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What’s the best way to adjust to remote work if you have children? It can be a challenge for parents to juggle work and family life, but companies are finding solutions that allow workers to handle business remotely, often while watching children. Working from home is already a huge change for some workers. Working without childcare is an even bigger challenge. “Usually, your kids are in school,” says Jill Felska, Director of People and Culture at Limelight Health, provider of cloud-based enterprise software solutions for the employee benefits industry....

Planning parties might sound fun, but it takes more than booking a caterer and DJ to make a living at it. It also requires diplomacy, salesmanship, multitasking, and above all, a desire to help other people enjoy themselves. Party planner engagements can range from weddings and product launches to corporate seminars and awards dinners. Tasks can include renting a hall, mailing out engraved invitations, coming up with a theme, booking entertainment, deciding on the food, and hiring waitstaff....

A human resources specialist—often referred to as an HR specialist—helps an employer find job candidates who are most qualified to meet the organization’s needs. They recruit applicants, review resumes, conduct interviews, and perform background checks. The HR specialist may also inform applicants of their acceptance or rejection. Their work often goes beyond recruitment and hiring. An HR specialist may orient new employees by explaining company or organization policies, procedures, and benefits....

In nature, life is either growing or decaying; in sales, you are either getting better or you are getting left behind. No matter how good you are today, if you are not dedicated to constant improvement, tomorrow will find you a bit weaker in your sales skills. While the differences may not be noticeable for a while, they will reveal themselves, positively or negatively, soon enough. 01 of 06 How to Improve Sales Skills...

Certain jobs in the military are limited by citizenship. This is usually because military regulations only allow security clearances to be issued to United States citizens. While the following Navy ratings (“ratings” is how the Navy refers to its enlisted jobs) do not require U.S. citizenship, you must be a legal immigrant with a green card residing in the United States in order to join any branch of the United States Military....

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is the second original Pokémon game for Nintendo GameCube. Use these Pokémon XD cheats to track down elusive shadow pokémon and unlock the secret ending. These cheats are for the 2005 GameCube exclusive Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Nintendo How to Unlock the Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Secret Ending Capture and purify every shadow pokémon in the game, then defeat Master Greevil on Cinadark Island....

Most theater games are improv-based. They’re intended to give actors an opportunity to expand and stretch their skills in a low-risk, no-stress, collegial situation. At the end of a session, however, actors will have improved their ability to imagine themselves in new situations and respond appropriately. Some improvisational exercises focus on a performer’s ability to tell stories “off-the-cuff.” These activities are often stationary theater games, meaning the actors are not required to move about very much....

When deciding which state to call home or set up your small business in, the cost of living is a major factor. Cost of living refers to the amount of money necessary to maintain a certain standard of living and includes essential expenses such as housing, utilities, food, clothing, health care, and taxes. It can be used to compare the affordability of one state to another. Cost of living also impacts the salaries paid in a given area....

Even though it is at the bottom of the continental population list, Australia ranks high on the list of the world’s largest retailers. Australian retailers do not have prominence on other continents, but within its own borders, retailing is the second-largest employer, behind only health care and social assistance. Each year a Global Powers of Retailing report compiled by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ranks retail companies of all types in all countries according to total revenue....

Reading quotes from famous people can entertain or amuse us, it can inspire us to emulate them, or it can enliven our curiosity about these folks and encourage us to dig deeper into their histories, uncovering untold riches. The most famous quotes are powerful, but they also are simple and direct, and that directness is part of their enduring fascination. The following quotes—from poems, essays, plays, and speeches—have survived for years, and in some cases for centuries, because they have struck a chord in many people....

Johnny Cash touched generations of people for five decades in every genre of music. If you’re new to Johnny Cash or want to dig deeper into his varied musical career, here are some great places to start. 01 of 10 “American Recordings” In 1994, Johnny Cash had been dumped by his record label and country radio wouldn’t play his music. But rap producer Rick Rubin wasn’t listening to the trends in “young country....

Tiger Woods has carded a lot of great scores on the PGA Tour. That tends to happen when you’re one of the winningest and one of the best golfers in tour history. And that makes the occasional poor score by Woods remarkable, too. Here we take a look Woods’ PGA Tour tournament scores and his major championship scores, both for 18 holes and for 72 holes, and run down the best and worst of them....

Did you know that your works are automatically protected by U.S. copyright laws? As of January 1, 1978, under U.S. copyright law, a work is automatically protected by copyright when it is created. Specifically, “A work is created when it is “fixed” in a copy or phonorecord for the first time.” While it is true that under United States law you have certain rights (copyrights) to anything you create that falls into the category of “forms of expressions” covered by copyright laws, this law should not be fully relied on for copyright protection or enforcement should you need to take civil action against a copyright infringer....

Linear regression models are used to show or predict the relationship between two variables or factors. The factor that is being predicted (the factor that the equation solves for) is called the dependent variable. The factors that are used to predict the value of the dependent variable are called the independent variables. In linear regression, each observation consists of two values. One value is for the dependent variable and one value is for the independent variable....

If you read our guide on starting your own talk show and have decided the wild west of the world wide web is where you’d like to launch your version of The Tonight Show or The Daily Show, here are a few tips and tricks to help you get your show off the ground and on the web. The first step? See if you have what it takes. 1. Understand what it takes to be a talk show host...

There’s no doubt about it; the industry has gone digital. And as the traditional media choices disappear, making way for digital equivalents, so too do our news and information sources. We can no longer rely on magazines and other periodicals; by the time we get them, the news contained is already out of date. Therefore, as a good advertising professional, you should dedicate a small portion of your day (or week, if you have very little free time) perusing great websites that contain a flurry of information....

It wasn’t a surprise when Tiger Woods won the 2008 U.S. Open. The tournament was played at Torrey Pines, a golf course Woods had already won on six times entering this Open. And, well, he was Tiger Woods: owner of, at the start of the championship, 13 major titles. But how Woods won it - overcoming injuries that soon after ended his season, beating journeyman Rocco Mediate in a scintillating head-to-head battle - was surprising....

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An administrative services manager oversees the administrative services of an organization. This may include overseeing administrative staff and coordinating mail distribution, recordkeeping, and monitoring facilities. Learn more about the work of an administrative services manager. What Is an Administrative Services Manager? To be productive, an organization must run smoothly. An administrative services manager is the person who makes sure this happens by coordinating its supportive services. Their duties may include:...

Over the years at Augusta National, it has usually been the role of veteran golfers to hit a ceremonial opening drive at The Masters, signifying the start of another tournament. These golfers have become known as the “honorary starters” of The Masters, and serving in that role is a considered a huge honor. So which golfers have served in that role? Below is the list of every golfer who has been a Masters honorary starter (sometimes called a “ceremonial starter”), and the years they served in the role....