3 Secrets to Landing a Home-Based Position © Copyright 2002 Sharon Davis. Landing a telecommute position isn't easy. Finding them in the first place is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Then, when you finally do find one that looks promising, it's filled before you can even click on 'apply for this job'. Why are they so few and far between anyway? Don't employers realize the benefits of allowing their employees to telecommute; less sick time, increased productivity, lower overhead, and ...
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Although many people badly want to work from home, not everyone wants to have to launch and run a fully-fledged business of their own in order to do so. For such people the desire to work from home is more about maximizing time to be with family, physical location, comfort and convenience than it is about entrepreneurship. If this is you, telecommuting may be the answer you've been looking for. WHAT IS TELECOMMUTING EXACTLY? For our purposes, telecommuting simply means an employee is working ...
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Got any modern-day dinosaurs in your office? Here are some examples of reptilian behavior in the workplace: The reptilian brain, our oldest brain, operates at the level of survival instinct. It's the life of easy choices -- Can I eat it? Will it eat me? Can I mate with it? This brain regulates basic life functions, generates strong primitive emotions needed for survival (lust, fear, aggression), doesn't take orders, and is so far away from "executive central" (the neocortex) it doesn't even ...
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Marketing: how you attract clients and promote your business is an important part of your recipe for success and profitability. Developing a strategic marketing plan will ensure your success and allow you to not spend time and money in the wrong places. Don't hit the pavement or the floors until you have taken the time to do some thinking and planning for the next 12 months. The clarity and focus that results from creating a strong strategic marketing plan will bring you what you are looking ...
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Last week I talked about how to take a vacation when you're the leader of the band. This week I want to talk about summer sales. Many sales people and just as many business owners bemoan their annual summer sales slump. Their numbers are down and they just can't understand it. It's as if their whole business is paralyzed because sales dry up or customers are on vacation. In my experience, that's hogwash. When you take that attitude, you are selling yourself a bill of goods not worth the paper ...
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Manhatten Paving Company now offers its asphalt paving services to property management companies in Los Angeles, California. Thus, enabling them to get greater discounts for asphalt paving work conducted to meet their specifications across a multitude of properties. To keep asphalt paving costs at a minimal for management companies, Manhatten Paving Company offers discounts to clients who provide repeat business throughout the year. Asphalt paving maintenance for these companies are a ...
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The California asphalt paving industry is ever-changing and in order to provide the best services, asphalt paving companies are turning to new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Asphalt technology in California has been changing since the creation of Hot Mix Asphalt and will continue to change as time permits. Asphalt rubber pavement was introduced in 1991, which shocked many industry experts. Asphalt rubber pavement seemed promising to those in the industry who were ready for a ...
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My first job in retail was as a professional Father Christmas for a group of retail stores...at the age of 17. On leaving school, I'd come to Australia with my parents on holiday from Scotland and decided to stay for a couple of years to work and study. It was getting close to Christmas and I needed some money to pay the rent. It was also the beginning of summer. Five small stores in a shopping strip in the Perth suburb of Midland had banded together to hire a Father Christmas but hadn't had ...
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Ever wanted to start your own clothing company? Its not as difficult as you think. What do you absolutely need? 1. A decent logo 2. Creative concepts and graphics - Design Talent 3. A unique, blank apparel supplier 4. A decent screen printer 5. A Line Sheet to show potential buyers 6. Sales and promotional talent. Which do you think is most important? Its obviously design talent you say? Are you Joking? You must be joking. Have you stepped out of the house recently? Have you seen Von ...
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Last week I talked about how to take a vacation when you're the leader of the band. This week I want to talk about summer sales. Many sales people and just as many business owners bemoan their annual summer sales slump. Their numbers are down and they just can't understand it. It's as if their whole business is paralyzed because sales dry up or customers are on vacation. In my experience, that's hogwash. When you take that attitude, you are selling yourself a bill of goods not worth the paper ...
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