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Career Transition: Top Five Tips for Changing Careers over 40

January 31st, 2012

By Lincoln

Changing your career at any age can be a nerve wracking experience.  Gone are the days where people work for the same company from college until retirement; changing careers at midlife is more common than ever. Changing a career is a process that can be fun, self-awakening, and can give you a new zeal for living. Get started today and ask the people who care the most about you to give you the support you need.

1.  Take an inventory of your skills.  You can start simple by making a pro/con list of your latest career, volunteer activities, and hobbies. This can give you a big picture of what you like and enjoy and can get you thinking about your skills used for hobbies or volunteering and incorporating them into your career.  You can also find many » Read more: Career Transition: Top Five Tips for Changing Careers over 40

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Career Transition: Follow Your Dream and Passion And Become A Graphic Designer

January 8th, 2012

By Jemma Scott

If you enjoy brands, conceptualizing the look and feel behind the brand and the brand logo and have a passion for creating visually aesthetically designs, then the thought to become a graphic designer may have crossed your mind. The role of a graphic designer is to create designs be it for a web site, an ad campaign or a certain brand that prompts attention, appeals to a certain target market and is aesthetically appealing while communicating an ideal or object. In this article we will give you some steps to become a graphic designer so we can send you off on your designing career.

Why become a graphic designer you may ask? Well apart from it being your passion, many » Read more: Career Transition: Follow Your Dream and Passion And Become A Graphic Designer

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Career Transition: Starting a Home Cleaning Service Company

December 27th, 2011

By Dave Tucker

With an ever diversifying economy and an increased pace of life, working professionals often find that they have little time to take care of matters at home. Garden services have been popular for decades now, with professionals having little time to tend to lawns and household exterior landscaping so with numerous households now surviving off two incomes, there is a definite market for entry businesses.

What does one need to start up a cleaning business? Whether it’s deciding what materials and equipment you need, from carpet cleaning fluid through to deep cleaning vacuums you need to forecast and budget for success.  So take a look at some handy ideas and hints.

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For flexibility and an easy start up for your home cleaning services company would be to service the area close to your home. Transporting appliances and supplies becomes easy and it keeps your » Read more: Career Transition: Starting a Home Cleaning Service Company

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