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7 ways to decrease your hours without harming your career

October 31st, 2004
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It is possible to work fewer hours without hurting your career, but you need to get serious about systematically changing how you approach your work. First, don't blame your long hours on your boss, your CEO, or your underlings. Someone who does not make a conscious, organized effort to take responsibility for the number of …

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Doing the insurance dance during a job hunt

Posted to: Job Hunt
October 22nd, 2004
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We knew a year in advance that my husband's job would end this fall. So he conducted a fairly typical job hunt for a while, but the hunt hit high gear when we found out that our insurance payments (COBRA) once his job ended would be $1500 a month. His job hunt became an insurance …

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5 things to do right before you start a new job

Posted to: Job Hunt | Productivity
October 19th, 2004
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My husband just accepted a new job, and he had to give his new boss a start date. We agreed that he would take a week off before he starts, but it turns out we had very different ideas about what that week would entail.
We both agree that the stress of a job hunt is …

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Be honest with yourself and you’ll get more done

Posted to: Productivity
October 18th, 2004
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There are two ways to not get something done: Doing a lot and doing nothing. The trick to getting your list of tasks done is to understand your method of not doing it.
Everyone I know has something they really need to do but just can’t make it happen. I am not talking about big life …

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Handwriting analysis can help careers

October 3rd, 2004
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Handwriting analysis is no longer for freaks and psychics. Multinational companies hire handwriting analysts to understand personality traits of prospective job candidates. Character traits that matter during the hiring process — creativity, self-esteem, leadership, and optimism, for example — are revealed in one's handwriting.
You should learn how to analyze your co-workers' handwriting and your own …

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