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Ultimate Outsourcing: Americans Abroad

It’s being called the ultimate outsourcing: Americans looking for jobs overseas. With IBM’s recent announcement of Project Match — in which the company actively encourages employees to take their pink slips and apply for jobs in China, India and Brazil — more companies are sure to follow suit. Some people are outraged. Some are scared. Others who understand the value ...

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Living Abroad Has Its Challenges

Living in a foreign country excites the imagination, ignites the adventurous spirit, and inspires you to explore. It can also scare the pants off you. Learning to live in another country is more than simply learning to get to the office, making yourself understood in a local language, and eating different food. You have to learn how to do many new things while unlearning old that have become se...

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What Working Overseas Taught Me

The opportunity to travel has opened me up to so many experiences, cultures and different types of people. It’s also given me personal awareness of what I love about my home, Texas. My grandma, Sylvia, hasn’t had the opportunity to travel but she’s kept us all together. I connect with her and family and friends by writing newsletters and letting them see the world through m...

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Networking For A Career Change -- Seven Contacts To Prioritize

Networking is critical to landing your next job, but when you are changing careers, your network will predominately be helpful to your old career, not your new one. Furthermore, your existing network will have existing expectations and opinions of you and may have a harder time seeing you in your new career. Therefore, changing careers often means changing your network. Here are seven networkin...

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How to land your dream job with one email | Edward Druce | TEDxDonauinsel

Edward Druce has seen every conceivable mistake anyone could ever make when trying to land a work position, as well as the occasional gem from those who know how to do it well. In this talk he shares the very best of what he’s learned, and distills his experience into a simple and elegant 3-step formula that you can use to land your dream job. Edward Druce is the author of ‘This Is ...

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13 Bad Habits You Need to Quit Right Away

In my latest book with Life Hack, 10 Rules of Super Productive People, I discuss the importance of creating your productivity ritual — a routine that helps you to maintain a peak level of energy, so as you get the best out of your days. Part of creating your productivity routine involves removing activities that drain you (what I call “kryptonites”), and that includes your bad...

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The 7 Biggest Remote Work Challenges (and How to Overcome Them)

No soul-crushing commute. No managers or co-workers hanging over your shoulder. No one stealing your lunch from the office fridge. Remote work is wonderful. But it's not without its challenges. Ask anyone who works remotely as a telecommuter or from home running their own business: It's not all rainbows and unicorns. A recent report from the United Nations International Labour Organi...

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Jobs Abroad: The Ultimate Boomer Adventure

One of the rites of passage for boomers who came of age in the late 1960s or early 1970s was the six- or 12-month backpacking trip through an exotic locale (yes, Europe was considered exotic back then). Armed with little more than “Frommer’s Europe on $5 a Day” as their travel Bible, some went to find themselves, others to lose themselves. But the point is, pretty much everyon...

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3 things that are totally normal at a new job — and 3 that are huge red flags

It's normal to feel a little anxious or insecure at a new job. However, there are a few things that could happen that should raise red flags. Being totally exhausted is normal, but dreading work is not. Not having friends is to be expected — but if people aren't willing to help you, that's a red flag. It's also normal to feel like you don't know what you're...

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"Why Should We Hire You?" Best Answers (6 Proven Examples)

This article will tell you: What interviewers are actually asking when they ask “Why should we hire you?” Preparation tips for how to answer the "why should we hire you" question. Examples of "why should we hire you" best answers and why they work.

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