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Understanding your needs as a solo business owner
Here’s my latest article from Flying Solo… One of the essentials of business success is understanding and meeting your customer needs. But a valuable first step in creating a business that works for you as well as your customers is understanding your own needs…
To succeed in your solo business, you have to understand your physiological [...]
Career Change: Designing my new brilliant career
When you’re self-employed, changing careers isn’t just about looking in the local paper to see what jobs are on offer. You actually have the opportunity to continue creating your own work in whatever field or way you choose. Over the last few months I’ve been re-imagining the work I do (and importantly, could do) and [...]
Good karma job hunting: Connecting with the hidden job market
Tapping the “hidden job market” is an oft-mentioned strategy touted by employment experts advising how to find your ideal work.
If you’ve been looking for a job recently, you’ll know that relying on the newspapers or job sites for finding out about job opportunities doesn’t turn up many “woo hoo” jobs. At the other end, if [...]
Surfing the internet can make you more productive
In news that will have Facebook junkies frantically clicking “I like”, research from the University of Melbourne has found that taking breaks to surf the net at work can actually make you more productive.
Well, unless you are an internet addict, in which case it will make you less productive.
The study by Dr Brent Coker from [...]
Dismantle the Job Network
In the wake of the Federal Government’s overhaul of the Job Network I bet Job Network staff are crying into their chipped “You don’t have to be crazy to work here, but it helps!” coffee mugs. I usually have sympathy with those in slashed government-funded services, but not this time. In fact, the only argument I [...]
True stories from the Job Network
The following stories were all either experienced or witnessed by me…
True Story 1: Helping women return to the workforce
In a group orientation in a leading Job Network provider, we were told we had to make three cold calls from the Yellow Pages every time we were there or face a breach recommendation. One participant, a [...]
Recession-proof business ideas #1: The topless coffee shop
When times get tough, it seems the tough get a little creative. The Grand View Coffee Shop opened in the small town of Vassalboro, Maine last week and is gathering international attention for its very unique USP: All the wait staff (male and female) are topless.
Media reports indicate that the owner, Donald Crabtree, received over [...]
Time to start enjoying your work?
Is consciousness around work finally beginning to shift?
Could we be starting to see work as something that doesn’t have to be a drudge or a means to a financial end?
Perhaps.
The uncertainty of the current economic climate seems to be influencing people’s decision to stay in jobs they are not happy in. It has been a [...]
