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4 Ways to Avoid Working With Jerks

On The Job

There might not be as many -- but you can bet they're lurking among the cubicles. When you interview with a company or department for the first time, are you treated with respect? When you interview with a company or department for the first time, are you treated with respect? Interviews are not a one-way street.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Success

For the past decade, BELAY has been witnessing this phenomenon firsthand through its network of contractors who supply virtual support as assistants, bookkeepers, web maintenance professionals and social media strategists. Conservatively, finding and hiring a new employee takes companies an average of eight weeks to complete.

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Nibbles and Yum-Yums: August 13, 2010

Eat Your Career

FREE Job Interview Success Kit. The mastermind behind Ask a Manager has just created a brand new downloadable guide called “ How to Prepare for an Interview: Boost Your Confidence, Impress Your Interviewer and Get a Job.&# Jeff Moriarty , aka The Social Media Spirit Guide or “no pants&#.

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Sound and vision – Nigel Oseland makes himself heard for the IN magazine profile

Workplace Insight

Interviewing people involves trying to tease out a bit of personal colour. My suggestions on social media based on this love fall on deaf ears. It’s back to the cubicle except it’s a Perspex box rather than a partitioned box. “So, Sometimes I already know what that is or might be. I think the staff liked it.

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Should You Hang Up When a Recruiter Calls?

On The Job

Check out this story I did for Gannett/USAToday.com: You're sitting in your cubicle one day considering the dozens of emails that await your attention when your phone rings.On the other end is someone interested in interviewing you for a job. Use social media to get the buzz about an employer. Wait a second, you think.

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7 Tips for Getting Off to a Great Start in a New Job

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, August 23, 2010 7 Tips for Getting Off to a Great Start in a New Job Its a tough time to be entering the workforce. Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea?

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

If you fail to get this right, as I did with my online men’s store, then your customers won’t care about your offerings, and you’ll have to go back to your old cubicle job. You need to actually get out there and hear people, whether through interviews or surveys or combing through product reviews or forums. “It Set up interviews.