawrence White on Dec 14th, 2011
One of the most lucrative career options available around us today, an event management career is definitely one that is both rewarding as well as interesting. A career where you will need to develop your creative instincts as well as your management capabilities, event management can however, be quite a challenge in the beginning.
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Johnny Touperin on Dec 13th, 2011
For anyone interested in investing in, or thinking of pursuing a career in biotech, whether at a large company or a small startup, here are five positive indicators of how viable the industry is today.
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Millie Sobrinski on Dec 13th, 2011
It is never too late to pursue your dream in becoming a jeweler.
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Greg Savoie on Dec 8th, 2011
Your job interview attire has a significant role in your overall evaluation as an applicant and in some way influences your success or failure on the job interview.
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Amy Myer on Dec 8th, 2011
If you have decided that it might be time for you to look for a job where you can work from home, it is very important that you know just how to find the right job. You should know ways of avoiding illegal work-at-home opportunities so that you don't fall victim to one of the many Internet scams that are out there waiting for their next victim.
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Donald Mitchell on Dec 6th, 2011
Businessman Bill Kempen felt like he was wasting his time watching television. He stopped television watching and started earning an online MBA with the time he freed up. The result was to improve his business, his retirement income, and his quality of life.
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Victor Cheng on Nov 25th, 2011
While many case interviews require serious preparation, there are also those designed to test how one may fit into a company based on several other factors. Most of these tests are to test ones trouble-shooting and problem-solving abilities. There are several things one can do when preparing for such a test.
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Donald Mitchell on Nov 25th, 2011
Television ads often try to make business travel look more appealing. Most of us remember and relate to the "before" images in those ads of tired travelers dealing with many challenges while far away from home and loved ones. Careers are more likely than ever to include global travel and lots of moves that uproot families. How can someone engage in a career today and find it to be joyful?
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Lawrence White on Nov 23rd, 2011
These are tough times and as businesses in the UK are trying to trim costs, many are choosing to shift their offices and workshops to places that are more affordable from a real estate perspective.
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Amy Myer on Nov 23rd, 2011
So you've been out pounding the streets for a job recently and finally you've been called in for that ever elusive interview. Even though you might be excited, at the same time you are probably dreading that one question that nearly every prospective employer asks and that would be "What would you say are your strengths and weaknesses?" Here are some ways that you can get yourself prepared.
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Bob Sommers on Nov 21st, 2011
Employers are looking for more from you than a resume' or a referral. They want substance. Create a business blog and give them what they're looking for
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Brian Dixon on Nov 18th, 2011
In tough economic circumstances the national view, often mentioned in the daily news, is that trying to find a new job is very difficult. No one would challenge that, but it does not help you actually get a job and if you are a college leaver and you want a job you have to take the initiative for yourself.
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Richard Lowe on Nov 15th, 2011
It is well known that the economy is in decline nowadays. Companies need to downsize in order to survive and stay on the market. Consequently, many people have to leave their jobs and start looking for new employment opportunities.
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Lawrence White on Nov 12th, 2011
The technology boom has brought in its wake a convergence of various media. Till a few years ago, it was difficult to conceive of an idea where you could use your mobile to watch television or any video clips. But thanks to telecommunication advancements and the merging of technologies, this is now possible.
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Daljeet Sidhu on Nov 6th, 2011
Medical billing is gaining popularity as a career option. The reasons for this are manifold. It is a growing field, and is especially attractive for homemakers and stay at home moms since it offers flexible hours with attractive wages.
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Donald Mitchell on Nov 6th, 2011
Does your career bring you daily joy? If not, what career would? In this article, you will learn how helping others achieve what they desperately care about can make you happy, as well. Assess what you need to learn to grasp that new career, and start learning today.
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Lawrence White on Nov 6th, 2011
Soccer... the game that arguably rules the United States of America, as well as much of the modern day world! So if you or someone you know wants to establish his or her career in the game of soccer, it would be a great thing to encourage them in this aspect. This is an act that is largely carried out by the various soccer scholarships USA offers.
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Steve Albright on Nov 5th, 2011
Todays children are quickly finding that the path they will create will be something never before seen, mostly because they are graduating with more education than ever before with less jobs available to them than ever before. Where will they turn? With advanced degrees and educational debt in the five to six figures, most of them will turn their noses up at traditional low paying jobs.
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Jennifer Charleston on Nov 3rd, 2011
Online MBA degree programs seem to be all very popular these days as many people are looking towards this as an option to furthering themselves in their careers.
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Amy Myer on Oct 31st, 2011
A while back you may have had to quit a job due to illness or for the fact you wanted to stay home and take care of your kids. Whatever the reason, you may now be wanting to join other job seekers and try and find a job again. You may however; in your quest for employment might discover that the work force and the industry that you were once in may have changed.
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Donald Mitchell on Oct 31st, 2011
This article describes how re-forming your business model can allow your take knowledge and provide and receive more value from it.
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John Purfield on Oct 31st, 2011
With nursing careers on the rise, it seems like a no brainer to become a nurse. However, there are a few things you need to know before you get started.
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Andy Newell on Oct 30th, 2011
The educational landscape is changing and, given the current financial constraints, new practices must have real impact and be cost effective. We have to rigorously evaluate traditional activities and consider innovative ways of working. In short, we have to achieve more with less.
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Lawrence White on Oct 30th, 2011
If one has to name industries that are relatively insulated from any kind of recession, the food and entertainment industries come to mind immediately. When was the last time one heard of nobody going to a restaurant to eat, or not going to the theatre or cinema to seek some entertainment.
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Donald Mitchell on Oct 27th, 2011
Many people are satisfied with what they know and can do now in business. Regardless of what they have accomplished, they could do a great deal more, have fun gaining competitive and achievement, and have more self-respect by continually aiming to accomplish bigger and better things.
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Amy Myer on Oct 26th, 2011
It is not always easy for any of us when we are working to get a long with all of the different personalities that we work with on a daily basis. Face it, people can be difficult and they can be strange at times with the different strange habits or behaviors they might have.
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Lawrence White on Oct 24th, 2011
Planning a rather large event on your own can be very demanding and is often overwhelming. There are so many details to attend to, that often things get out of hand and this can happen very quickly. If you or your company hold events quite often, you may wish to consider taking an events management course.
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Donald Mitchell on Oct 22nd, 2011
A father finds a way to improve his relationship with his son while adding the education he needs to advance his career by using a flexible online MBA program.
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Tracy Gold on Oct 22nd, 2011
Using social media in the job search: best practices and new ideas.
Looking for a job, and feeling like you're shooting your resume into a black hole?
That's sure how I felt when I graduated from Duke University this past May. Over the summer, I lost track of how many searches I did on craigslist, CareerBuilder, Idealist (and so on), and how many cover letters I labored over.
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Lawrence White on Oct 19th, 2011
Even in the face of the economic downturn there are still some career fields that are growing in popularity, and one of these fields includes the entertainment business. In particular, there has been a big growth in the amount of people taking on audio visual jobs as these jobs make up a large portion of the entertainment industry.
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Donald Mitchell on Oct 16th, 2011
This career-building article looks at how more learning expands personal development, allows people with little business background to gain senior positions, and permits entrepreneurial choices at almost any age.
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Trevor Healey on Oct 15th, 2011
SSSTS is one of a number of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) courses, which is run by a network of approved training providers. There is a group of courses often referred to as the Cskills courses (construction skills courses) and sometimes referred to as Site Safety Plus courses.
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Trevor Healey on Oct 9th, 2011
First of all, before we discuss the importance and application of the NEBOSH construction certificate, we think its important to establish who NEBOSH are, just so there is some context.
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Lawrence White on Oct 4th, 2011
Colleges and universities have plenty of opportunities for learning among the many fine arts categories in use today. Whether the student chooses to get into movie making or audio visual presentations like PowerPoint for office conference use, there is much to be learned in regard to AV jobs that are currently in demand.
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Johnny Touperin on Oct 4th, 2011
Biotech startups all have a few things in common when it comes to the kind of people they hire and what makes them successful; whether you're considering entering into a new job with a startup, or starting your own business, it's important to be aware that, unless a lot of responsibilities are outsourced, you are likely to end up playing a variety of roles.