Are You Ready For Retirement? It Could be Around the Corner

Book Review: The 4-Hour Work Week, Expanded and Updated.
Best-selling author Tim Ferriss thinks you’re working too hard and he’s probably right. According to the American Institute of Stress between 75% - 90% of doctor visits each year are related to stress and much of it from our jobs.
Tim Ferriss’ book creates a whole new paradigm [...]

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Getting Freelance Graphic Design Clients

Are you interested in becoming successful graphic designer or graphic artist with a strong, limitless client base? Whether you are principal of your own small design firm, or you freelance part-time or full-time as graphic designer, your main goal should be to create a strong and steady base of clients. Here are some tips to [...]

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Does Social Networking Have a Good Impact to Your Career Search?

After you’ve created all your “self-marketing documents” and verbal presentations, you’re ready to take your job search “to the street” and begin networking. The goal is to contact people who can help you reach the hiring managers inside your target companies. Networking can be done on the phone, in person, via e-mail or even “snail [...]

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What Do Employers Look For in a Background Check?

Companies are taking a closer look at who they hire today. From heightened security concerns to an increase in negligent hiring lawsuits, companies understand that bad hiring decisions can cause them big problems.
That’s why over 90% of employers now run background checks on potential hires.
During a background check, a hiring company takes a good look [...]

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5 Great Places to Learn About Marketing

Knowledge of marketing is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to start a new business, especially an online business. No matter how great your product is, or how low your prices are, people won’t be able to buy from you if they can’t find you! There are a number of resources that will help you [...]

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UK Job Interviews: The ‘enemy’ At The Gate

After winning the fifth series of The Apprentice, Yasmina Siadatan has possibly perfected the art of interviews and might not even break a sweat when things get tough in the future.
With her calm and creative stature she has learned to express herself in the correct manner to reflect herself as the best person for the [...]

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A Guide to Equip Yourself With New Career Skills

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily,” said popular Televangelist Mike Murdock. So, if you have finally made that torturous decision to change your career, then don’t waste any more time on dwelling on the rationale behind your decision. Get your act together and think of ways in which [...]

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Five Steps For a New Career Change

A new career change can be rewarding. You are tired of the position you hold now. You feel that a new career change is just the thing to help you get back on track. We have five steps to help you on your road to a new career change. A lot of the times when [...]

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Security Franchises - A Growth Sector

The franchise industry comprises of many sub industries all concentrating on different niches, in this article we are going to explore the security franchise niche and how the current economy is giving this section of the franchise industry a huge boost.
Currently cutbacks are being made everywhere, from IT departments to upper management and to general [...]

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Important Tips on Career Retraining

If you’re considering career retraining, it’s important to understand and acknowledge why you’re considering changing careers and what you want in a new career. If you remember back to when you chose your current career, there were certain things about that career that attracted you. Perhaps, you were keeping it “in the family” and following [...]

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