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Casual Articles - Toss the Corporation Before It Tosses You
Many residential cleaning companies start out as a one-person operation. But as your cleaning company grows and you add employees you will soon face the problem of whether you should send in a single person to clean a home or if you should send in a team. Some cleaners may prefer to work alone, but is that in the best interest of your cleaning company?A single cleaner does all the tasks and does not have to negotiate with anyone about who will do what task or how things will get done. One person can generally clean two to three houses a day - but they may only be able to clean just one home if it is large and there's a long drive to get to it. Teams will consist of two to four people, who are all cross-trained. Teams can clean from two to seven houses a day, which can triple the number a lon
Rethinking the corporate day, consider your typical routine. You get up to an alarm, get your shower; choose the corporate outfit; get the kids up, dressed and fed; drop them at school or the sitters; stop at the drive-up Starbucks window for your morning latte and muffin; call on your cell phone to see if the dry cleaner is open yet; think over your day ahead; and you’re not even through the doors yet.
You sit at your desk; check
The stresses of long working days are getting to Australian employees, with 25% saying they would like a plug-and-play room at work in order to partake in a bit of escapism during the work-day, A further 25% say they would like to see the introduction of a meditation room in the office in order to bring a bit of peace and balance back to their life. (1731 respondents to a survey by Australian human resources recruitment firm, Talent2).I’m all for anything that eases workplace stress and makes life at work more enjoyable. It’s also good to see the emphasis on achieving peace of mind to relieve stress, instead of the usual focus on physical activity, important though that is.However, putting recreation facilities into the workplace to help manage the stress of long working hours is at b
Corporate America is changing, and the savvy are getting ready now to find their own way, whether on the books with their own business, or with one of the more off-the-book individual entrepreneurial responses to an over-taxed, under-personalized culture.
The resume mindset always asks what you can do, how much, how many, how long, and what titles you had while you were doing these things. Corporations are seldom interested in the individual, giving only lip service in the tiny box provided at the end for “hobbies and interests.” Truthfully, you know that corporations are not looking for creative individuals, but only for those who can do more, faster to make the company money. It’s time to TOSS the Resume’.
Your first step in preparing for the corporate downsizing movement is to know who you are. Rewrite your resume’ as if it were a “curriculum vitae” (the course of one’s life). Write it for yourself.
What are you really “good” at? Do you like to talk with people for extended periods of time? Do you spend a lot of time rearranging the furniture in your house, painting the walls, or cleaning everything in spotless detail? Do you love to spend hours weeding your garden, going through gardening catalogues choosing ancient seeds from seed banks? Do you really secretly love taking your kids to Disney Land, and planning great kid vacations? Do you spend endless days at the mall just shopping or window shopping? Do you collect anything? What do friends and family members joke and criticize you about? This is what should go on your curriculum vitae. Who are you, really?
Rethinking the corporate day, consider your typical routine. You get up to an alarm, get your shower; choose the corporate outfit; get the kids up, dressed and fed; drop them at school or the sitters; stop at the drive-up Starbucks window for your morning latte and muffin; call on your cell phone to see if the dry cleaner is open yet; think over your day ahead; and you’re not even through the doors yet.
You sit at your desk; check y
Is your business online? If not, probably you’ll make it online. Internet business is a powerful communication and business tool for small and large business. Today most of the businesses own a website, and you should own a one to make a great positive impact in your business. Internet has changed the life style of the people. Technology has leveraeged business functions. This article will tell you about the advantaes of online internet business.Online business system will help small businesses to reach at the great height. There are many advantages of going online, but before going online one has to take appropriate steps and have to create a strategic approach to make business globally viewable through internet. Setting up an online business is not an easy task and a one time process it re
The resume mindset always asks what you can do, how much, how many, how long, and what titles you had while you were doing these things. Corporations are seldom interested in the individual, giving only lip service in the tiny box provided at the end for “hobbies and interests.” Truthfully, you know that corporations are not looking for creative individuals, but only for those who can do more, faster to make the company money. It’s time to TOSS the Resume’.
Your first step in preparing for the corporate downsizing movement is to know who you are. Rewrite your resume’ as if it were a “curriculum vitae” (the course of one’s life). Write it for yourself.
What are you really “good” at? Do you like to talk with people for extended periods of time? Do you spend a lot of time rearranging the furniture in your house, painting the walls, or cleaning everything in spotless detail? Do you love to spend hours weeding your garden, going through gardening catalogues choosing ancient seeds from seed banks? Do you really secretly love taking your kids to Disney Land, and planning great kid vacations? Do you spend endless days at the mall just shopping or window shopping? Do you collect anything? What do friends and family members joke and criticize you about? This is what should go on your curriculum vitae. Who are you, really?
Rethinking the corporate day, consider your typical routine. You get up to an alarm, get your shower; choose the corporate outfit; get the kids up, dressed and fed; drop them at school or the sitters; stop at the drive-up Starbucks window for your morning latte and muffin; call on your cell phone to see if the dry cleaner is open yet; think over your day ahead; and you’re not even through the doors yet.
You sit at your desk; check
The discussion with your client on how they want to handle the process will be after you have completed your work. For smaller clients you may actually print the bills, mall them, collect the payments and make the deposits. Although the most common means of payment process is lock box. Small clients may not want the expense of this service. For these clients you should create a spreadsheet in excel or in real time so they can post their payments when they come in mail. You may have clients who will prefer you do only the billing for them and they handle receiving and posting the payments. If you have a client who prefers you manually process their payments then increase your fees since this will take more time and cause you to spend less time on another client’s project.The most common way f
Your first step in preparing for the corporate downsizing movement is to know who you are. Rewrite your resume’ as if it were a “curriculum vitae” (the course of one’s life). Write it for yourself.
What are you really “good” at? Do you like to talk with people for extended periods of time? Do you spend a lot of time rearranging the furniture in your house, painting the walls, or cleaning everything in spotless detail? Do you love to spend hours weeding your garden, going through gardening catalogues choosing ancient seeds from seed banks? Do you really secretly love taking your kids to Disney Land, and planning great kid vacations? Do you spend endless days at the mall just shopping or window shopping? Do you collect anything? What do friends and family members joke and criticize you about? This is what should go on your curriculum vitae. Who are you, really?
Rethinking the corporate day, consider your typical routine. You get up to an alarm, get your shower; choose the corporate outfit; get the kids up, dressed and fed; drop them at school or the sitters; stop at the drive-up Starbucks window for your morning latte and muffin; call on your cell phone to see if the dry cleaner is open yet; think over your day ahead; and you’re not even through the doors yet.
You sit at your desk; check
What a great title for an article on communication, don't you think? LoBo recorded this song in the 70s about hanging out and traveling around the country in a car, just going wherever and however the spirit moved.That pretty much sums up the free-flowing way most of us communicate. We stay with topics for as long as they interest us, and we move on when they don't. Communicating effectively can be one of your greatest assets when you're running a small business. Ineffective communication, conversely, can be your greatest liability.3 Main Styles of CommunicationThere are three main "voices" or styles of communication: one-under, one-up, and equal.1. One-under communication is a style that is typified by minimizing what you are saying, or putting yourself or your wor
Rethinking the corporate day, consider your typical routine. You get up to an alarm, get your shower; choose the corporate outfit; get the kids up, dressed and fed; drop them at school or the sitters; stop at the drive-up Starbucks window for your morning latte and muffin; call on your cell phone to see if the dry cleaner is open yet; think over your day ahead; and you’re not even through the doors yet.
You sit at your desk; check
I had a lunch meeting in an office building with a large open atrium the other day. It was a very nice spring day and the atrium was filled with sunlight. On the edges of the space were large trees and full green plants. These plants closely surrounded tables and chairs.We had our meeting in the atrium because it felt like being outside without the chill of a typical Midwest spring day. After the meeting, as I was getting ready to go I noticed that the plants were fake and I thought they were real. But the trees were large, about 14" tall so I knew they were real. Wrong again. I had to get very close but sure enough the trees were fake too.You might wonder how artificial plants and trees can be so real looking. We are so used to seeing cheap plastic flowers that many people don't k
Rethinking the corporate day, consider your typical routine. You get up to an alarm, get your shower; choose the corporate outfit; get the kids up, dressed and fed; drop them at school or the sitters; stop at the drive-up Starbucks window for your morning latte and muffin; call on your cell phone to see if the dry cleaner is open yet; think over your day ahead; and you’re not even through the doors yet.
You sit at your desk; check your email while you eat your breakfast (the muffin and latte); rush off to the meeting; then back to your desk to work on the five new assignments taken out of the meeting; quickly dart into the restroom and grab a candy bar and coffee from the vending machine (or a donut that Jane has sitting in the box on her desk) on the way back; work through most of lunch except for 15 minutes to rush out to the dry cleaners which is now open; return to your desk where you realize you’ve been here half the day and have only done 45 minutes of real productive work, and that was during the lunch hour; and you get the picture here.
Then comes Friday afternoon, and the boss wants to see you in the office. “I hate to be the one to have to tell you this, but the company has decided to downsize, and….”
Unlikely? Hardly! It happens every Friday in every city and town in America. The truest truism I’ve ever read says that your biggest risk is to stay in your safe, dependable corporate job. Yet, most of your friends and family are going to counsel you to do just that if you begin talking about leaving or going into business for yourself.
These play-it-safe voices are raised for your own good, or so they’ll tell you and so you’ll believe. But the risk in at least not having a plan is great in this day and age. The shakiest ground is at the level of the corporate environment. The scariest but least risky ground is going it on your own or with a partner or two.
The scariest thing here is the thought that you have to do it on your own… alone. Nope! You do have to do it on your own, but never, never, ever alone. There may be people who will give or lend you money; offer certain abilities you don’t have; introduce you to mentors or experts; teach you certain skills or information; allow you to use their space for free; lend you equipment; etc. But if you’re not clear who you are (step one, prepare your curriculum vitae), and if y
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