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8 Resume Red Flags That Hurt Your Odds of Getting Hired in 2024 (No. 1 Is AI)
[ad_1] Dean Drobot / Shutterstock.com Job candidates who screw up a resume can quickly see their search for employment turn into a fruitless endeavor. But which mistakes are most likely to haunt your efforts to find work? Recently, Resume Genius surveyed 625 American hiring managers and asked them to describe what does and does not work in a resume. These…
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20 Signs of a Fake Job Interview
[ad_1] fizkes / Shutterstock.com Let’s say you applied for a job and are now sitting down for a first-round interview. You start, and somewhere around the middle of the interview, something feels a bit off. Is it just nerves, or are you smack dab in the middle of a job scam? In order to protect yourself against job scams when…
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How Middle-Class Americans Will Use Their Tax Refunds in 2024
[ad_1] fongbeerredhot / Shutterstock.com Getting your tax refund can feel like free money. Sure, we know it isn’t, but at the end of the day we still walk away with extra cash in our pockets. We all have different plans for that money, though. Financial services company Santander surveyed 2,211 American “middle-income” adults — those with a household income between…
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How I Found Freedom and Work in Portugal
[ad_1] Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.com The advantage of making my living as a writer, journalist, and translator is that I can work from anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, my computer doesn’t like being covered in sand, and the screen becomes unreadable in bright sunlight … So “anywhere” doesn’t include the beach … as I hoped it would when I made my…
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How to Transition From in-Person to Remote Work
[ad_1] fizkes / Shutterstock.com It’s undeniable that remote work offers numerous benefits, such as ditching a commute and working from the comfort of your own home. However, it also introduces some challenges, like maintaining clear communication with your team, staying motivated, and establishing boundaries between work and personal life. As you’re transitioning from in-person to remote work and getting ready…
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How to Job Hop With Intention
[ad_1] Hurst Photo / Shutterstock.com Not long ago, moving quickly from one job to the next was a significant red flag for hiring managers. Employers frowned on applicants whose resumes seemed to signal that they couldn’t stay put. The professional reasoning was that these professionals were somehow unfocused, unstable, or maybe challenging to work with. While some employers will always…
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This Is How You Can Get Paid to Sleep
[ad_1] fizkes / Shutterstock.com Several million people in the United States regularly suffer through sleepless nights, which many researchers agree greatly affects overall health. Numerous hospitals dedicate entire divisions to studying sleep — and they’re willing to pay you several thousand dollars just to watch you nap, if you’re willing to get paid to sleep. Some studies require overnight and…
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How to Earn Extra Money With Online Focus Groups
[ad_1] Viktoriia Hnatiuk / Shutterstock.com A few years ago, I was invited to participate in a focus group. I visited in-person along with about 15 other people. For two hours, we vented all of our feelings about the ways a particular health insurance company interacts with its customer base. At the end, we each walked out with $125. The health…
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Would You Take a Job You Share With Someone Else? Here’s How
[ad_1] AtlasStudio / Shutterstock.com Full-time schedules don’t work for every employee. But sometimes, part-time schedules don’t fit perfectly either. Whether it’s a lack of flexibility, a lack of options in your career field, or something entirely different, sometimes full-time and part-time schedules aren’t the right fit. While not as popular in the United States as in other countries, job sharing…
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5 Places in America Where People Are Getting Free Money
[ad_1] Nataliia Budianska / Shutterstock.com Ready for some free money? If you live in the right place, that dream could be reality. Local governments are offering monthly payments — often with few strings attached and no work requirements — to specific groups of people who are at the economic margins. These programs can be controversial. Some see them as a…
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