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Career

12 Ways to Become a College Entrepreneur

March 9, 2010
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This is a guest post by Joel who is a Certified Financial Planner™ that owns 4 different companies and is currently working on various web related projects including a website for finding car insurance rates and a website for comparing health insurance quotes. He would encourage everyone to consider starting their own business even if [...]

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The Secret to Success. Hustle.

February 4, 2010
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This is a topic I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. What makes a person or a business successful and I keep coming back to the same word: hustle. I don’t mean that you’re working some kind of racket or scam. Rather I’m talking about busting it with everything you’ve got, [...]

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The Career Diaries: Concierge, Front Desk, Doorman, Greeter

January 19, 2010
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The career diaries profile different professions giving you an insiders view of various jobs and careers. The goal being to give you a better view of a potential career by giving you more than the 10,000 foot view offered in vocation guides and top 50 job lists. A job is much more than a paycheck, [...]

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The Career Diaries: The Architect

November 18, 2009
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The career diaries profile different professions giving you an insiders view of various jobs and careers. The goal being to give you a better view of a potential career by giving you more than the 10,000 foot view offered in vocation guides and top 50 job lists. A job is much more than a [...]

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The Career Diaries: The Network Engineer

November 5, 2009
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Today I’m starting a new series on FiscalGeek profiling different professions giving you an insiders view of various jobs and careers. The goal being to give you a better view of a potential career by giving you more than the 10,000 foot view offered in vocation guides and top 50 job lists. [...]

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Boost your Income for a Season

August 13, 2009

If you’re driving towards a goal such as debt reduction, emergency savings, vacation or merely putting food on the table there’s a lot to be gained by temporarily boosting your income. There are certainly a lot of standard part time jobs like the old favorites: Pizza Delivery and Lawn Mowing but have you [...]

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10 Interview Questions You Better Be Ready to Answer

July 17, 2009

Presented here are a sample of standard job interview questions you might be asked in a typical interview. These focus more on you, your experience, and how you handle yourself in various situations. Obviously you will probably be asked more technical questions related to the job at hand but through my over all experience as both an interviewee and interviewer these are some I’ve been asked and have in turn asked myself.

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12 Ways to Fail Your Job Interview

June 25, 2009

During my time in management I have had the opportunity to hire many people which means I’ve interviewed over 50 people both for my positions and for fellow managers. It was one of my favorite parts of the job getting to meet new people, learn their motivations and in many cases learn what not to do. So without further adieu 12 sure fire ways to fail your job interview.

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