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Are You Living Your Passion
As I interviewed thousands of people over a 20 year period at the Executive Recruiting Firm I owned in Phoenix AZ, I discovered that the majority of people are NOT living their passion. Instead they are showing up for a “job,” collecting a pay check, counting the days until the weekend or counting the months until their next one week vacation.Let me share

What Can an Invoice Factoring Company Do for You?
Are you selling goods or services to commercial customers or to the government? If so, you are probably used to the idea of having to wait up to 60 days to get your invoices paid. However, waiting to get paid can be challenging, especially if you have business expenses that can’t wait. That is where a factoring company can help you.Factoring companies can prov

So you have taken the past 5 years off of work to raise your child and now you are ready to return to the workforce. Now what?! It's a competitive market out there and having a 5 year gap doesn't help things, but here is a tip to help you get started.

What I want to share with you, you will need to draw from both your professional experience as well as your experience from being a parent and staying at home. The tip is simply this: Work Experience Stories. WES are short stories about either how you overcame an obstacle, resolved a major challenge, negotiated a better deal, or a host of other corporate-related topics. These stories have a simple format: the issue, the body of the story, and the result. Let's look at 2 examples, one from your former corporate experience and one from your more recent parenting experience.

Example 1
(Issue) “ I remember at my former company I was having a hard time with a vendor. (Body) We were getting shipments late and our customers were becoming frustrated with us. I decided we should seek a new vendor. So after contacting and interviewing 3 potential new vendors, I selected one and placed an order. (Result) The new vendor actually had a higher quality product at a lower cost. Additionally we never received a late shipment from them and as the icing on the cake, our orders from our customers actually went up 18%.”

Example 2
(Issue) “While I was out of the corporate life, I got involved in the neighborhood association in my housing development. We were getting complaints from the residents that the snow removal company we had wasn't doing a thorough job. (Body) I talked to the owner of the company to let her know about the complaints and she said she would take care of it. She ended up bringing more equipment and a bigger crew after the next storm. (Result)

Restaurant Uniforms to Build Your Brand
Congratulations. Taking the time to consider your staff's appearance is a great step towards building your brand awareness, increasing productivity and much more. With all the challenges that restaurant managers and owners face, it is understandable that restaurant uniforms come close to the bottom of the list. With more than 925,000 restaurant locations in the United

rience from being a parent and staying at home. The tip is simply this: Work Experience Stories. WES are short stories about either how you overcame an obstacle, resolved a major challenge, negotiated a better deal, or a host of other corporate-related topics. These stories have a simple format: the issue, the body of the story, and the result. Let's look at 2 examples, one from your former corporate experience and one from your more recent parenting experience.

Ebusiness Consulting
Consultants can do everything from advising you on your choice of system to providing a full installation. Their main advantage is that they make sure you have far less work to do. You simply specify what you want, and, to the extent that you choose, the consultant helps you acquire it.Typical e-business consulting skills include analyzing your requirements and

les, one from your former corporate experience and one from your more recent parenting experience.

High Risk Merchant Accounts
High-risk merchants such as telemarketers, Internet/e-commerce businesses, merchants in the travel and cruise industries, businesses that conduct Internet auctions, and businesses offering membership clubs may face difficulty opening a merchant account.Just because you have a high-risk business it does not necessitate the fact that you cannot open any merchant

otential new vendors, I selected one and placed an order. (Result) The new vendor actually had a higher quality product at a lower cost. Additionally we never received a late shipment from them and as the icing on the cake, our orders from our customers actually went up 18%.”

Finding Roadblocks in the Critical Path
Most projects are composed of multiple steps, and often these steps are performed by more than one person. In the art/science of scheduling for project management, these steps are called activities.When an activity is completed, it is said to have attained its milestone. One might simplistically think of a project as a succession of activities which, laid end-t

ighborhood association in my housing development. We were getting complaints from the residents that the snow removal company we had wasn't doing a thorough job. (Body) I talked to the owner of the company to let her know about the complaints and she said she would take care of it. She ended up bringing more equipment and a bigger crew after the next storm. (Result) Our residents were extremely happy with the results; the crew was in and out of the community fast and had done more thorough work than before. We haven't received a complaint since.”

You can see that you are going to want to come up with stories that are relevant to what work you want to pursue. Remember, just because you weren't paid for something doesn't make it any less work! In fact, often the opposite is true! Think about the last time your best friend needed help moving!

Come up with at least 3-5 of these stories and have some from both your career as well as your experience staying home. Write these stories out and read them through until you have them down-pat!

Right now you are thinking “Enough already! What do I do with these stories, Dale?!” The answer is 'informational interviews'! What are informational interviews? How do you secure informational interviews? Who do you do informational interviews with? You can find the answers to all of these questions and more in my NO COST job seeking ebook located at http://www.smallbiz-mechanic.com/ebook.php

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If you are implementing Six Sigma in your organization, then you know that the task of data collection is cumbersome, yet critical. This article will introduce you to data collection tools that will make data collection and your implementation a breeze!

Keeping-up with all new developments costs a lot of time and money. What approach could you choose and what do they mean for your business.

Brand name of a product has certain value to a company. How do we value a brand and how does it affect the fair value of a common stock? There is no definite way of doing it since a brand is worth more to some than to other people.

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