If you've been out of work for several months and aren't getting any interviews--or you're going on interviews but not getting any offers--you should adjust your approach to job-hunting. Here are seven basic steps to take.

Write a résumé with strong language that emphasizes results. Replace hackneyed expressions like "strong team player" and "possess organizational s... Read More

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Bob Moore was a middle-aged retiree when he launched his second career. He nurtured it into a $70 million business -- and then gave it away to his employees.

Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, based In Milwaukie, Oregon, started 32 years ago as a gleam In the eye of a middle-aged retiree. By 2009, Bob Moore had built a company with sales of $70 million a year In whole-grain f... Read More

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To some customers, Lorraine Earle is Mama Cupcakes -- the warm, wiry woman who delivers hand-packe

Lorraine Earle of Johnny Cupcakes is a doting mother who also runs the family business founded by her son, John.

To some customers, Lorraine Earle is Mama Cupcakes -- the warm, wiry woman who delivers hand-packed lunches to the lines o... Read More

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Bragging is Actually Good for Your Career!

By Barbara Safani

Many of us were raised to be humble and not to brag. But the process of career management often requires that you talk about yourself and your accomplishments -- a skill that makes many people uncomfortable because they associate this behavior with bragging. But when you talk about your achievements, you are not bragging. It's only bragging if your discussion contains hyperbole, half truths, or lies.... Read More

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Before you join another Internet Marketing company, you need internet marketing training! Period!  I want to emphasize that because it's the one element that people forget when they are signing up for that next get rich quick internet marketing company.

I talked to a prospect last night, who had opted into my list, looking for just such an idea. How to generate leads and traffic to the website. It seems that his sister had introduced him to her latest network marketing venture... Read More

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