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Work-Life Balance 2.0 and Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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4, 2007) The Boring Made Dull Said on November 9th, 2007 at 3:47 am Economics and Social Policy – XXXVII archives submit postWelcome to the November 8, 2007 e … THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant Said on November 13th, 2007 at 12:57 pm [.]

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Taylor's a Feminist – But So Is James | Men With Pens

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I imagine at the time she knew just what a difference it would have made in her workplace to have been able to leave that question of gender unanswered when we were still at the resume stage of the proceedings. She didn’t have her own company yet, and she had been handing out resumes not that long ago herself. Not nearly.

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How to Wow Blog Editors (and Get Published) | Men With Pens

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Reminds me of people who send in resumes that are full of spelling mistakes or printed on pink paper. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. It seemed like common courtesy to me.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

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Many freelancers don’t have to send their resumes to people anymore, so those degrees don’t see a lot of action, but they’re there, collecting dust on our walls. Do I write routinely about Policy and Management or about Labor Relations? Written by James - 69 Comments Many freelancers have university degrees. Wish I knew.

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Why You Need to Have More than Your Clients | Men With Pens

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What REALLY maddens me are my 20-something fellow karate dojo colleagues – they’re looking for jobs but tell them to put up a personal resume website to highlight their skills, and they react like a deer in the headlights. Reply Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach ( @barbaraling ) April 12, 2010 at 1:50 pm Totally agree with you.

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How NOT to Get the Freelance Job - and What to Do | Men With Pens

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Any email that begins with, “I probably don’t have enough experience,&# “I’m not sure I’m what you’re looking for,&# or even “I’m sure you probably have much better writers sending in their resume,&# pretty much forces the reply, “You’re right. DO take a chance. Powered by frugal

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What to Do When Your Client is Boring | Men With Pens

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This sounds like the generic stuff you put on your resume when you’re just out of college and don’t realize that your resume shouldn’t sound like everyone else’s, and also that everyone in the world is lying when they say they are “goals-oriented.” No one is goals-oriented. I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place.

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