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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. Those subconscious signals evaporate in an online-only collaboration.

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

On The Job

Answer the phone correctly. "Yo!" Answer the phone, giving your first and last name. If you take a message, make sure you get the correct spelling of the persons name and the phone number (repeat it back). Just as you would not pop your head into someones cubicle and blurt "report due today!" is not the proper way.

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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 Hiring managers are searching social networking sites like LinkedIn looking for potential candidates who might be a good fit.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

Gerber, 38, now a serial entrepreneur and author of Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter , published in 2018, has become an evangelist for entrepreneurship, particularly for resourceful young go-getters who may not be cut out for life as cubicle dwellers.

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You Will Survive: 8 Strategies to Overcome New Entrepreneur Anxiety

Success

Breathe and know that there’s no need to retreat back to cubicle-land. Are you trying to build the app and website, grow seven social media accounts, host webinars, talk to customers, sell, and secure venture capital all at the same time while also juggling a personal life? It feels awful, but it’s perfectly survivable.

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The Solopreneur Handicap That Makes You Suck at Productivity

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Kicking off a day filled with social media buzzwords. We’ve been so busy telling people to Escape Cubicle Nation , retire to 4 Hour Work Weeks and become Non-Conformists … that we’ve overlooked a few advantages of old-school big business entrepreneurs. One task has a huge component of social interaction and expectation.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

With their technology skills and great social networking abilities, GenY ( born roughly between 1980-2003) previously have found employers willing to meet their expectations. This generation of workers is still highly desirable because of their skills in technology and their (social media) connections,” Finnigan says.

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