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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cleaning houses for a living has some unexpected benefits
- If you're looking for a way to earn a living or just to make some extra money on the side, cleaning houses for a living is probably not the first thing that comes to mind.Cleaning houses? Doesn't that sound like a lot of unpleasant, grungy work?Yes, it does sound pretty unpleasant, and that is exactly why there is very good profit in it. Most people hate to clean. Add to that how bus...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Create a rappin? resume
- (Percussion sounds emanating from who knows where while you listen to the cadence of the words below.)It's time to sell yourself.May the words light up the way.It's now your chance to shine,And it's soon gonna be your day.So make sure you show themAll the many things you can do.It's now your chance to shine.With a resume just for you.N...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get your dream job!
- Anyone who is a jobseeker knows that looking for a new job or career is a job in itself. Once you have completed the laborious task of writing your resume and submitting it to various companies, you now have to pass the screen test to get the job. Interviews are the gateway to landing your ideal job. These five tips will help you get own your way to making that job yours.Tip#1Be Conf...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Career development - when its time for a change
- There's a certain courage required to hear your gut. To really be true to how you are feeling. And that is never more important than in your career. Sometimes people feel that they are not completely happy. At other times they might have a sense of distance from the business or organisation they are in.This lack of 'alignment' makes for discomfort - and many people listen to it for ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - So you want to work at home
- There are several ways to work from home. Some of the more popular ways are affiliate programs, direct marketing and starting your own business. However it is also possible to find employers who hire people to work at home in various postions such as telemarketing, sales, teaching, freelance writing, etc. I have spent countless hours online searching for work at home jobs and even started a commun...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 ways to profit from no child left behind (nclb)
- The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (No Child Left Behind) is designed to reform and improve student achievement and change the culture of America's schools. According to this reform act each state must measure every public school student's progress in reading and math in each of grades 3 through 8 and at least once during grades 10 through 12. By school year 2007-2008, assessments (or testing) i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The importance of background verification
- Today's society has created an environment that requires business owners to be armed with numerous tools. Many employers currently spend little time verifying the accuracy of employment applications and the cost of not doing normal due diligence can be staggering.Consider:An HVAC company recently paid $750,000 to a customer who was raped by a service technician. His employment applic...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What you cant ask a job candidate is as important as what you can ask
- As a human resources professional or business owner, you face many challenges during the hiring process, from sorting through stacks of job applicant résumés to making an attractive offer to the one person you believe best matches the specifications of your open position's job description. The whole procedure is more than time-consuming; it can be stressful as wel...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Should you telework/telecommute
- "WOW! I can work from home and make money? I can sit around in my PJ's and work whenever I want? How great, I want to be a Teleworker!"There is much more to being a teleworker then working in your PJ's or working when you want to. Yes, those are nice benefits to teleworking, but you'd be surprised by how much work goes into working from home. You usually have to work 10 times harder and lon...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using keywords to find legitimate telecommuting job leads
- Many people are choosing telecommuting as an option to bring in an income while being at home. Whatever the reasons that we choose to work at home, the one thing we all have in common is the problem of locating legitimate jobs online. We often come online with the idea that finding a job online will be easy.Unfortunately it's not usually that easy. What you will often run into are the scams...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Opportunities in automotive services industries - how to cash in
- I believe it would be safe to say that the transportation industry is one of the highest revenue producers in today's modern economies.Millions upon millions of private passenger vehicles rule the highways and rural roads in countries around the world.Automotive reconditioning services, for the retail car/truck dealer, provide significant income opportunities for well trained, highly...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to find your dream job
- Here's the bottom line: many people work in jobs that aren't what they want or are less than they deserve.It's partly the pull of inertia (better the devil you know...)and partly lack of confidence, but mostly the fear their dream job doesn't exist -- or they couldn't land it if it does.Most settle for second or third (or fourth, or fifth) best and try to get on with their lives, sec...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Image and style count
- When I was a child, there was a pool nearby and every year my parents bought us season tickets. My brother and I swam there everyday. One day we were swimming the length of the pool underwater. As I came up at the edge of the pool gasping for air, the lifeguard was there to meet me. He asked if my brother and I would join the swim team. We were so excited; we talked about it for days.The ne...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is my calling?
- "What is my calling?" Do any of us really have complete clarity about our life calling? Even those of us with the knowingness we must teach, write or sing may often ask, "What direction am I to go, now?" How do we answer these soulful questions?Richard Bolles, author of "What Color is My Parachute?" and the granddaddy of the employment industry says, when peopl...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Online business: the underground railroad for corporate escapees
- Millions of people everyday spend eight hours or more in a small padded cubicle. The curious thing about it is they choose to do that. They willingly sacrifice a quality of life because they believe it is the only way to support their families. That may have been true 10 years ago but it isn't any longer.Starting an online business can be the salvation for which many want-to-be corporate es...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Recruiting on the web requires special record keeping for legal purposes
- by Lesli Peterson, Business Analyst, VCGwith Phil McCutchen, Marketing Manager, VCG With the age of the Internet upon us, recruiting methods have expanded dramatically. Staffing companies now regularly use the Web to locate qualified candidates for their open positions. The most common methods include searching Job Boards and Corporate Websites. Job Boards, whether belongin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to establish trust, credibility and enthusiasm to your interviewer
- If you use your voice to get attention, you use your eyes to hold attention. People tend to believe you, trust you, and listen to what you say if you are looking at them.Direct eye contact is not just preferable; it is essential to effective private conversations and public addresses.In most cultures, the act of looking someone directly in the eyes is a symbol of sincerity. Failure t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Bartending school online- earn your bartender training from home
- Many young adults flock to bars, lounges and clubs on a weekly basis. They spend hundreds sometimes thousands of dollars on entertaining themselves and their friends. When the night's over and the lights go up, everyone starts to trickle out the front door a little more broke than they were when they entered. Everyone that is, except the bartenders who get to walk out a little richer than they wer...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Finally revealed: the top 7 resume killers?
- During my job search I read dozens of books and articles took programs and evensat at the feet of two of the most experienced Human Resource professionals. In afew moments, you will learn the real keys to standing out and rising above thenorm. Stick to the facts and only reveal information that will encourage the readerto call you for an interview. If in doubt, leave it...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3 questions no job seeker ever wants to be asked?
- Employer and interviewers expect you to answer tough question during interviews. Take a few minutes to brainstorm on how you might elaborate on the following answers. The answers you give to these questions that will be asked during your interview will be very important in your career prospects.Suppose you were asked these questions right now. Could you give a good answer? If not, study, st...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why are 95% of job applicants not called back?
- Have you been desperately looking for a job and keep coming up short? Despite all that you do, does every attempt you make seem to fail? Are you at that point of quitting? Ever wonder why you have not been called back? Not long ago, I was right where you are. I was all over the place, running here and there looking for the magic pill to help me. Then it hit me. Have you ever noticed that some peop...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you making these common job interview mistakes?
- Going to an interview without a plan of action is like going out on a football field without a game plan. Total disaster! Suppose I were to ask you right now."What are your skills or attributes?" Could you give a good answer?Suppose I were to ask you the question that's in every interviewer's mind."Why should I hire you?" What would you say?All of th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The top ten strategies of a great interview
- You've just received a call to interview with your dream company. Do you know how to prepare for the interview so that you'll feel confident, have a good experience and set yourself apart from others? Try following the steps below and you'll not only be well prepared, you'll present yourself as a true professional.1. Research the company.Do your homework, e.g. go to the compan...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 10 super job interview tips
- Use these interview tips for job hunting success!It's a tough job market out there today. And getting the job you want requires more than just a killer resume. In other words, you can't just sell yourself on paper. You also have to be able to do it in person--in a face-to-face job interview.Here are a few interview tips to help you make a great impression on the person who interviews...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pair your powerful resume with a great cover letter
- Every great resume deserves a great cover letter.A cover letter is crucial because it's the first thing the hiring manager sees. And you only have seconds to grab his or her attention. So, you have to make sure the cover letter stands out from the dozens--or maybe even hundreds--of others that cross the hiring manager's desk each week.You might ask, why bother at all with a cover let...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 10 resume writing tips to get you the interview
- There are many reasons why you could be in the market for a new job right now. Perhaps...==> You just graduated from high school--or even better, college--and you're ready to strike out on a quest for your first "real" job.==> Your worst fears finally manifested and you've been downsized.==> You're bored with the career path you've been on for the past few years, and you're re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Writing a resume: to template or not to template?
- Are free resume templates a viable answer to preparing a killer resume?It's a fact that if your resume doesn't stand out--both in terms of content AND appearance-- you'll find it very difficult to get the job you seek.Hiring managers get hundreds of resumes for every open position, but usually have time to interview only a handful of applicants. So, they'll scan through the resumes a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Resume objectives: how do you know if resume objectives are right for you?
- Some experts say NEVER bother with resume objectives. While others say they should be an essential element on every resume.So, how do you know who is right?The simple answer is... no one is absolutely right. Your decision on whether to use resume objectives will depend on your circumstances, job search goals, and-in some cases-the person who reviews your resume.We can make rec...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What do you want from life?
- The tragedy for millions of people is that they never decide what they want from life and make plans for it. Life will provide whatever we demand. Most of us don't demand what we want but simply settle for what our job supplies. Too many jobs are dead-end with little room for advancement.Many don't know what they want to do, so they drift through life with the hope that success will overtak...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 steps to effective communication
- The success of any business or organization depends largely on how effectively the members communicate. The ability to speak well is a minimum requirement of some businesses when hiring. Whatever the job, business professionals require extensive use of oral communication when carrying out their duties.Effective communication involves:Listening: Good listening skills and showing a gen...