Banking jobs are an excellent fit for anybody interested in personal finance, business, and math. Banks typically provide excellent benefits, opportunities for advancement, and an office environment to work in. Plus, there are a variety of positions that include customer-facing roles and analytical duties. If you like the idea of working indoors and dealing with numbers, you may want to try a career in banking. How to Become a Banker...
A strong resume is important to any job seeker, but for a freelancer or consultant, the resume takes on even more importance. Most freelancers and consultants will have many jobs in a year, whereas most workers will have just one. The unique working situation complicates the resume-writing process, both in terms of how it’s crafted and in how often it’s updated. It can be tricky to create a resume when you’re jumping from gig to gig, but you can help yourself through the process by keeping some handy tips in mind....
Team Europe won the opening session of the 2017 Solheim Cup, but Team USA took off from there and cruised to a comfortable 5-point victory. With the win, Team USA took an all-time lead over Europe of 10-5 in Solheim Cup tournaments. Final Score: USA 16.5, Europe 11.5 Dates: Aug. 18-20 Site: Des Moines Golf and Country Club in West Des Moines, Iowa Captains: USA - Juli Inkster; Europe - Annika Sorenstam...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Among workers age 25 and over, those with a bachelor’s degree or higher were more likely to work at home than were persons with less education–38 percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher performed some work at home on days worked compared with 5 percent of those with less than a high school diploma.” That isn’t overly encouraging if you have a high school diploma and are hoping to find a work-at-home job....
If the offseason has one redeeming quality, it’s the fact that it’s the best time to get deals on snowboardgear. But you don’t have to wait until the snow has melted to get cheap snowboard gear—you just have to know the best place to buy snowboards. If you combine the best time to get cheap snowboard gear with the places to find the best deals, you can get quality equipment at incredible bargain prices....
Landlords in Kansas can collect security deposits from their tenants, but they must follow certain basic rules to do so. The Kansas Landlord-Tenant Act is a document every landlord in the state should become familiar with because it spells out these rules and is the foundation of a lease agreement. For the original text of the law governing security deposits in the state of Kansas, please consult Kansas Statutes Annotated §§ 58-2548 and 58-2550....
There has never been a better time to get healthy. According to a report issued by the Global Wellness Institute in October 2018, the health and wellness industry is worth $4.2 trillion. This growing industry lends itself to several types of businesses. Personal Trainer Credit: Shestock | Getty Images Personal training isn’t just for those who want to get buff. Many personal trainers work with teens to improve their competitiveness in sports, and others work with seniors who want to protect their bones and prevent injury....
Accepting clients pro bono, or for free, is a good strategy for both new and established consultants to grow a business. The general rule of thumb is that you give away some portion of your services in exchange for a benefit in return. The idea behind it is that pro bono work gives you an opportunity to work with new businesses you typically wouldn’t work with. You may be able to do more exciting, edgy work than your normal assignments....
Do you prefer to spend time with other people over being alone? When it comes to your job, do you like to work as part of a team rather than independently? Are you happy being the center of attention? If your answer to these questions is “yes,” you are probably an extrovert. Extroverts are motivated by other people and outside experiences, rather than from within as introverts are. Being extroverted does not mean you can’t work independently, but collaborating with others enhances your performance....
Description: If you’d like to win some fun prizes this holiday season, enter Coca-Cola’s Bass Pro Shops’ Holiday Contest. Up for grabs are prizes including $10,000 in cash, gift cards to Bass Pro Shops worth up to $5,000, and more. 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....
Annoyance or Opportunity? Take the case of a pizza parlor. The owner has created a menu of items that are loved by customers. Buoyed by that success, she works at creating procurement and production processes that help reduce costs so the business will be more profitable. But how should the owner respond if customers increasingly ask for different toppings or different crust options than what is offered by the shop? No matter what business is being considered, if you look at emerging customer requests as an annoyance rather than an opportunity, you just might have passed into the danger zone known as Day 2....
Indonesia doesn’t have the land mass, population, or industrial density of China or India—but as a young, growing nation, it has immense potential for businesses hoping to import or export consumer goods. Below are some considerations for strategizing product sourcing or importing within Indonesia’s growing market. Facts About Indonesia Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago (chain or cluster of islands), spanning 735,358 square miles, with seventeen thousand islands, and a population of 264 million people....
If you are a metal scrapper or work in the scrapping industry, you’ll likely be curious about getting the most current scrap metal prices you can find in your area. You might be a small recycling business, a hobbyist, or an entrepreneur with an idea for collecting and selling scrap metal. You’ll need to know where to go to get the best prices, or at least know where to go....
Health and safety jobs in the fields of law enforcement, fire safety, the environment, and wellness are numerous, and all offer potentially intriguing career opportunities. If you’re interested in helping people and/or the environment, you can discover a wide range of opportunities in this rewarding field. Review job titles, career options, in-demand jobs, and salary information for health and safety occupations. Careers in Health and Safety If you have an interest in health and wellness, the field is wide open with a wealth of options....
How much can an author make? That question comes up a lot, and the answer varies greatly, from almost nothing (or even losing money) to millions of dollars. But understanding a bit about how authors are paid can help give insight into what the bottom line can be. For most authors, their fee and royalties are negotiated by an agent or another representative. Even when you know the ins and outs, it’s best not to try to handle the terms of a contract directly with a publisher....
There are certain words in the English language that start out as brands but end up being used to describe a common item. The word Kleenex is like this–many people use Kleenex to talk about any kind of facial tissue in a generic way, but in reality, it’s a specific brand. That’s exactly how the word Listserv works. Depending on who you’re talking to, Listserv is used to refer to both the brand by L-Soft, as well as a generic email list....
This speech lesson follows a format that explains the speech problem and presents several exercises so you can work on the problem and learn to speak better. Each lesson closes with a homework assignment designed to provide further practice eliminating or correcting the speech problem that you’re working with that particular week. To get the most out of this course, just follow the program, working on only one lesson each week and completing all the exercises and homework assignments....
Restricted funds or donations, where a donor specifies how their donation will be used, can be a great boon to charities, but also can be problematic. Restricted gifts can only be used for the donor’s designated purpose, while unrestricted donations can be employed by the charity wherever it chooses. For instance, a donor wishes to endow a building on the campus of his alma mater in perpetuity. A restricted gift works well to accomplish this purpose....
“2-Person Best Ball” is a golf format for teams comprised of two golfers. Those two golfers play their own golf balls throughout and the lower score between them on each hole counts as the team score. Two-Person Best Ball can be used in tournaments or by any group of four golfers (who want to play 2-vs.-2). Two-Person Best Ball is often called by one of two other names: Better ball (this name typically, but not always, means stroke play) Fourball (this name typically, but not always, means match play)...
If you’re looking to get your first job in book publishing or want to publish a book and are curious about how publishers work, here’s an overview of the major moving parts of most large book publishing companies. Though each book publisher or publishing imprint (trade name under which a book is published) is organized slightly differently, these are the most typical departments within the publisher, along with the general publishing staff duties of each....
