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| Truck Driving in Iraq: You Think It's Tough Here?
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Truck driving undoubtedly has its challenges here in the United States. Crowded highways, not enough parking areas and long hours are just a few of the problems drivers face on a daily basis. I was enjoying a meal at a Petro Truck Stop the other day when I heard another driver complaining about the food. It ...
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By Allen Smith
14 Nov 2008 03:58:42 |
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| The SAMMER Test
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PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in
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the author, and it appears with the included copyright, resource
box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is
appreciated but not required: mail to: brent@actionleadership. ...
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By Brent Filson
31 Oct 2008 06:57:05 |
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| What Qualities Do You Need To Have Career Advancement?
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When it comes to preparing for a career people often spend ten's
of thousands of dollars on their education, clothing and
development. Yet once they get into their job they find out that
everything they needed to succeed wasn't taught to them in
school. Those "soft" skills are what determine if you are going
to be chosen to ...
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By Murad Ali
27 Oct 2008 04:05:56 |
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| Succeeding at the Interview
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Succeeding at the Interview
In order to get the job, you have to show up as enthusiastic,
knowledgeable and "right" for the position. There are ways you
can assure this. The tips below are just a few things to
remember when you are in the interview setting.
Your job in the interview is to make the hiring manager like you
well enough to want to h ...
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By Stefanie H. Spikell
26 Oct 2008 07:51:50 |
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| How Be A Private Investigator
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Do you have a taste for adventure and a nose for mystery? Do you enjoy the challenge of delving into the unknown, unearthing clues and piecing them together to find a solution? Well then, you don't have to be stuck with a boring 9 to 5 minimum wage job, you can indulge in your favorite pastime, hone your talent and skills and get paid richly.. ...
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By Tony Warner
20 Oct 2008 04:45:18 |
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| 7 Little Known Facts About Thyroid Problems
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What’s a common disease that over 5 million Americans suffer
from and many may not even be aware they have it? Hypothyroidism
and related forms of thyroid dysfunction!
The thyroid gland looks like a little bow tie and is located at
the base of the throat, below the Adam’s apple in males. Thyroid
dysfunctio ...
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By Emily Clark
14 Oct 2008 03:49:31 |
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| Oh No! The Office Holiday Party is a Seated Dinner!
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Q: What's harder than knowing how to shine at the Christmas
office party? A: Knowing how to shine when it's a seated dinner.
The open-format Christmas office party is a piece of cake
compared to a seated lunch or dinner. At a buffet-type function
you can move around, which means you can disappear when ...
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By Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach
04 Oct 2008 02:26:06 |
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| Avoid Mistakes and Gaffes in Your Resume
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Having mistakes and gaffes in your job resume spell disaster
for your job search. The last thing an employer needs is to look
at a poorly written resume. The employer is looking at possibly
dozens of resumes a day, and if yours is not up to par, don’t
expect to hear from him/her.
Make sure you proofread your resume for spelling ...
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By Michelle Roebuck
03 Oct 2008 02:53:45 |
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| Unemployment Blues
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Unemployment is depressing: financial pressures stress you out,
looking for work is humiliating, and your fragile
self-confidence reels under the blows of indifference and
rejection.
It becomes harder to get up in the morning, to take care of
yourself, to be supportive and loving to those around you, to
swing energeti ...
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By Virginia Bola, PsyD
01 Oct 2008 07:34:43 |
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| 5 Benefits To Choosing A Career In Lomi Lomi
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It's no secret that massage therapists are in high demand in
Australia, however for the person looking to embark on a new
career in massage, the multitude of study options can be
overwhelming.
Should I complete a Certificate IV in massage? Should I commit
long-term and complete a diploma in massage? Or should I just
start out by learning 1 or 2 ...
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By Tania Hodder
30 Sep 2008 06:17:39 |
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| Interview tips
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Interview Questions
Are you the kind of person who relies on charm? Will it work when you are sitting in front of the most important people you ever met, interviewing you for the best job you ever dreamed of.....
You need to train yourself
You must achieve & develop professionalism in you that will come across in the ...
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By Mr. Kiran
25 Sep 2008 03:17:06 |
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| Lost Your Job? Good for You!
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Losing your job is a shock no matter how it happens. Fired,
laid off, downsized-it's all spelled 'unemployed'. But once the
shock of a job loss wears off, you might discover there can be
real benefits to being unemployed By looking for the positive
aspects of your situation, you can start to achieve ...
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By Karen Walker
23 Sep 2008 06:35:26 |
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| Coaching Generation X
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It has been said that Generation X is the most ignored,
misunderstood, and disheartened generation our country has seen
in a long time. No one can define who belongs to Generation X.
While most agree that there is a generation after the Boomers,
no one agrees on who it is. In a September 23, 1996, article in
USA Today, six experts defined G ...
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By Terri Nagle
22 Sep 2008 04:59:13 |
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| Three Common Deadly Mistakes Made In Interviews
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Since no two interviews are alike, it is difficult to be
prepared for what lies ahead, but you can focus on your
presentation skills, which may be even more important than what
you have to say. Three areas of performance, which should be
considered dangerous and deadly, are worth spending some time
thinking about before your next int ...
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By Carole Martin
21 Sep 2008 02:09:18 |
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| Tips For A Successful Local Job Search
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If you are seriously searching for a local job, but you have no
idea where to look, you may be just one of the thousands of
unemployed people in the country. However, finding a job is easy
when you know where to search.
Where can you find employers? How can you find your desired
local job?
Before anything else, you should determine your ...
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By Maxwell Hurst
17 Sep 2008 10:51:02 |
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| The Secret of Life Is to Get On Board
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One of this year's box office hits was the movie, Polar Express.
It's a wonderful story about the power of believing. It is
Christmas Eve and a little boy waits in his bed hoping to hear
the bells of Santa's sleigh. As he anxiously waits for the
reindeer to appear, a mysterious train pulls up in front of his
house and the conductor in ...
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By Mary Ann Bailey
11 Sep 2008 09:26:43 |
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| Nursing Jobs Website Wins Praise From Those Who Count - The
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NursingExecutives.com, an innovative career website for
executive and administrative nurses, is winning plaudits from
those who count the most – executive nurses seeking career
choices and the employers and recruiters who are seeking them.
By focusing on a very specific niche, nursing leaders,
NursingExecutives.com has achieved outsta ...
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By Neil Street
27 Aug 2008 03:48:52 |
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| The MYTH of Work-Life Balance
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The MYTH of Work-Life Balance: Stop Juggling, Start Living
(c) 2004 Shawn Driscoll, Succeed Coaching & Development
As a parent and coach, I hear the same refrain on a weekly basis
… “I need more life balance”. I believe the promise of work-life
balance is a myth because it suggests that there is a perfectly
balan ...
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By Shawn M. Driscoll
25 Aug 2008 06:03:18 |
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| Career Train Wreck
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If you've ever felt like your career was heading for a train
wreck and didn't know where to turn, look no further than your
own mirror. While you will find there are many people in the
industry who will help you once you've succeeded, it's a far cry
sometimes for anyone to help you when you are climbing up a
ladder that sways in the wind and ea ...
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By Jaci Rae
18 Aug 2008 04:46:15 |
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| Me and my office
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If asked, define your workplace, what would your answer be. A place that that's fun, exciting and stimulating or one that's staid and dreary. Most likely we will go with the second description. Ever wondered, why? Why we have to get up every morning or even night and force ourselves to go to a place which, given a ...
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By Rachna Singh
16 Aug 2008 04:50:44 |
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| Workplace Fitness--"Tongue-In-Cheek"
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According to the Oxford Dictionary of Current
English, to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek is to
speak insincerely or ironically. This phrase dates back to 1748
when it was cool to show disdain or disrespect for someone by
putting your tongue inside your cheek to make it stick out.
While we rarely use this ge ...
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By Althea DeBrule
12 Aug 2008 02:47:11 |
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| Using Recruiters
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When there is an opening to fill, a company has four basic
approaches at their disposal:
• Advertise the position on Internet job sites • Network • Probe
the Internet for viable candidates • Use recruiters
When a company advertises an opening on an Internet job site,
they receive hundreds of resumes. It simply is too long of a ...
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By David Richter
08 Aug 2008 05:33:20 |
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| Balancing Act
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One of the most obvious implications of the end of the “job for
life” society is that if we wish to hold on to our job we need
to demonstrate our utility to the employer. For many, this is
interpreted as working long hard hours, and the “stay at work”
culture is often the result. But is this necessary? Did anyone
actuall ...
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By Nick Gendler
07 Aug 2008 11:59:25 |
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| Formatting a Resume
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Combination Resume is a type of resume which is advisable to use. It combines both chronological and
functional. Its difference with choronological format is it's easy to follow.That's the reason why
manager prefer reading resume in chronological format. This type of resume may possess consistency and
progre ...
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By Marian Alba
04 Aug 2008 08:06:36 |
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| Building Performance Trust
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You can have outstanding ideas, yet never leverage them into
winning at working results. That's because the secret behind
those ideas lies in performance. Yours.
Getting the okay to pursue your idea is directly related to the
level of confidence other people have in your ability to deliver
it. And if you do, you will create for your ...
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By Nan S. Russell
02 Aug 2008 10:25:32 |
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| Balance Is Firing Stress
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Have you ever felt real stressed out and pressed down emotionally, drained, and burned out? Your life is a blur? The days seem to rush. You rush to work. You rush to run errands on your lunch break or after work. You put more projects onto your calendar. What if you could have more time? Time to be ...
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By Amanda Young
30 Jul 2008 04:06:16 |
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| Create a Rappin' Resume
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(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 them
All the many things you can do.
It’s now your chance to shine.
With a resume just for you.
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By Barbara Snyder
22 Jul 2008 06:23:44 |
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| How To Start Your Voice Over Career, Part 1
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If you have ever been told that you have a great voice, then you
may have thought of making use of that great voice in a
professional way, as a singer, announcer or as a voice over
talent. Voice over, or adding your voice to advertisements and
recorded messages, can be a very lucrative field for a trained
talent ...
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By D.C. Douglas
22 Jul 2008 02:50:42 |
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| How To Get A Job Writing Speeches
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Jobs in speech writing are amongst the most difficult to find,
but are much sought after. In many cases, the subjects that will
deliver them will want to find expert advice on what to say, how
to say it, and how to make themselves look good through it. You
will not start out with a job in speech writing for the
President, though. You will s ...
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By Niall Cinneide
19 Jul 2008 03:08:23 |
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| Job Market Strategies for New Graduates
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It's that time of the year again when colleges let out and newly graduated young adults receive their diplomas. They will enjoy a well deserved, long hot summer and then realize "I've graduate - now what? I don't know what to do next!" A little daunted with the realization that now they need to find a j ...
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By Kris Plantrich, CPRW, CEIP
13 Jul 2008 02:07:17 |
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