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Three Signs You Should Hire a Personal Virtual Assistant

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Taylor / November 7th, 2014 / 1 Comment

I used to belong to the school of thought that believed personal assistants were only hired by rich business people. Mainly because I figured they were the only type of person who could afford to pay a full-time assistant’s salary. My perspective started to change when I discovered virtual assistants and how cheap hiring one can be. A virtual assistant can cost just $4 per hour. The idea that...

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Can’t Pay Your Bills? 7 Mindless Part-Time Jobs to Try

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Taylor / September 17th, 2014 / 7 Comments

Are you having trouble paying off debt? Sometimes you can’t get around the fact that you need to make more money no matter how good you are at budgeting. Your income is just not enough to surpass your expenses. Particularly as a recent college grad. Your first few jobs will likely not allow you to live comfortably while paying off student debt and saving for a rainy day. And even entrepreneurs...

Posted in: Career and Work, Money, Saving Money Tagged with: easy part time jobs, part time jobs

3 Career Lessons I Learned When My Employer Dissolved

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Taylor / August 27th, 2014 / 2 Comments

About 2 years ago, the fairly well-known company I worked for was sold right under our noses to its two major competitors. You see, my company was owned by Lehman Brothers and due to their stellar business ethics we were thrown into uncertainty. Here are the 3 career lessons I learned from the experience. 1. Be The Debby Downer Once Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, our company got to work applying...

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Why Your Job Title is Making You Miserable

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Taylor / July 24th, 2014 / 4 Comments

It finally happened to me. I didn’t think the time would come – particularly this soon. After all, I’m only in my mid 20’s. Nevertheless, I found myself saying the old fogey phrase – “you’ll understand when you’re older” to my brother about a week ago when discussing career choices. He’s only three years younger than me mind you. Yet for the...

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