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Workplace advice for any issue, problem, or concern; from changing careers to co-working advice and decorating needs.
How to Invoice as a Contractor in 2021!
Contractors offer a variety of services, from business consulting to design and manufacturing. And for that, billing is an essential skill for contractor to create invoices and get paid for those activities. Invoicing will help describe the amount of work, including the hours and dates that the particular task was completed, as they perform various types of work in different time frames.
By Jordan Jose5 years ago in Journal
8 Hacks to Speaking Confidently in Public
Speaking is one of the most important skills for almost anyone, especially for entrepreneurs. It doesn't matter if you consider constant public speaking to be a necessary factor in the process of achieving success, or if you prefer to work in a quiet office or by yourself - you will have to speak one way or another.
By Jessica Miller5 years ago in Journal
Writing A Cover Letter Yourself
Are you planning on writing a cover letter yourself but you don’t know where to start? Do you feel a little overwhelmed by all that you might have already researched about cover letters? Try not to stress too much; writing a cover letter is really a piece of cake as long as you keep a few things in mind.
By Raja Saqib5 years ago in Journal
How To Succeed In a Video Job Interview
I am a young professional eager to learn as I grow into my life long career. After graduating high school, I started working in the office of a small business, and although I loved my time there, I made the tough decision to look for a new position.
By Amanda Mitchell5 years ago in Journal
10 Health Tips for Writers
By its very nature, writing is a solitary experience. As writers, we spend hours sitting over our keyboards putting our thoughts into words; and while our minds are very active, our bodies, unfortunately, are not. It is easy to find ourselves falling into the rut of eating junk food, imbibing overly caffeinated and sugary drinks, and I won’t even mention alcohol! This combined with lack of exercise can spell disaster for both our health and well-being.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior5 years ago in Journal
Avoid Rejection
Formatting your document, whether it is a blog, manuscript for a periodical, a screenplay, or a novel, plays a major role in the success or failure of your piece. It greatly improves your chances of catching the attention of a publisher and having a successful publishing experience. Even if you self-publish, unless you convert your manuscript yourself, many self-publishing companies now also require that you abide by basic formatting styles so they can convert your book to the proper file format.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior5 years ago in Journal
4 Ways to Stay Motivated
It’s a situation that all of us are familiar with – a deadline that’s looming over you while you stress about whether or not you’re going to manage to get your work done on time. Worse still is when you just know that you’re going to be missing a deadline, and you have to wonder about what the result of doing so will be.
By Amra Beganovich5 years ago in Journal
Work is Not Supposed to Hurt
Workplace Bullies: Are you a victim of one of these cretins? Meghan, a marketing coordinator for a pharmaceutical distributing company in Chicago was well-liked and appreciated by her colleagues and supervisors until a new marketing manager was brought in to develop a marketing strategy. Almost immediately, Meghan's projects were eliminated or the new manager took them over and claimed credit for them. He intentionally kept her out of the loop regarding meetings and sales calls. He enjoyed making rude comments about women in front of Meghan saying things like "Women are only good for seven years and then you have to replace them." After six years of glowing reviews, Meghan was laid off six months after the new manager came on board.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior5 years ago in Journal
