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8 Resume Red Flags That Hurt Your Odds of Getting Hired in 2024 (No. 1 Is AI)
Dean Drobot / Shutterstock.com Job candidates who screw up a resume can quickly see their search for employment turn into a fruitless endeavor. But which mistakes are most likely to haunt your efforts to find work? Recently, Resume Genius surveyed 625 American hiring managers and asked them to describe what does and does not work in a resume. These managers…
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How I Found Freedom and Work in Portugal
Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.com The advantage of making my living as a writer, journalist, and translator is that I can work from anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, my computer doesn’t like being covered in sand, and the screen becomes unreadable in bright sunlight … So “anywhere” doesn’t include the beach … as I hoped it would when I made my move…
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How Middle-Class Americans Will Use Their Tax Refunds in 2024
fongbeerredhot / Shutterstock.com Getting your tax refund can feel like free money. Sure, we know it isn’t, but at the end of the day we still walk away with extra cash in our pockets. We all have different plans for that money, though. Financial services company Santander surveyed 2,211 American “middle-income” adults — those with a household income between $50,000…
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How to Transition From in-Person to Remote Work
fizkes / Shutterstock.com It’s undeniable that remote work offers numerous benefits, such as ditching a commute and working from the comfort of your own home. However, it also introduces some challenges, like maintaining clear communication with your team, staying motivated, and establishing boundaries between work and personal life. As you’re transitioning from in-person to remote work and getting ready to…
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Job-Hopping With Intention: Pros, Cons and Considerations
Hurst Photo / Shutterstock.com Not long ago, moving quickly from one job to the next was a significant red flag for hiring managers. Employers frowned on applicants whose resumes seemed to signal that they couldn’t stay put. The professional reasoning was that these professionals were somehow unfocused, unstable, or maybe challenging to work with. While some employers will always have…
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This Is How You Can Get Paid to Sleep
fizkes / Shutterstock.com Several million people in the United States regularly suffer through sleepless nights, which many researchers agree greatly affects overall health. Numerous hospitals dedicate entire divisions to studying sleep — and they’re willing to pay you several thousand dollars just to watch you nap, if you’re willing to get paid to sleep. Some studies require overnight and even…
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20 Signs of a Fake Job Interview
fizkes / Shutterstock.com Let’s say you applied for a job and are now sitting down for a first-round interview. You start, and somewhere around the middle of the interview, something feels a bit off. Is it just nerves, or are you smack dab in the middle of a job scam? In order to protect yourself against job scams when you’re…
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How to Earn Extra Money With Online Focus Groups
Viktoriia Hnatiuk / Shutterstock.com A few years ago, I was invited to participate in a focus group. I visited in-person along with about 15 other people. For two hours, we vented all of our feelings about the ways a particular health insurance company interacts with its customer base. At the end, we each walked out with $125. The health insurance…
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35% of Millennials Would Take a Pay Cut for Remote Work
merzzie / Shutterstock.com Remote work, particularly the opportunity to work from anywhere, remains a highly sought-after working arrangement — and a highly competitive one. However, work-from-anywhere jobs have historically accounted for a small segment of the remote job marketplace. Luckily, with more employers embracing remote work arrangements, a steady flow of work-from-anywhere opportunities continues to be provided. Source link
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10 Tips to Get a Job With No Experience
Mangostar / Shutterstock.com Landing a job without an entire career’s worth of credentials is not an impossible feat. In fact, it’s the foundation of every professional’s career. And while knowing that everyone else has had to do it doesn’t make it any less stressful for you, you can use some best practices that have helped others land jobs without experience…
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