Computerworld published this list of 10 computer skills . If you’re and IT professional who’s still focusing on anyone of these areas, you might want to reconsider upgrading your skill sets now. Many business have upgraded and many schools are phasing them out in the curricula. You just might be unemployed tomorrow.

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David, over at Blogging Pro, posted this interesting bit for probloggers (like myself) who need to catch up and meet that post quota. It actually features this bit from Bloggers 4 Hire and these important tips.

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Problogger Yuga reminded me of the importance of SWOT analysis when he used it on blogging. Here’s his post on SWOT-analyzing your blog.
For those unfamiliar with the term SWOT, it stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. It’s a business/project planning technique that helps you get the low-down of thing to aid you in strategies [...]

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Some businessmen tend to keep it old school and store albums and albums of business cards. Why not? They’re little calls to business waiting to happen. The fact that someone gave you a business card means that they’re open to business (though some people may think it’s just common courtesy, but a “business” card is [...]

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This has been a debate that has raged in the workplace for so long. From experience, many workplaces today are shifting toward a results-oriented approach to working. The I-don’t-care-how-you-do-it-just-do-it mentality is amazingly (alarmingly?) becoming the fad. It’s supposed to support worker creativity.
While I, myself, enjoy such an approach to working as a worker, I try [...]

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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 markets, [...]

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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 right [...]

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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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