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How to Prepare Your Child for a Real Job

If you don’t want to be the family with the 20-something adult child laying on your couch, then you have to get started early with helping to prepare your kid for his or her first real job, one that can support a basic lifestyle and have an expectation of self sufficiency. Ideally, you have been giving your child or children important money lessons since they were preschoolers, but the most critical time comes when they reach the age of 13 or 14. That is when they need to know that when they become adults, they will be expected to hold … Continue reading →

Hello Your Home Based Job Is Calling

There’s a good chance that you have had to call a customer support phone number at some time or another. What you may not know is that the call center representative with whom you spoke may have been working from home. Home – based workers who keep all different kinds of work schedules enable companies to provide support to their customers around the clock. If you would like to work from home, you may want to see whether working as a call center representative is the right home – based job for you. As a heads up, be aware that … Continue reading →

Survey Shows Many Doctors Regret Their Job Choice

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A recent survey was done by Medscape and WebMD. It is an annual survey where they ask doctors a series of questions. This year, the survey showed that many doctors regret that they decided to become a doctor. Some of the reasons why have to do with health insurance related issues. The survey data is compiled into a report which is called “Medscape’s Physician Compensation Survey Report: 2012 Results”. The survey included responses from over 24,000 U.S. Physicians that were from 25 specialities. Overall, the survey finds that many doctors are frustrated and are fearful about what will happen once … Continue reading →

I Choose Happiness

Life is hard, and sometimes very unfair. The life we dreamed of as a little girl, a husband, a family and a white picket fence has not materialized. Instead we are working long hours, taking care of our children alone, and that white picket fence? We are just happy to have a place to sleep at night. Life is not fair, but it doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom. I believe that happiness is a choice. Every day when I wake up, I make the choice to be happy. The car is making a funny noise? Thank goodness … Continue reading →

And Snap, the Job’s a Game!

Getting your kids to do chores around the house may seem like an impossible task. Let’s face it you probably don’t like vacuuming anymore than they do, so of course they are going to fight you on it! The younger you start the easier it will be. Believe it or not, even your toddler can help with simple chores around the house. Time to get those creative juices flowing! The more fun your kids are having the more likely they are to want to do chores the next time you ask them. Turn on some music and see who can … Continue reading →

Offensive Email Causes Insurance Spokesman to Lose Job

It is wise to read over what you type into an email before you hit “send”. A spokesman for the Oklahoma Insurance Department failed to follow this piece of wisdom. He used an offensive term in an email that he sent to hundreds of people. This has cost him his job. Today, most businesses communicate with their clients, customers, and even employees through email. I think that most people are able to comprehend that the email you send from your work email address can be understood by others to contain content that your employer whole-heartedly agrees with. This is especially … Continue reading →

Home Based Business vs Home Based Job

Since there is more than one way to work at home, it may be useful for people who have never worked at home to understand the similarities and differences between two options that people can pursue if they wish to work from home. Owning and operating a home – based business and having a home – based job do share in common the fact that you work from your home instead of in an office or other type of facility. It is important for you to understand the difference between the two types of home – based work before you … Continue reading →

Looking for a Home – Based Job?

While some home – based professionals decide to go the route of owning and operating their own home – based businesses, the road to home – based success for others involves finding a great home – based job. There are great home – based jobs out there just waiting to be filled by the right people. Of course, you will have to investigate each opportunity thoroughly to ensure that it is legitimate, but the time and effort that you spend doing that research until you find just the right home – based job is well worth it. The original job … Continue reading →

Is Direct Sales The Right Work At Home Job For You?

Sometimes people who want to work at home wish to start and run their own business. Other times, a person will want to work at home but would rather become a part of a larger company and work with a business that has already been used successfully by others. If that sounds like you, then you may want to look into the wide variety of direct sales and home party business opportunities that are out there. With direct selling, the business concept, the products, and much of the advertising is already taken care of. You provide the valuable human link … Continue reading →

Are You A Freelance Writer Looking For jobs?

If you are a freelance writer, you may have a multitude of ways in which you find work for yourself. If you do not have at least a couple of avenues that you can pursue to find work, you may be wondering why you are so bored and have nothing to do. I have been keeping busy, busy, busy with my two home based businesses lately and have not had to pause to find more work for quite a while. I do know that a time will come when it is time to go out into the universe (okay, mostly … Continue reading →