November 3, 2008
If you can’t find exactly the kind of employee you want, you may decide to farm the work out on a contract basis, either to a business or an individual who freelances or moonlights for extra income.
The advantage of using independent contractors is that when times are tight employment-wise, you don’t need to look far for help. The biggest plus, however, is that the two of you agree on a fee for the project, the contractor performs the work, you pay her, and that is the end of your commitment, unless you provide her with more work. Read the rest of this entry »
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Business Management, Jobs, Tax | Tagged: business, contractor, employee, government, independent contractor, money, Tax, taxes |
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Posted by DodoLovesMe
November 3, 2008
The art of management once prescribed that a boss or manager should rule with an iron grip. Both employer and employee knew who was in charge. And the employee went along with these terms. But more often than not, the sly employee managed to get away with things whenever he could, did only what was expected of him, and never did anything more. Read the rest of this entry »
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Business Management, Career Management, Jobs | Tagged: business, Business Management, employee, employees, management, philosophy, work |
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Posted by DodoLovesMe
October 23, 2008
Two important questions to ask yourself after you’ve completed the interrogation: First, what do you like about the way they run their business? Second, what is one thing you noticed about their business that you would never use in your own? Remember, if you’re entering an area where your business will be facing competition, as long as you can focus your business in a way where you’re doing something that your competitors are not, you have an excellent chance to make your business stand out despite the competition. Read the rest of this entry »
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Business Management, Business Plans, Home Based Business, Startup | Tagged: business, enterpriser, people, research, running business, small business |
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Posted by DodoLovesMe
October 19, 2008
You may think you already know what kind of business you want to run, what you plan to name it, and how much business you will be able to rake in during the course of your first year. Congratulations! You fall into a very small category of people who have their businesses planned down to the smallest detail, complete with a raft of contingency plans. Read the rest of this entry »
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Business Management, Business Plans, Marketing | Tagged: business, love, money, people, work |
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Posted by DodoLovesMe
October 17, 2008
The get-rich-quick mail-order business kits advertised in the back of magazines work hard to convince you that it’s possible to rake in $2,000 a day while sitting at home in your bunny slippers, working only an hour or two each day. The truth is, in most cases, succeeding in business is due to lots of hard work, not the amount of money you’re able to invest. Read the rest of this entry »
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Business Management, Business Plans, Home Based Business, Marketing, financial | Tagged: Advertising, business, children, family, home, money, people, work |
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Posted by DodoLovesMe
October 15, 2008
Flexibility
Nothing about running a business is predictable. People who tend to thrive as entrepreneurs are those who were bored as employees because they knew exactly what they would be doing when they got up in the morning.
There are chaos junkies, and then there are those who view life through a rigid viewfinder. Somewhere in that vast middle are entrepreneurs, who need to borrow a little from each side. Read the rest of this entry »
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Business Management, Career Management, Home Based Business, Jobs, Startup, financial | Tagged: business, environment, humor, life, people, personal, running, work |
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Posted by DodoLovesMe
October 12, 2008
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Business Management, Business Plans, Career Management, Marketing, Promotion | Tagged: away, getting, negotiation, opinion, response, step, step away, work |
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