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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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Her first thought was the officer saw her talking on the phone. I was equipped with both and strong leadership skills that could help me succeed anywhere. “If She purchased a second location from her mother in 2012 and has since opened one more, giving her three locations in New Jersey. “My

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The Top 5 Things That Were Wise Investments for My Home Business

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Why it was a wise choice: Storing my files in the cloud rather than on a physical hard drive or flash drive makes it easy to access them from my desktop, laptop, iPad, and phone. 2 A Business Phone. Why it was a wise choice: When I first started my out, I just used my cell phone as my business phone too.

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Manage Your Time to Manage Your Emotions

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It may seem reasonable to pick up three or four new skills to add to your repertoire, but that’s an expectation the mind can’t execute. When we try to develop too many new skills at once, they become competing priorities that leave us distracted, discouraged and overwhelmed. The first is that we bite off more than we can chew.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” She moved on in 2012 and founded Mina Shah Enterprises the following year, self-funding with income from consulting.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. I could do all this work, but I found that my focus and time management suffered since each government agency worked in a different way, and each kind of consulting required different skills. Photo by ChickenStock Images/Shutterstock.

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4 Easy Ways to Make Your Career Better in 2012

On The Job

But I do know that the resolution I made to pick up the phone and call one family member a week is something that feels right in my gut. Here's some ideas to make 2012 better: 1. There are dozens of professional writing associations -- and gaining diverse contacts and skills can really pay off. Join a professional organization.

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Authentically Gen Z: The Values, Aspirations & Drivers That Will Re-Define The Future Of Work

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As Generation Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—begins to enter the workforce, companies are realizing their current office spaces, operational policies, and company norms do not resonate as strongly with this emerging employee base as they did with those of decades past. . ” Image courtesy of SmithGroup.

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