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How to Challenge Yourself at Work

We are faced with challenges every day in our careers. One way to maintain job security and mental stimulation is to challenge yourself daily at the workplace. There are many ways to instigate a...

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How to Stay Visible at Work

Staying visible at work could make a difference between advancing in the company and maintaining the status quo. Work colleagues and bosses typically notice employees who stand out in the crowd,...

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How to Succeed at Selling Insurance

Selling insurance is an intricate business. It requires a certain type of personality to succeed in what can be a profitable venture. Too often fledgling agents fail to break away from methods that...

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How to Use Empathy

Empathy is an important emotion to use in any situation. If you have no empathy others will see you as rude and inconsiderate. Empathy can help you in your career, no matter what field that may be....

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How to Get People to Listen to You

If you're having trouble getting people to listen to you, you may have to adjust the way you are speaking. People will stop listening to you if they don't understand you. They will also tune you out if...

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How to become a better welder

Todays society demands quality, stability, strength, as well as a mountain of other things. Thats why we need good welders to produce our every day crafted items from buildings to auto parts to farm...

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How to Make Yourself Indispensable at Work

Making yourself indispensable at work is a positive way to ensure your job is secure, and it will likely open doors for promotions and advancement. Being indispensable means you do your job better than...

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How to Become an Industrial Hygienist

Industrial hygienists are safety professionals who focus primarily on health hazards in the workplace. Health hazards can result from overexposure to dangerous chemicals, radiation, noise, toxic air...

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How to Impress a New Boss New Job

Congratulations on your new job! Now it's time to make the right impression and secure your position. Here are the best ways to impress your new boss and make sure you only leave your new job for a...

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How to Assert Authority on the Job

Your ability to assert your authority on the job can have a big impact on your chances of obtaining the respect of your co-workers. Whether you've recently been promoted, are heading up a project team...

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How to Transition After Promotion on the Job

Some people are fortunate enough to be promoted and put into a higher level position. When this changes involves the supervision of other workers, it can be a difficult transition. Here are some ideas...

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How to setup dual monitors

If you have a spare monitor at home and want to put it to good use, why not go dual monitors. Its quick and easy to set up and will definitively increase your productivity. Below are a few easy steps...

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How to Handle And Calm An Angry Customer

If you own a business or are a customer service representative, you will regularly encounter angry customers. The way you handle them will determine whether you retain their business. Delivering great...

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How to Organize a Department Meeting

The best way to make sure things get done--and properly--is to allow for open communication in the workplace. Organize a meeting so that everyone in a department or involved in a specific project is up...

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How to Hone Leadership Skills

Leadership is charting a positive course for your life and work, and following through with your plan undeterred by negative forces. It is inspiring others by defining your expectations and standards,...

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How to know if you can really sing

Many people every year wait until they get in front of the American Idol judges to find out they cant sing. Hopefully this will save you the heartache of selling everything thing you own just to hear...

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Professional Thank You Letters

When undertaking a job search, it's important to find ways to stand out from other applicants. After any job interview, sending a thank you note can be an excellent way to get noticed. Professionals...

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How to Complete a Self Evaluation for Your Performance Review

Even exemplary employees can find it difficult to rate themselves in a performance review self evaluation. But it is important to take the time to complete the self evaluation carefully to make sure...

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How to Train Employees to Train Others

Many times in a business setting, it becomes necessary for people to learn skills from their co-workers instead of from a manager or teacher, who is trained in this function. Peer-to-peer training can...

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How to Prepare for a Newspaper Interview

When a reporter does an interview for a newspaper, his approach may seem flawless. He asks all the right questions and seems to keep the conversation flowing smoothly. However, before a reporter...

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How to Build a Personal Brand

A personal brand is your calling card. It is the unique and identifiable descriptor used to explain your talent, skills and abilities. A personal brand, in a nutshell, is who you are. That's exactly...

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How to Prospect for Real Estate Leads

Real estate sales is a business that is often paid only on commissions. Therefore, income is solely based on the number of deals a salesperson can close. In a business where only a small percentage of...

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How to Use Numerology to Improve a Career

Since King Solomon first used numerology to support and enhance his great wisdom, this practice has served many great leaders well. Some people have tested and used numerology inside the career...

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How to Become Famous Like Paris Hilton by Kate Johns

Doesn't everyone want to live the easy life of a celebutante? Living the life of a rich, famous person who has no discernable talent other than a big smile and great hair. This article will tell you...

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How to Become an FCC Licensed Avionics Technician

Avionics technicians aren’t required to be licensed or certified to test aircraft instruments, assemble components, repair malfunctioning pieces or install software and instrument panels. However, some...

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How to Keep Awake While Working The Graveyard shift

Working the graveyard shift is not for everyone. Some people rather to work during the daytime instead of nights. There are others that do not have a choice. Working the graveyard shift may be the only...

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How to Increase Earnings Potential

It’s great if your job has non-monetary advantages, such as an impressive boss, committed team members and opportunities to travel to great destinations. But, the house you buy, the car you drive, and...

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How to Write to Bill Gates

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, is famous not only for being one of the richest men on the face of the earth, but one of the most generous. Whether you are seeking to write him regarding...

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How to Become Your Boss's Favorite

I can say with great modesty that I'm my boss's favorite at work. I'm the person he turns to when he's in a bind. Every boss wants this type of person to be around them. You are not your boss's...

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How to Work Smarter, Not Harder

You have heard this before: Work smart, not hard! Sometimes it may feel you are working hard and nothing is getting done. Time runs out of your day and you feel nothing has been accomplished. Here are...

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How to Dress for Success - Men

If you're a man in the world looking to succeed, look over your shoulder. Someone else wants the same success and they look like it! Give yourself every chance to succeed by not only preparing for the...

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How to Be a Better Salesperson

Whether you are selling beauty products, cars or homemade items, being a good salesperson helps! Here's how to sell more and make more money.

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How to Write an Effective Business Email

Email has become the preferred form of business communication. In the business and professional world, the ability to write appropriate, effective email is critically important to represent yourself...

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How to Submit to the New Yorker Magazine

Getting published in "The New Yorker" magazine and rubbing inky elbows with the likes of John Updike and Shirley Jackson is, for many writers, scaling a career peak. It's also notoriously difficult to...

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How to Become a Hotel General Manager

There is no one path to becoming a hotel general manager, but like every other job, this position is becoming harder to get. The most attractive candidates can prove they have an academic understanding...

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About Employee Motivation Incentives

Efforts to locate, recruit and maintain top talent is key to a company's success. Absent a good employee base, a company goes without a mass of creative ideas, innovation, strategic insight and the...

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Career Development Plans

Career development plans are used to help employees improve career outlook, move up in the company, and increase marketable skills. These plans can be implemented in many ways. While not all employees...

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Importance of Career Development

If there's another employee at your current employer who can do your job, that means you can be replaced with that employee. However, if you have extra talents that can make your employer value you and...

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How to Get Six Sigma Certification

Developed in the 1980s, the Six Sigma approach to the manufacturing process has gained popularity in the workplace. Six Sigma business processes eliminate defects and waste by focusing on quality...

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How to Write a Good Performance Review

Raise your hand if you love having your performance appraised. Gotcha. Whether you find them mildly annoying or downright tortuous, this fact remains: As long as jobs exist there will be regular (or...

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How to Be a Good Mentor

A mentor serves as an adviser to a new employee or intern. Working with a mentor often has a positive effect on the mentee's career and life, as a good mentor not only helps to foster insight, but also...

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How to Get a Better Raise From Your Boss

I used to be the type of person who was only satisfied with having a job, then one day I decided I should keep track of what I did at my job and just how helpful I could be. After putting a few things...

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How to Become a Successful Loan Officer

Loan officers often work on a commission-based salary. A successful loan officer must be very educated in her field of expertise in order to be able to close more deals. For example, a commercial loan...

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How to Develop Organizational Skills

Hectic workdays often equate to cluttered surroundings, making it difficult to find supplies or complete paperwork. Extra time spent searching for misplaced items or trying to get comfortable takes...

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Goals & Career Objectives

Goals and career objectives provide a framework for professionals and college students to define their ideal path in life. Without goals, there is no direction, no purpose and no destination. Goals...

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How to Train to Become a Professional Makeup Artist

If you want to become a celebrity makeup artist or to enjoy steady work applying makeup, you first have to receive some training. While you may want to hold on to your day job in the meantime or at...

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How to Write a Cover Letter for Modeling

Modeling application cover letters serve as an introduction to the candidate. Modeling agencies often sift through hundreds (if not thousands) of applications a week; A strong cover letter will help...

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How to Become a Recertified Purchasing Manager

The Institute for Supply Management started to wind down new applications for its certified purchasing manager credential in 2009. By the end of 2014, it will only recertify current CPM holders....

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How to Figure Out What Makes People Tick

Have you ever been at a party and wanted to approach someone new, but not known how? Have you been dreading talking to your boss about a raise? Some of the same tips apply in both situations. You need...

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