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Business Marketing 101: Your Resume

Last week I wrote a blog that covered all the ways we can market our home business. Starting with this blog I am going to take a more in-depth look into each of these tools that we have available and help you find better ways to market your business. We are starting with the resume, which is really the foundation to marketing. Having a resume is important because it contains all of your skills, qualifications, training and experience. But even more importantly, almost every potential employer requires that you have one. Think of a resume as really the first impression … Continue reading →

There Are Different Kinds of Objectives

One of the important elements of setting goals and guidelines for our home business operations is to make sure that we have clear objectives on how to reach those goals. Objectives can be a bit tricky, however, and there are also different sorts of objectives to be concerned with. In my years of grant proposal writing for various nonprofit organizations, I became very experienced in figuring out objectives. There were learning objectives, financial objectives, and time-sensitive objectives. The important thing to remember about objectives is that they need to be quantifiable; they need to be actions and activities that you … Continue reading →

Writing An Objective Statement On Your Resume

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One of the most important parts of writing an effective resume is the objective statement. Simply listing your experience, doesn’t let your potential future employer know what your long term goals are. It also doesn’t let your employer know what type of position you’re looking for. Remember that when writing a resume first impressions count, and your objective statement is your first impression of your resume. An Objective Statement Should. . . * state what position you’re applying for * briefly summarize your main qualifications * use the company’s language when referring to the position and qualifications An Objective Statement … Continue reading →

Business Marketing 101: Creating a Portfolio

In this blog we are going to be looking at the benefits to creating a portfolio. Depending on the nature of your home business, this could be a great way to market your work. I remember when I used to serve on the interview committee at my children’s school. I enjoyed being part of the process and was always impressed with teachers who brought in a portfolio of their work. You can talk about your work and what you do but showcasing it through a portfolio takes it another step. There is a lot of creativity that can go into … Continue reading →

How Long Should You Stay at Job?

There is often the discussion of longevity and loyalty on your job resume. You don’t want to look like a job hopper. Therefore, how long should you stay at a job you dislike or underpays you, so you maintain a quality career history? Some of the answers to this question will depend greatly on the situation. There is no true standard. In many circles, the year mark is significant, not only because it gives you enough time to truly evaluate the position but also to see the role in a full cycle. Still, if you are in a hot career … Continue reading →

When Your Boss Says ‘No’ to the Raise

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Yesterday we talked about how to negotiate a higher salary. While many people are thinking that now is not the time to ask for a raise, experts say that the opposite is true. The trick is to get your boss while he’s looking at his budget–and lots of people are doing that at this point. While you think your chances might be slim to none, the truth is that perhaps by giving you a raise and asking you to take over a few duties, your boss can cut another position thus saving money over all. However, even if you are … Continue reading →

Important Steps to Negotiating a Raise

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Experts say that now is the time to ask for a raise. Employers are looking at their budgets and deciding how much they can spend. Although we’re well on our way to recession (we’re not technically there–at least not yet), it still may be time to pitch your worth to your employer. However, before you go in to ask the big question, a little preparation can go a long way. Prepare a List of Your Accomplishments Sometimes employers need a little reminding of how valuable you are to the company. Before you go in to convince your boss that you … Continue reading →

Kinship Foster Care

My last two blogs defined kinship adoption and discussed its advantages and disadvantages. This blog is about the related topic of kinship foster care. Some estimates say that nearly half of the children in foster care are living with relatives. This is very hard to measure, as many families may be taking care of grandchildren, nieces or nephews informally. As with kinship adoption, the major advantage of kinship foster care is that the children are with someone familiar instead of being further traumatized or frightened by being placed with strangers. Many children also find living with relatives to be less … Continue reading →

Homeschooling in Pennsylvania: Operating a Homeschool

Note: When I first started at Families.com, I began a series on home schooling laws for each state. Then I moved to baby, then to food, and now I’m back again in home schooling. At someone’s request, I’ve decided to resume the series where I left off. I am covering each state alphabetically and will continue to do so until I’m done. Eventually, I hope to be able to provide those who are seeking information on home schooling information about laws as well as information about various organizations, events etc. in each state. This is not legal advice. As someone … Continue reading →

Teaching Foreign Languages: Intro

This series of blogs was inspired by Andrea’s blog the other day in which she talks about how her kids are lacking in foreign language instruction. I think teaching a foreign language is one of those subjects that homeschoolers would rather sweep under the rug. It’s not that we don’t want to teach our children a foreign language. However, unless there’s a program or someone near to us that can help. . .it’s the impossible feat. It requires that we learn the language alongside of our child and honestly, that’s just not always possible to do it in a way … Continue reading →