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Know Your Worth: Why Building a Personal Brand Is an Act of Self-Empowerment

Success

Jessica Zweig, founder and CEO of personal branding agency SimplyBe. – A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself. Companies are starting to see personal branding as a key skill for salaried employees, not just independent contractors. It’s really an act of empowerment.

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Creative ways to save money for your startup

Workplace Insight

Usually eager to gain experience, these individuals are willing to work for a lower salary to showcase their skills. Neither do you have to spend a lot of money on a fancy agency nor should you be a design master. You obviously have to be ready to get your hands dirty learning about computer languages, APIs, and bug fixing.

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Steel Magnolias, Barbie, and Other Wise Women – In Celebration of a Complicated Women’s History Month By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low-Kramen

We can learn from their loving fearlessness to look life squarely in the face and tell it like it is. The decision shouldn’t be solely based on financial considerations but should also take into account the organization’s culture. There’s no point in wasting energy trying to change a situation that won’t work.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

The results: Increased productivity and creativity; improved recruitment and retention; less burnout for founders and leaders; and more balanced and sustainable lives for workers — all without cutting salaries or sacrificing customer service. As a result, companies didn’t cut salaries when they reduced hours.

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Demand for Butlers Keeps Growing

Small Business Labs

.  We wrote a follow-up article on this topic in 2012 after we learned high end nannies in New York and London could make more than $200,000 per year in total compensation. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article : Demand for the well-staffed home is on the rise, according to agencies and house managers alike.

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

Yes, I have taken job-specific software classes, classes to learn organizational and people skills, and took computer certification classes which I was not aware I needed coming right out of high school. I love learning, and I don’t think that you can ever know enough. Also attended general Excel/Word/Powerpoint courses.

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the fisher price concept

Job Advice Blog

These days, job seekers don’t care. Avoiding the “unhappy at work&# syndrome can be solved in a few simple pro-active steps especially if you don’t get bogged down in the discomfort and fear of the minutae along the way. They want a job! Every person is unique, and every company and job is unique.

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