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Blog Action Day 2008

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Blog Action Day 2008 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging As a participant in Blog Action Day 2008, I asked everyone I know for information on programs (actual or planned) which combat poverty.

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Gigi Gorgeous: How to Stay Grounded When Social Media Is Your Full-Time Job

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Gigi joined YouTube in 2008. Most creators want to pursue passions like cooking, personal finance or real estate while documenting the journey for other people. I work with charity organizations like The Trevor Project , It Gets Better and GLAAD , who literally save the lives of trans youth…. What am I here to do?

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Patrice Washington Is Redefining Wealth By Scaling Joy

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The crash of the housing market in 2008 and subsequent recession decimated her business, leaving her on welfare and food stamps and—eventually—sitting across from a generous Harvey who offered to create a job with the sole purpose of helping her get back on her feet. “I And it was gone overnight.

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Invest in Interpersonal Skills Development is Important but Few Plan to Invest in Them

Office Dynamics

But only one in five ( 19 percent ) executives said their organization is likely to invest in soft skills training for accounting and finance staff in the next two years. The survey was developed by Accountemps, the world''s first and largest specialized staffing service for temporary accounting, finance and bookkeeping professionals.

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

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“In broad terms, millennials get it, get that education is key to a better life and that education doesn’t necessarily stop when you get your first piece of paper, your first degree—you keep going,” says Liz Weston, a nationally syndicated personal-finance columnist. “I They’re not waiting for an employer to take care of them.”.

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The Rise of Gourmet Food Trucks

Small Business Labs

      I even had to cheat a bit on the chart to get the 83,000 hits in 2008-2009 to show up.  Consumers are increasingly focused on what they eat and where it comes from, with a focus on quality, freshness and organic.  - Local food , which is part of the new localism movement.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. One of our main duties is to keep our bosses organized.

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