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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

Success

Masarweh says it’s a way to better allocate employees’ time, especially when they have special skills, so you aren’t paying high salaries for basic administrative tasks. A virtual assistant service, Virtudesk, reports that VAs save 78% annually on operating costs, and that 59% of assistants are considered full-time employees.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

Success

I had intended to ask him about how he started Bonton Farms , an urban farm he founded in a South Dallas food desert more than a decade ago after abandoning a cozy corporate job and six-figure salary. A food desert is an urban community whose residents need to travel a mile or more to get to a grocery store. So, we had the right one.

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8 Signs Your Company May Have Received Government Bailout Money

On The Job

There have been many requests for a piece of the bailout pie from lots of companies, including Hustler magazine and the guy from "Girls Gone Wild." Company memo says that while the holiday party for employees was canceled because of costs, the executives will be traveling to Paris for a Valentine's Day getaway with significant others.

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“EAs Need Better Press.” Agreed. Solving the EA PR Problem Once and For All

Bonnie Low Kramen

Until March, 2020 brought travel to a screeching halt, I had worked in 14 countries and 38 states. Do the research on your salary. Given a choice, advocate for salary versus hourly compensation. That dollar figure will more than cover the cost of certification. Out of sight, out of mind? Not so fast. Click here.

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Oh, Mexico: A Burned-Out CEO Turns a Ranch into a Retreat

Success

I thought this was going to be another year of travel for me,” Harper says about her sojourn in Mexico. “I I was going to be there for two weeks and plan my travel. We were on the front page of the New York Times and the travel sections.” This article originally appeared in the January/February 2023 Issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   While everyone focuses on the lower cost of contingent workers, we believe the increased business flexibility they provide is at least an equally important driver.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

Success

When we shine a light on our fears and realize the actual cost of inaction, we loosen the grip fear has on our psyche. With my husband working long hours and regularly away for travel, I was already stretched thin mothering three children. But at what cost? I recall slapping my face to reset the image.

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