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July 23, 2009

Dressing for Work When You Work from Home

One of the biggest tips you hear for freelance writers on how to run their business is to dress like you are going to work, even if you are only going to your home office.
I don’t think they mean that you have to get dressed up in a suit to work at home — well, [...]

July 20, 2009

Giving Up Your Career for a Job

Most people start out their work life in a job and end up in a career. However, some people do things the opposite way. They work their way up through the ladder of a career only to decide that they want to go back to having just a job.
An example of this might be the [...]

June 11, 2009

How I Became a Freelance Writer

I’d wanted to be a writer since I was just a kid, but when I graduated college in fall 2004 I had no idea that I was headed down that path.
I’d been casually looking for writing jobs for quite a while, but in my last semester of school I was also looking quite seriously at [...]

April 21, 2009

Jobs Today for Ex-Alcoholics

The employment situation in this country is not a pretty one. Even people with advanced degrees and a lifetime of experience in their field may find that they can’t get or keep a full-time job right now because of cutbacks caused by the recession. So what are the chances that someone with a history of [...]

March 24, 2009

Is Real Estate a Bad Career Choice?

Ever since my brother was a little boy, he always wanted to get into the business of selling real estate. He specifically wants to buy houses, fix them and up and sell them. However, he’s getting ready to go to college now and he’s afraid that this isn’t really a smart career move.
The changes in [...]