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5 Reasons Why You Should NOT Get A Big Tax Refund
I will never forget the day one of my tax clients came to pick up his personal income tax return. "How's it…
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The Annual Career Check-Up
As we are all aware, technical innovations, the globalization of the marketplace, increased competition and demands from consumers have all contributed to the necessity for flexibility and focus in meeting the needs of the rapidly changing, fast-paced workplace. Terms like "change management", "life-long learning", "multi-tasking" and "cross functional skill sets" echo these new demands made on employees at all levels.
Get The Raise Or Promotion You Deserve
Do your annual performance reviews come and go with no particular recognition of the contributions to your organization? Start a work journal to track your performance. It's similar to a diary in that you must keep it faithfully, week-by-week, if it's to have any value to your career. It can be a comprehensive record of your achievements on the job as a paid employee and…
Interview Techniques For Frequent Job Changers
Since 1997 I have had several job changes as a result of downsizings, market crashes or company foldings. During some of the breaks in employment I worked as an independent consultant. Prior to that I had a fairly stable employment history. This recent spate of job changes usually comes up at interviews. Usually I demonstrate the most of the changes are the result of conditions…
Benefit from the Hawthorne effect
This is a phenomenon first noted way back in 1924 - several years before the era's leading "can-do" guru, Herbert Hoover, led the nation into the Depression. Elton Mayo was trying to study the effect of lighting on productivity at a Western Electric plant in Hawthorne, Illinois. He divided workers into two groups. For the test group, he increased the illumination in their work area.…
Start Selling Online with No Inventory
I've recently discovered an easy way to promote your business and make some income at the same time. It's a way to try out selling products online without a huge outlay of time or expense.
