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What Companies Can Learn from the Southwest Airlines Crisis

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Normal operations have since resumed. While Southwest’s model is typically more efficient than the hub-and-spoke model (less connecting flights, shorter flight times, savings that are passed along to consumers with more discounted fares), it’s also less resilient.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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They have stellar resumes. They’re a flexible expense. The pros of expert freelancers They can start promptly. They can hit the ground running. They’ve seen your tech stack before — especially if you’re a DTC brand. They’re agile hires. The cons of expert freelancers They can be tough to integrate into existing systems.

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How to Hide Your Age in a Virtual Interview

Eat Your Career

I’ve submitted a resume that includes the last 16 years (two jobs at my current employer) and I am getting initial interviews. I don’t want to discount the feelings around the potential of age discrimination. Instead, we want recent, relevant experience on the resume, which it sounds like this person did.

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Beware of Career Marketing Firms

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Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection Beware of Career Marketing Firms On August 29, 2010, In Interview Skills by Alex Freund , By Alex Freund 0 Last week I received a request from a family member of mine in transition. (..)

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Believe it or not, while some EAs do hold tremendous power, because travel is a very expensive and uncomfortable aspect of business, many executives or companies are very specific on what is or isn't allowed and which airlines they will or won't fly. 3) Offer an introductory free samples or a great discount. Any suggestions?

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

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I’d like a website, but I’m having a hard time justifying the expense.&# Something doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive, but I believe it has to *look* like it was done to quality standards for that perception of “expensive&# – which many people equate to grounded, established business.

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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. Why I Wish iPhone Apps Were More Expensive Reply Alamin ( @Earnbyblog ) June 9, 2010 at 10:30 pm Wow. It seemed like common courtesy to me. Guess it’s not so common after all. Jodi Kaplan´s last blog. Lamborghini or Hyundai?

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