Got too much extra time on your hands? Why not consider volunteer work. While it doesn’t really pay monetarily but it does pay you in terms of the other rewards and joys of knowing you’re helping out. Interested? Here are some tips on how to find volunteer work.

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Working at home is really nice. As I’ve written before, there’s a lot of perks in working at home. It’s becoming more and more attractive nowadays since there’s a lot of telecommute jobs that you can do over the Internet. Plus small and starting out businesses can start at home. But before you embark on [...]

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Learning is a life-long process. You can learn from experience or you can learn from books. You can also learn from other people. But one thing that adults seldom reconsider is going back to school. Further learning helps one cope in certain deficiencies like . Considering further learning generally helps you improve yourself by giving [...]

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This tip’s for small business owners. Possibly for freelancers or home office type businesspeople. Not having a space in your home office to meet clients is a limitation on having a work-at-home arrangement. But does this mean that it’s time to scope out some office spaces? Nope. It may not be worthwhile to up your [...]

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I remember this article on Network World some time ago - Telecommute. Kill a career?
Three months as a problogger, I start to reflect about it. Prior to this blogging gig, I was building a career as a marketing manager for an IT firm and I also served as a web content consultant. Now I’m a [...]

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It doesn’t matter if you’ve written the great American novel or just want to publish a coffee table book filled with pictures of your cats, you can easily, and affordably self publish your book thanks to the wonders of POD printing.
What is POD mean?
Print. On. Demand.
POD printing is actually making its way through several [...]

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There comes a point in ones life when you ask yourself if what you’re doing right now is worth doing for the rest of your life. I bet we’ve all suffered from such a dilemma from time to time. We’ve probably heard of stories where a person trades a high-paying career for one that’s more [...]

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I’ve been on a pep talk mode for the past couple of days so pardon me if I’m sounding like a some motivation coach. But we all need that little push once in a while so here’s another one.
Yesterday I wrote a few tips on attaining goals. So what goals are you working on [...]

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You can have an array of goals that you want to achieve. No matter what they are, these tips could help you attain them.

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Raise? Promotion? If you’re gunning for one or both, the real answer lies in just being a value employee. If the management sees that your performance is sky high, there’s no reason for them not to promote you, or give you a bonus or a raise. Or deny you one if you ask for it [...]

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Business letters are quite effective in getting points across. It also serves different purposes depending on the reasons behind the writing. In any case, writing a good one is common across these purposes so better beef up your writing skills when writing one.
Here’s a follow-up to my tips on planning a letter or a [...]

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A couple of days ago, I wrote an article on How to Apply for a Job. I placed the resume as one of the important things one should prepare for. Your resume increases your chances of landing an assessment or interview - a step in landing your dream job.
Personally, I’m more keen on making [...]

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You’re finally out of school and into the “real world.” If you’re still glued to your PC watching YouTube all day, get up and go find a job, you lazy bum!
Kidding aside, every new graduate (or newly fired) faces the grand adventure called a job hunt. Okay, so maybe not those summa cum laude geeks [...]

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If you’re doing a lot of international contacting work, then this freeware application is for you. Country Codes is a database of country codes and other information about more than 250 countries.
Available information include the basic international direct distance dialing code (IDDD), location (continent), ISO Alpha 2 & 3, even top level domain codes. [...]

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Emotional intellgence is the intelligence/skill involving the ability to perceive, gauge and influence (positively) one’s own and other people’s emotions.
While most people think of IQ is of primary importance, EI (or EQ) has actually risen in popularity over the past few years. This is particularly true in workplace human resource management. No [...]

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