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

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As well as working with clients like Pinterest, Google and Salesforce, Jessica has put her insights into self-worth and personal branding in her book, Be. 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 She also hosts The SimplyBe.

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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.

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Roti, Kapda aur Makaan” (food, clothing and shelter) was the political cry of independent India’s socialism in the 1960s and ’70s (including a Hindi film with the same title). I returned three years later to my City of Karma in a job with my then dream publication with four times the salary—with no love in tow. Broken. * * *.

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Celebrating National Customer Service Week by honoring the best

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In the overwhelmingly successful business called Zappos, their philosophy, culture, and obsession with customer service has changed the 1999 Internet shoe business to shoes, clothing and more with annual revenues of over one billion dollars. photo by: William Brawley.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

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Read a self-help book every morning for 30 minutes. If you don’t know how, buy a book on starting a business and read it, or check the internet for tips. I just started my own business, and I want to evaluate my income versus my expenses to see where I am currently, with the ultimate goal of hitting the salary I want to make.

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The Real Reasons People Are Quitting by Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

It costs a company 6-9 months of an employee’s annual salary to replace them. When she was hired, her manager said she would be on track for promotions and salary increases but in three years, she was overlooked numerous times. The third most important thing that staff wants is to be fairly compensated in salary and other benefits.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

When I am putting together an editing report or when I am fact-checking – I often work on books that match subject areas I studied. Pictures, sound, words, visuals, environments. Alas, that’s not going to happen, so books will have to do. Years later, I run an editing and writing business. Am I a filmmaker?

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

Men With Pens

That means that if I take a salaried job today, I might be earning $32,550 while the guy next to me earns $35,000. Many of you with families would gladly take on a job at twice your current salary even if it meant some sort of weird workplace problem. Women over 25? They were still stuck with 79 cents to the dollar. Not nearly.

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