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When you’re hiring a new salesperson, a little due diligence on your part can help you to secure a highly-skilled team member. The candidate’s answers to your interview questions are important, but they’re only one possible source of information about that person. Examine Background Information While resumes are always helpful in gauging a candidate’s skills and qualifications, there are certain career areas where skill in preparing a resume translates directly into skill in doing the job itself....

There are very few jobs that don’t require multitasking skills of some sort or another. Employees rarely have the luxury of focusing on one task at a time in today’s work world. Most jobs require employees to balance competing demands for their time and energy, and employers expect you to be able to handle multiple priorities. Even if you don’t think you do much of it, you are most likely multitasking much of the time....

With high-quality cameras on smartphones, it may seem that paying for photographers is a thing of the past. However, as photography has become more popular, demand has also risen for better quality photography and for those that shoot professionally. Weddings, engagements, newborn photography, family lifestyle shoots, and even military homecomings have breathed new life into the professional photography industry. Photography can be an art, a hobby, or just a way of documenting your own life....

Description: Jagermeister’s Music Sweepstakes is giving you the chance to win some cash. Enter and you could walk away with one of twenty $2,000 American Express gift cards. 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....

Light Armored Vehicle or LAV crewmen operate and maintain LAVs and their weapon systems. LAVs are eight-wheeled amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicles that can carry communications equipment. The name of the position is something less than politically correct in this day and age because a LAV crewman can be male or female. The Role of a LAV Crewman The LAV’s role within a larger Marine expeditionary unit or MEU is to conduct security, recon, and screening missions for a larger force along with some independent operations....

Online course development is the process through which a distance learning product or course is created. Many different people have a hand in the process, from designer and editor to instructors. The Basics of Course Development The skills required and the end products of the development process may differ significantly, depending on several factors: Type of institution (public or private school or nonprofit or for-profit company) Education level (K-12, college, or adult education) Purpose of the course (test prep, corporate training, for-credit online college course, adult education, supplemental learning) Subject matter...

Big food companies spend billions of dollars each year acquiring other food companies so that they can expand their reach into popular markets for snacks, soft drinks, and other edibles. Healthy eating is here to stay, and many companies are buying up smaller food companies to meet the demands of market growth and consumer desires for natural and organic foods. The following transactions are a sampling of these acquisitions. Snyders Acquired Diamond Foods...

True Crime: New York City is an open-world action-adventure video game that first came out in 2005. It’s the second entry in the True Crime franchise and tells the story of a former gang member turned police officer. The PS2 version has cheat codes that give players extra ammo, free money, and other bonuses. There’s also an ultra-easy mode to help you navigate the crime-ridden streets of NYC and unlock everything in the game....

Understanding the meaning and function of musical symbols such as a whole note and half note will increase your appreciation of music, whether you are a performer, composer, or just an avid listener of music. The location of a note on a staff indicates the note to be played; the shape and form of the note indicate how long it should be played. A Brief History Our modern system of musical notation was developed out of the Medieval mensural notation system....

Family members of military personnel who die while serving on active duty, active duty for training (ADT), or initial duty training (IDT) may be eligible for several federal benefits, privileges or entitlements. When a family is notified of the death of an active-duty military member, they are assigned to a Casualty Assistance Representative (CAR) whose sole job is to help the family through the process. If the CAR cannot answer your questions, they will refer you to the appropriate military official or government agency, or get the answer for you....

If you call any customer service line, you’re likely to hear a recorded statement explaining that your telephone call may be “monitored for quality control.” Most people find that type of monitoring to be understandable because the customer service people are talking to members of the public who use their employer’s services or buy their products. However, the extent to which an employer can legally listen in on and track the communications of workers who aren’t dealing directly with the public might surprise you....

ISTG stands for: I Swear To God. You’ve likely heard this expression spoken out loud in everyday language. It’s a close relative to the extremely popular OMG (Oh My God) acronym that has dominated the social web for years. ISTG is one of those online acronyms that’s not only difficult to take a wild guess at, but also very rarely used. Understanding how to interpret it if you do come across it online or in a text, however, can bring new meaning to the message or conversation....

“Stakeholder” refers to anyone, individual, or group that has an interest in your nonprofit. It includes people directly involved, such as board members, people you serve, donors, or foundations that give you grants. Many other individuals or groups can be stakeholders, too, even if they are more indirectly involved, such as vendors where you purchase supplies or services. A stakeholder can be the company that sponsors one of your events....

Most people think of lawyers when they consider a career in the legal field, but there are a number of other satisfying, lucrative law careers that don’t require an expensive, time-consuming education. The legal market is thriving. Added regulations, economic growth, advances in technology, and increasing caseloads have all fueled the demand for a growing range of talented law professionals in a number of roles, from e-discovery specialists to compliance specialists....

Do you want a job in book publishing as a book editor, librarian, or bookstore manager? Or maybe your idea of a job in book publishing is to get paid to write. Many book lovers wonder what it would be like to work with books, and there are hundreds of different job possibilities in the book publishing industry. Whatever bookish career you envision, here’s what you should know. How to Get a Job in Book Publishing...

In the U.S. military, there are many types of medical personnel, known as medics. Across each branch, there are training programs that prepare these troops to save lives in clinics and combat situations. You may hear these solders called medic, corpsman, doc, or combat medic as all are used interchangeably depending on the service. Also, the roles of medical professionals in the military will vary. A “medic” can train to be side by side in firefights with infantry units or special ops teams, or they can become skilled as surgery technicians or physical therapists depending on what career path they choose....

The time signature of a music composition tells a musician or music reader about the beats per measure. A compound meter tells a musician that the beats will be divided into 3s or each beat of the measure divides naturally into three equal parts. Which means, each beat contains a triple pulse. Breaking Down a Meter The grouping of strong and weak beats is called meter. You can find the meter signature (also called time signature) at the beginning of every music piece....

Technological advances are changing the landscape of customer service roles. While the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 2% decline in job growth from 2018-2028, many roles known traditionally as customer service are morphing into more specialized roles specific to their industry. While it becomes increasingly easy to interact with customers via smartphone or other electronic devices, these customer-facing roles maintain the personal touch between a company and its customers, no matter how big or out of reach....

Who’s coming and who’s going from Days of our Lives? Check out the latest casting news from the NBC soap. Sienna Goines begins a stint as Jade’s Aunt Simone on May 27, when Jade and Joey visit her commune outside LA. Goines has a soap opera past. She played Callie Rogers on The Young and the Restless (1999-2000) and Valerie Davis on Passions (2007). The week of May 9, 2016:...

Alternatively known as Driv3r, the PS2 version of Driver 3 has cheat codes that unlock all missions, vehicles, and weapons. There are also secret modes that you can access by completing certain objectives. These cheats apply exclusively to the PlayStation 2 version of Driver 3. Reflections Interactive/Atari. Driver 3 Cheats for PS2 Enter cheats with the PS2 controller at the main menu, then go to the Options menu and select Cheats to enable or disable each cheat....