Just like permie employees, you rise from a long and restful sleep on a Sunday morning, put on some coffee, enjoy a long breakfast reading the newspaper, and then decide whether it’s the beach or the park for a day’s fun and relaxation with the kids. NO WAY JOSE! Instead, you slide out of bed […]
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Recession is as certain as death and taxes (I wish taxis were as certain on a cold winter’s night at 3am!). And guess what – so is the upturn. But who is talking about it yet?Good News people: according to McKinsey’s Quarterly Survey , we are getting close to the bottom of the trough we
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‘Performance Review’, as a search phrase, accounts for over 60% of search-engine traffic to this site. A big topic for many people! Performance Reviews are a hot topic during this recession. Why? I contacted 50 readers and put that very question to them. What was the answer?The consensus – a lot of people are nervous
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Most of us want to be rich. At least rich enough so that we can make our own choices of who we work with, when we work and how we work. How about you?Despite what many marketers would like us to believe, there isn’t a magic bullet to become rich overnight, notwithstanding major inheritance or
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If you’re in Sales, a Freelancer or in a role where you need to secure some kind of deal, at some point you may need to Cold Call
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Another installment of Sh..IT Happens, and another trip through the blogosphers for some of my favorite picks of the week.Brand You: how do you come across at work?Elizabeth Harrin writes a great post on her blog A Girls Guide to Project Management about personal branding in the workplace. She interviews Salma Shah who share her
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The recession is a different environment from boom-times (er.. yeah?) so have you spoken to your accountant about what options you have to strengthen your finances? A straw-poll of freelancers and contractors told me yesterday that only 17% of freelancers are talking to the accountant. Why aren’t freelancers talking to their accountant. Perhaps the equally
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We’re in a recession. Cashflow is tight. So don’t let your invoices go unpaid another minute! This is short, but sweet. In business, cashflow is king. Profit is great. Low-cost operational costs – cool. But without cashflow, you’re dead in the water… Chasing invoices is the must-do activity if you’ve got debtors. The Time-Value of
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By combining your LinkedIn profile with Facebook ads, you’ll discover an effective way of getting yourself in front of potential employers who use Facebook (and let’s face it, who doesn’t?) It’s a guerrilla job-hunting tactic that enables you to search the hidden job market and find or even create the best jobs before they hit
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Here are 7 things to do to turn your situation around and get yourself right back into employment
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