Career Advice on Shine

Is Your Resume Costing You a Dream Job?

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Contrary to Legally Blonde, dyeing your resume pink and bathing it in Chanel No. 5 will not get you into Harvard, nor will it get you a job. In case you take career advice from Elle Woods, below you will find the worst resume mistakes in the history of resumes…

How to Keep Incoming Email from Taking Over Your Business

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When I got my first e-mail account in 1997, I was so paper-minded I printed every incoming message. Today, that would cost me 1,000 sheets of paper a week.

Not only does the contemporary business owner get as much junk mail per day as her mother did in a month, but our inboxes are also…

Control your fate, your emotions, your income and the Yuletide bulge

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by Dianne Orwig

It’s not just coming… it’s officially here! November formally marks the beginning of that festive time of year when time is short, stress is high, and temptation is everywhere. Despite the fact that the season lasts only two short months, most of us…

I Just Turned Down a 60K/Yr Job in this Economy - Am I Crazy?

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I've been without a formal 9-5 job since mid-January 2009 thanks to the economy. It was really heartbreaking for me because it was the second time in 11 months that I had been laid off (that's what I get for going with another "dot com". However, once I was let go from my last…

Is a Bachelors Degree and a Associates Degree Similar?

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Okay, I'm in 9th grade, and I know this is quite early but I already know what college I'm going to. Which is ITT Technical Institute. I wanted to step into the Criminal Justice Field and I don't understand the degree part. Do I have to have a certain degree to graduate from it? I went…

Three easy ways to stay sane managing a family and a career

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In trying to be a good wife, mother, and entrepreneur, I have had my share of time management (and sanity) challenges. I used to find that on some days, I would feel overwhelmed and want to run from all of my responsibilities. I felt like I never had enough time in the day to get everything done and still have time to breathe. So I started changing the way I did things. You know that old saying that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over but expecting different results? Well, that is how I knew I could avoid going insane…to change what I was doing.

First, I enlisted the help of my able-bodied children.

How to Reduce Stress or Solve Any Problem

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Too little time, too much stress and the day isn't going the way you planned. You can go into beat up or play Monday morning quarterback on what you did wrong. Or,you can take this liberating approach.

Homeless blogger reminds us what internships are

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A hullabaloo arose this week over news that Elle magazine has hired a homeless blogger as an intern, paying her less than minimum wage.

Brianna Karp was hired this week by Elle to blog about being homeless and her future, reportedly making $150 a month for 24 hours of work. The amount is less than California 's minimum wage, which made some people accuse Elle of getting good publicity on the cheap. (Karp lives in Orange County.)

But, in email comments to columnist Tommy Christopher, Karp said she doesn't feel exploited.