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As I Enter My 60s, Here’s the Advice I Would Give to My Younger Self

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I remember one instance when I applied for a communications job and the male interviewer asked if I was pregnant or planning to have children soon. Today, I would have admonished the guy and abruptly ended the interview. I didn’t like being on camera or giving live radio interviews. Skip the master’s degree What?

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7 Strategies To Attract And Retain Top Talent

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Imagine you’re interviewing a candidate for a new job, and you have a sense that something’s up. Unfortunately, extensive studies show that our feelings about candidates in interviews offer poor predictions of future employee success. What works much better than typical unstructured interviews are structured ones.

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The “World Footprints” Podcast Shares Untold Stories for Socially-Conscious Travelers

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A chance meeting with a life coach changed the course of their lives Shortly thereafter, during a trip to San Francisco, Tonya and Ian met a life coach at a hotel cocktail hour who ended up changing their career path. Since owning horses would be an expensive venture, they opted to create a travel agency. “We explains Tonya.

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Planning to Take Maternity Leave While Self-Employed? Do These 6 Things First

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However, she said it is important to make sure you can cover your expenses. Can you save or invest so you have three months’—or how many months you want to take—worth of those expenses [covered]?” According to Gina Knox, CEO and financial coach at Gina Knox Coaching, there is no set amount freelancers should save.

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How Parents Feel About Remote and Hybrid Work Being Here to Stay

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In the course of writing this very article, my preschooler has come into my office (despite another caregiver being home) not once but four times. That’s when parenting pressures increase, child care expenses go up and there’s a lack of endemic support in the workplace,” Hobbs says.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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Of course, managing a freelancer is not the same as managing a full-time employee or agency. They’re a flexible expense. How to interview freelance marketers It’s impossible to achieve goals you never set — so define and communicate your objective and scope of work in the first interview. They can hit the ground running.

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Preparing for the Phone Interview

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Many of my clients have asked me to help them prep for a phone interview. Of course your body language, smile, and ability to connect with someone on a personal level gives you the upper hand when sitting in the same room. The Call: When you do your phone interview make sure that you are in a quiet place with good phone reception.

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