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8 Niche Careers You Didn’t Even Know Existed

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Imagine the next time you ask someone what they do for a living and they respond, “Oh, I test waterslides for a living,” or “I study the curious contents found in the pockets of antique clothing.” The average salary range for ethical hackers is between $95,000 to $119,000, according to Crowdstrike. According to the U.S.

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6 Real-Life Budgeting Tips to Save More Money

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I make an average salary. While I’ve been financially frugal my whole life, knowing how to save money is a skill that can be easily taught. Some of the highest-quality clothes and shoes in my closet have cost less than a latté. I contribute to my 401(k) monthly. And I travel abroad every three months. Well, practice.

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

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Personal branding can be as simple as being punctual, being polite and choosing clothes that express the way you want to be seen. “It’s Companies are starting to see personal branding as a key skill for salaried employees, not just independent contractors. What do you want people to know you for?

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

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Olympia loved that at the beginning of the movie, the women could be seen as the beloved and well worn Southern female stereotypes – preoccupied with gossip, clothes, hair, flowers, and food. When you’re a star, your skills and talents will always be welcomed elsewhere. The script was about the friendship of women. Thanks, Olympia.

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Quickly, Low-Kramen realized that prioritizing was a vital movie-set skill. One perk of working for a star is the clothes, she said: “One assistant I knew was the same shoe size as her celebrity, so she got all her hand-me-down designer shoes.”

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Love CSI? How About a Career in Computer Forensics?

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates computer forensics jobs are expected to grow more than 13 percent in the next several years with starting salaries of about $46,500. This kind of job requires you to have great people skills, be able to write good reports and be intuitive." Why the growing demand for such specialists?

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Preparing for the Interview

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just didn’t have time to bring my clothes to the dry cleaner, and worse than that I had an inch of grey roots showing and I hadn't coloured my hair. They mustn't have noticed my grey roots or wrinkled suit, or I completely wowed them with my skills and humour, but this definitely was not the way to go to an interview!