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Tag Archive: business
What am I Worth on the Open Market? {Guest Post by Jessica Schanberg}
It seems like in this template driven, easy fix society, we’ve forgotten why we hire really creative people in the first place.
Should Private Unemployment Insurance Catch on?
It turns out that the biggest problem with private unemployment insurance is something that industry insiders refer to as adverse selection.
“Business” Travel for the Unemployed with ZERO Budget
Therefore, if you want to do something utterly, truly and deeply worthwhile with your unemployed time – traveling can be your golden ticket to change.
Business Cards…Kind of
I picked up these calling cards from the Paper Source on Chicago Avenue last week.
I’m too cheap (now) to create my own business cards - but it beats writing my contact info on scrap notes and post its. If you are a stationary junke (or craft nut) this store will be your orgasmic Utopia.
Also, they have [...]
Word of Advice: Learn the Art of Asking Questions
Last week in D.C., I learned what bitter disillusionment can do to the unsuspecting professional.
While pitching AWP’s work to an agency, we got the usual questions about who, what, when, where and why.
Yet, one particular person insisted on asking us questions to try and make us look stupid or, worse yet, useless.
When that happens, that [...]
11 Ways Ineffective Managers Spend Their Time (And Make Your Life Miserable)
Paying attention to office politics is an unheard of skill to the mismanaging boss
The Myth of a Good Boss
Good bosses by typical, static definitions don’t exist. Young professionals tend to link Good Boss criteria with traits that have nothing to do with being an effective manager.
Therefore, a disconnect appears between the invented definition and the reality of what makes a Good Boss. Such invented criteria can be be difficult to solidify.
Someone who knows how to communicate [...]
