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Am I Ready to Telework?

Here are 10 questions to judge your suitability to work from home.

Working from home is becoming more and more accepted in today’s workplace. Bosses have found that telework supports the environment, employee productivity, and the company’s bottom line.

Whether you’re trying to figure it out for yourself, or hoping to convince your boss, this info should point you in the right direction.

Provided below are 10 questions to ask yourself to figure out whether or not telework is right for you.

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How to Get Public Speaking Experience

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Because half of the battle is just showing up! Let’s face it, it’s human nature: If we really want to avoid something uncomfortable, we’re going to find a way. If we really enjoy something, we’ll find a way to do it often. Public speaking is no different. For those with a fear of public speaking, [...]

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Email Subject Line Etiquette for Dummies

Make sure your subject line actually has something to say Well, my home computer gave up the ghost (loudly) yesterday, sounding amazingly like a leaf blower before heading to PC heaven. With several laptops, two more desktops, and an iPad around the house, getting most of my work done isn’t much of an issue. No [...]

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5 Simple 30 Day Weight Loss Tricks

Give one or two of these simple 30 day diet changes a try. Admit it, diets can be scary things. They tend to be these huge, life altering promises with no light at the end of the tunnel. For a change, try to look at trying a few short-term solutions. Knowing that eventually you’ll be [...]

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A Few Sneaky Research Tips for Your Next Job Interview

5 things to research to help land your next job. For most of us, there’s a lot of anxiety that comes with interviewing for a new job. Like anything else, the less information you have going in, the more nerve-wracking it’s going to be. Fortunately, there’s a great deal of information available to you if [...]

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Some Tips to Find Success at the Job Fair

Here’s some advice to help you prepare for your career fair. Your next job fair could be one of the most important events of your life. Most job seekers will attend these events with no understanding of how to make themselves stand out above the hundreds or thousands of other applicants. Having had the opportunity [...]

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Alternative Brainstorming Ideas for Introverts

Here’s how to get the best ideas from your entire team. Getting the most out of your team is important. A great tool to use to generate ideas is Brainstorming. However, many of your team members may not feel comfortable with the idea of shouting out ideas off the top of their heads through a [...]

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The 4 Pillars of a Healthy and Happy Life

Finding balance in a busy life. ‘Wellness’ is a matter of making the right choices, and striking a positive balance in those areas that have the most impact on your life. The information provided below is just one way to look at this balance through the lenses of the Physical, Mental, Social, and Spiritual dimensions.

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Relaxing colors for your office

What’s the best color choice for my office? Article provided by guest author. It’s a known fact that colors and lighting can have a considerable effect on our minds. Therefore, working for a company that encourages you to personalize your office space can be a great thing. After all, you spend most of your day [...]

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5 Myths about Retirement

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Some important retirement tips for you. Guest post provided by Anthony Bendel. See below for more information about this author. It can be very overwhelming when you reach that point in life when you are planning to retire. There is a lot of new and unfamiliar jargon to get your head around like “open market [...]

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Can Supplemental Oxygen Make Exercise Easier?

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Here’s how supplemental oxygen can enhance your fitness routine. Article provided by guest author. The first few months of the year are traditionally the time in which long-forgotten gym membership cards are dug out from drawers and treadmill waiting times increase significantly. A good proportion of people don’t continue their newly-drawn up exercise regimes, falling [...]

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How to Avoid a Lemon when Buying a Used Car

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5 tips to keep from getting ripped off next time you buy a car. Guest post provided by Melanie Lewis. See below for more information about this author. Purchasing a good used car can be a bit of a challenge. The idea is to find a vehicle that can provide reliable transportation while trying to [...]

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The Five Biggest Blunders in Job Applications

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Avoid these common resume mistakes. Article provided by guest poster. What thousands upon thousands of jobseekers fail to realize is the way in which even the very best CVs and job applications can be destroyed in a heartbeat by any one of dozens of common mistakes most don’t even know they are making. In some [...]

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