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Description: If you’d like to keep track of your sleeping schedule, monitor your heart rate during workouts, or answer messages on the fly, enter Steamy Kitchen’s FitBit Versa 2 Smart Watch Giveaway. The winner will receive a free FitBit smartwatch worth about $130. Sweepstakes Links: Click Here to Enter this SweepstakesClick Here for the Official Sweepstakes RulesClick Here for the Sweepstakes’ Home Page Note: If the sweepstakes entry link doesn’t work for you, try entering through the home page and looking for a link to the sweepstakes....

An internship is a valuable college experience that teaches students how to act and perform professionally in the real world while affording them the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills in a particular industry. No longer optional, an internship is one of the first things employers look for on resumes. Benefits of Completing an Internship The benefits of an internship are numerous, but the top reasons most students seek out internship opportunities include:...

Pet boutiques can provide high-quality products to pet owners. As opposed to large pets stores or pet sections in department stores, boutiques cater to pet owners who want to pamper their pets or those who place a high priority on foods with specific ingredients and supporting local businesses. Americans spent more than $75 million on pets in 2019, as estimated by the Pet Product Manufacturers Association (APPMA), and that number is projected to grow in 2020....

If you’re starting a business, you know that every cent counts. You’ll need equipment, office space, and computer software. Employees and suppliers need to be paid. You may be looking for some methods to save on initial spending. Here are a few ways to reduce expenses when starting a business. Used Equipment When starting out, resources such as cash are scarce. There are methods of acquiring the equipment you need to operate at reduced costs....

The exciting world of publishing can be a glamorous field to work in for creative people. Editors, writers, photographers, advertising executives, and others all work together to help bring magazines to market, whether in-store or online. If you’re interested in a magazine career, here are seven magazine jobs with information on their roles and function within the publishing industry. Art Director Art directors are responsible for the overall look of a magazine....

Voluntary compensation insurance provides workers compensation benefits to workers who are injured on the job but aren’t covered by state workers compensation laws. It is an optional coverage that can be added to a standard workers compensation policy. It protects employers from lawsuits by injured workers. Example The following demonstrates what can happen when an employer hires an uninsured worker. Paula owns a small inn called Placid Pines. The inn is located on two acres of landscaped grounds, most of which Paula maintains herself....

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real-time strategy game set in the Warcraft fantasy universe. It first launched on Windows PC and Mac OS X in 2002 and is the first entry in the series to be rendered in 3D. If you’re looking for some help with the game, we have a handy list of cheat codes below, plus a few tips. Blizzard This guide is specifically for the PC version of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos....

The internet has opened up many opportunities for models that would never have been dreamed of in the industry 30 years ago. The internet allows agents and scouts to market their models instantly and worldwide with the click of a mouse. Models have become superstars through social media and clients now have the ability to hire models directly online. While the speed and ease of the internet have changed the modeling industry forever, it has also opened up the arena to people who don’t always have the model’s best interest in mind....

No legal requirement exists for the majority of employers that compels them to correspond with job candidates at any point during the hiring process. Exceptions may exist to this general rule when an employer is a governmental agency, covered by civil service requirements, or if the employees have a collective bargaining agreement that outlines the process for promotions or transfers. But, generally speaking, the choices an employer makes about communicating with their job candidates are up to the employer and the goals they have established for their recruitment process....

Tiger Woods’ first name, his given name at birth, is Eldrick. But Tiger, at some point, legally changed his name from “Eldrick” to “Tiger”? Some golfers believe that claim to be true. Is it? This is one of those things we’ll classify as a “golf urban legend.” (But since we’re talking about golf, is the appropriate term “suburban legend”?) The answer is no: Woods never legally changed his name to Tiger....

You want to start playing golf. But you don’t own any golf clubs. How many do you need? Do you have to buy a full set of clubs? Do you need to be “fully equipped,” in other words, to pick up the game of golf? No. Some teaching pros even recommend starting with a so-called “short set.” You certainly can begin in golf with a full set of clubs, but you don’t have to....

Facebook contests are a popular way for companies to hold sweepstakes. Facebook contests have some great advantages for sweepstakes sponsors, including encouraging entrants to “like” the company’s Facebook page and an easy way to create a robust sweepstakes page. Don’t be fooled into thinking that Facebook contests aren’t as attractive as regular online sweepstakes, either. Past Facebook sweepstakes have offered prizes like $60,000 cash, a $50,000 vacation, cars, and much more....

One of the best traditions our family has had over the years is the fathers and sons campout. We have traditionally gone up to the mountains with my sons and my sons’ friends and their dads every spring for a Friday and Saturday to camp out, cook out and just talk around the campfire. Some of my best teaching moments that have helped me with raising responsible sons have happened in the father and sons campout setting....

The hardest part of getting started as a session musician is finding your first few jobs. These tips should help you narrow your session musician job hunt down and kick start things, so the work starts pouring in. Work Your Contacts A lot of things in the music industry are about who you know, and getting to work as a session musician is no different. Do you know any musicians who are getting ready to record that might be able to use an extra hand?...

Inventory turnover is a measurement that reveals how quickly a business sells through its inventory and needs to replace it. A high inventory turnover signals high sales volume. A low inventory turnover signals low sales volume. Here’s what you need to know to calculate inventory turnover for your business and what it tells you about your sales. What Is Inventory Turnover? Inventory turnover is simply a way of referring to how quickly you sell through (“turn”) your inventory....

The John Daly photos in this pictorial tour of his career go back to 1991 and the event that made Daly a household name (at least in households that included golfers). Below you’ll find various high points throughout Daly’s career, plus some of the many low points that Daly has been through. Making the Scene: 1991 PGA Championship Gary Newkirk/Getty Images John Daly has always been known for one thing above all else on the PGA Tour: power....

A media job interview is the chance to dazzle a prospective boss with your background, skills, and ambition. But it also requires a great deal of homework in advance so that you’ll be the one who’s offered the position and not become the victim of a bad job interview. Prepare yourself for a media job interview and stand out from your competition. Simply know what types of questions you’ll be asked so that you’re ready to sell yourself effectively and have time to ask your own questions....

A career ladder is a formal process within an organization that allows employees to advance their careers to higher levels of salary, responsibility or authority. Once employees meet certain criteria, they are eligible to move into higher-level roles. Examples of jobs that might have career ladders or paths include those in administration, communications, customer service, education, retail, law enforcement, and many other specialties. In mid-size and large government organizations, these positions are found in quantities significant enough to merit consideration of establishing career ladders....

Every day, students around the world are being asked to participate in Skype interviews for their summer internships. Typically, this happens because they go to school in a city or country that’s a long distance away from where the potential internship opportunity is located. Skype provides a quick virtual solution for employer’s that need face time with students unable to travel the distance. For a Skype interview, you only need to download the Skype program on your computer....

As of 2020, approximately 73 million baby boomers, people born between 1946 and 1964, are over the age of 65. In another 10 years, by 2030, all of them will be over 65, making it the second-largest age group.  As a growing market that will have increasing needs, starting a senior care business makes sense for those looking for a viable, recession-proof business idea, given the size and profit potential of this market....