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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

With a passion for “building the green, clean, knowledge-rich future,” she founded her company, Ethical Markets Media LLC , in 2004, when she was 72. “I Parenting skills are management skills “I came up in newsrooms and working in male-dominated environments, and every manager I had, male or female, managed by screaming,” she recalls. “It

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Preparing Your Resume

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was in a union environment and I was at the bottom of the years-of-service ladder as I had only been there a year. Instead they recommended setting out your skills and strengths in point form right up front so the potential employer can see if you have the skills for the job. The rumour mill was in full swing at work.

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Successful Resumés

Laughing all the Way to Work

They discouraged listing duties, but rather suggested setting out your skills and strengths in point form right up front so the potential employer can see if you have the skills for the job. For example I was applying for a job in the legal environment so wanted to highlight that].

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Can Virtual Assistants provide social networking support?

Loosely Speaking

Not everyone is born with or learns tghe necessary communication skills to learn to work as a team with a VA. Or, for that matter, working with ANYone in a team environment. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. ktcosmos Comment // January 23rd, 2009 // 6:04 pm Denise, I think that’s the point. Loose Ends.

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The Magic of Intrapreneurship Within Organizations

Success

In a letter to would-be shareholders in 2004, the co-founders noted that the habit “empowers [employees] to be more creative and innovative,” and that many significant advances happened during that allocated time. Building real trust requires leaders to cultivate an environment that’s supportive and suitable for the free exchange of ideas.

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Insurer Puts Integrity in its Name and Appreciation at its Core

Energage

In 2006, company President and CEO Bob Ritchie created American Integrity Insurance after the 2004 multiple hurricane season significantly reduced the number of sound homeowners insurance options in Florida. It also offers an employee-centric workplace environment that not only wins awards, but fuels recruiting, retention, and revenue growth.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

Success

The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. We generally describe an internship as a way for a young person to learn about themselves and acquire basic skills through work,” she says.

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