Strengthen Your Job Skills by Volunteering
By Tony Thompson Volunteer activities not only keep you active and involved, but they can also give you a chance to practice your workplace skills. Here’s how I exercised my…
Category: Consulting Tips
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TIPS: Six Free Ways to Find Freelance Work
By Frances Chaves Freelancing may be the way you want to go or it may be a way to keep busy between jobs. But all freelancers face the same issue…
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Consulting Tips: Tax Implications for the Self-Employed
By Frances Chaves The self-employed, according to the IRS, are people whose earnings come from work done on their own, rather than as an employee of a company. In most…
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CONSULTING TIPS: Ten Ways to Avoid Getting Stiffed
By Frances Chaves Not getting paid for work delivered is a major hazard of consulting and freelancing. The Freelancers Union (http://www.freelancersunion.org/resources/unpaidwages.html) reports: Last year 44 percent of independent workers had…
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CONSULTING TIPS: Free Resources for Freelancers
By Frances Chaves If you are considering freelancing—often called consulting—you are not alone. NPR recently reported that more than 30 percent of U.S. workers, an estimated 13 million Americans, are…
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CONSULTING TIPS: Applying the ‘50% Rule’ to Your Job Search
By George Hunter I used to have to travel a lot for work when my kids were young. I made a promise to myself and my family I would never…
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Funding for Further Training: Managing the Grants Process
By Frances Chaves Isn’t there something you have always wanted to study? Or to be competitive in today’s job market do you need to update your current skill set with…
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