Extra Cash on Free Time
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 Having a stable full-time job does not necessarily imply having enough money. Sometimes we need to make extra money to cover certain expenses, pay debts, buy a commodity or save money. If people are happy with their jobs, but they in need of more money, the answer is to explore other skills and do certain sporadic activities to win extra money during spare time. 1. A new popular way to earn money is blogging. If you are a good writer and are particularly skilled in some specific subject, then this is the job for you. There are many ways to earn money with blogging, and some require a low level of commitment and offer a great flexibility in time and workload. You can do it independently or for another party. However, earnings are not reliable. There are many factors to consider and income is not a stable.
2. Tutor. If you speak a second language or a particularly clever in some subject, tutoring might be a good idea. As well, if you are better on computer science, you can offer assistance on informatics issues.
3. Swimming classes or aerobics. If you are a personal trainer but this is not your profession, some intermittent particular fitness classes might be the answer. Train somebody gives you the liberty of agreeing your terms and being your own boss.
4. On the current economic crisis, many people have resolved to selling second-hand things. Jewelry, especially gold, are highly valued since they do not get devalued as much as second-hand electronic devices.
However, the key for financial trouble is to not spend more than you can afford, particularly in objects that you do not really need. It is also important to consider eating at home instead of eating out, or saving electricity or restricting the use of the phone to important calls.
Tags: extra cash, job, blogging, tutoring, debt
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Business networking
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University, work experience, good references and hard-work are all key ingredients for people to succeed in their respective careers. Yet, what is left out of the picture? The answer is something as simple, old and essential as the art of making contacts. Undeniably, meeting and interrelating with the right people can open the door to a wide range of opportunities in the work field. This is the origin of the term “business networking”.
 By definition, business networking is a socioeconomic activity which consists of bringing together groups of like-minded businesspeople who recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities. The activity is a type of social network intended for business activity. Networking is the means by which a business person is able to build new business relationships at the time they create business opportunities at the same time.
This activity can be conducted in a local business community, or even via the Internet, if they are thinking big. These include professional association member meetings, social events, and work fairs, among others. There are different types of networking, such as large or small firms' networks, online business networking, face-to-face business networking, general business networking, networked businesses and business networking in the ICT domain.
The keys to succeed in networking are a good attitude, right language, capacity to listen and respond accordingly, and a good communication to get the right messages across and create empathy for them or their cause. The importance of networking is to build trust and relationships. The interaction is intended to cause the impression that the person communicating is genuine and worthy.
Women massively entered the professional field in the past century in the western countries. They proved that their talent, hard-work and professionalism paralleled men's. However, business networking is still a task women do not seem to get down yet. As men are more familiar with this activity, this means a setback for women to find jobs or move up the ladder and get promoted in a company. Recently, more and more women are mastering the art of networking; still, it is important to inform many about the importance of this activity so they can take a step forward.
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10 tips to tackle work stress
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 Profession is a prime pillar in civil society's everyday life, and whatever takes place in people's workplace has a direct effect in their minds and emotions. In times of economic uncertainty, with rising competitiveness and increasing “layoffs”, work stress has become a mine field for the common employee. Job stress can derive in detrimental costs for emotional and physical health that have an impact on people's personal and professional lives. The better you manage stress, the better the interaction with your surroundings. Therefore, it is important to learn to cope with work stress from the start, since it may determine the success or failure of your career.
How to cope with stress:
Work out. Exercise helps you deal with all the anxiety generated by pressure and time constraints at the workplace. Besides, it helps you clear out your mind and relax the muscles.
Limit caffeine consumption. Most people turn to coffee to increase productivity and mental performance. However, high dosages of caffeine, as it stimulates the nervous system, it also increases anxiety. Thus, in order to limit work stress, it is important to limit coffee to a few cups a day.
Avoid conventional drugs. If you suffer from work stress, you should also control the intake of alcohol, tobacco, spicy food, sleeping and slimming pills.
Enjoy the weekends. It is recommended to rest and avoid thinking about work during the weekends. Take the days off to relax, and do something you enjoy, like a hobby.
Do yoga. While you exercise, yoga helps you meditate, clear your mind, relax and have control over your emotions, key to tackle stress.
Breathe in life. Take a minute to enjoy your surroundings, set your priorities, and relativize the problems that affect you. Have a social life outside work; feeling content with your life in general will improve your general performance.
Sleep well. When the night comes, clear your mind from anything that may worry you, and save the nice thoughts for bedtime.
Control anxious eating. Compulsive eating gives you a false sense of control that may affect your health. Sugar rushes give you energy at first, but when the blood sugar drops again, it leaves you feeling more tired. Resort to healthy food, and natural products like Valerian root which has sedative and anti-anxiolytic effects
Get organized. Prioritize tasks at work and do one at a time, with no hurry but without stopping.
Have an open mind at work. Interpret your surroundings and communicate with your peers. Understand what is being demanded from you and act accordingly.
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Paul Simon – The Influence of Graceland
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Paul Simon has long been the poster boy for a certain type of Americana, with his guitar in hand, and his reticent style before the mic stand, he is accredited as writing some of the most powerful songs in the history rock and roll. His music is impactful, and full of insight into language and word combinations of lifted from everyday life, and placed within beautifully crafted melodies. Staggeringly, Paul Simon is still touring today some 40 years after first hitting the big time with Art Garfunkel.
2012 is a special year for  Paul Simon as it marks the 25 year anniversary of his ground-breaking record Graceland. To mark this momentous occasion a new documentary has been released entitled "Under African Skies", which has been directed by Joe Berlinger and chronicles the creative process that went into making it and the subsequent genesis of the album. Graceland is a testament to Paul Simon's unrivalled ear and ability to bring disparate sounds together, he plucked the traditional South African music from obscurity and added his own style to make something brand new. There was a great controversy back when Simon first travelled to South Africa to record with local artists, as this was during the period of apartheid. But the political strife that surrounded the albums conception did not stop it from becoming an instant classic. It historical value cannot be understated and it has been very important in the proliferation of world music ever since.
Graceland has touched so many people in so many nations. Its appeal is universal and since 1986, the album has sold over 14 million copies worldwide. The musicians from Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who played on the record have also benefitted from its notoriety, having performed on Saturday Night Live and they were also featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. The timeless feel-good song You Can Call Me Al video will always be a highlight from those early days, the dance routine with Chevy Chase never gets old. Awards came thick and fast, and Graceland won Album of the Year at the Grammy's in 1987.
The opinionated Clash frontman Joe Strummer commended the work saying: "I don't like the idea that people who aren't adolescents make records. Adolescents make the best records. Except for Paul Simon. Except for Graceland. He's hit a new plateau there, but he's writing to his own age group. Graceland is something new.”
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Foster the People
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Like so many breakthrough artists, it takes just one song to propel unknown names into the realms of superstardom, with a song that transcends genre divides and makes everyone hum to the same tune for a short while. So many try, but seldom achieve this complete nexus with a mainstream audience. One example being Coldplay, who shot to fame and fortune when their song Yellow hit a chord with the public and sold millions, making Chris Martin a household name.
 Another band who seems to have achieved this status is Foster the People, a band making waves both sides of the pond with their hit Pumped up Kicks. The band hail from Los Angeles and formed back in 2009, after lead singer and creative visionary Mark Foster gave up his life as a jingle writer to start a new, ambitious project. He touched base with friends Cubbie Fink and Mark Pontius who were drafted in to play the bass and drums respectively, as well as lending their vocal chords for backing duty. Their success has been founded on the nature of sharing on the web, as their lead track Pumped up Kicks went viral on YouTube. This caught the attention of execs at Columbia Records' Imprint Startime International in 2010, who signed them to their label.
The US three piece has enjoyed a massive festival season since then, playing high end shows at Coachella and SXSW, both of which are huge milestones. In mid-2011 they reached another landmark, when they hit the number 1 spot in the Alternative Songs Billboard, and number 3 in the Rock Songs category. Following this they charted at three on the Billboard Hot 100 and they were also well placed in the Mainstream Top 40 Charts.
Their album Torches has been credited with solid reviews since being released into the big bad world of pop critiques and fan forums. But the indie pop sound and uplifting guitar music is in deep contrast to the dark content of the lyrics. Maybe people would be a little more weary to dance so jovially to this song if they realised the lyrics were about a teens homicidal thoughts of a killing spree.
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Getting Connected
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Achieving employment in a recession is difficult. Getting employment in a recession which is so cold that metaphorical snow is probably blasting across your nose is even more difficult. It is therefore important to plan accordingly the most efficient way of achieving your goal. And we don't mean by wearing a big coat and scarf – that metaphor is finished now.  The first thing to understand about the job market in a recession is that there will be tens, dozens, sometimes even hundreds of people chasing the job you're after. Now, you could be like Adele, and carry on ‘Chasing Pavements' like this forever. Or you could try another approach.
You might be banging your head against a brick wall by applying to everything you can see on the Internet or in the paper, but in a recession, you're far better off contacting people directly, before there is even a job available. This might sound mad, but it's not. For a start, HR people are aware that if they post a job vacancy, they could have 100+ people desperately going for it. That's a lot of CVs to sift through, a lot of people to contact, and overall a lot of work. It's much easier for them to put aside your CV, and get it out when they think they have a job to suit you.
Another variant on this is to ask around. Check with your friends. Do they know of any jobs going? If you have a lot of people on LinkedIn, then this might be a good place to go as well. It's called Networking, and far more people are finding jobs through it at the moment than by answering applications.
So for better or for worse, the recession changes how we apply for jobs. There's nothing you can do to change this. But the people who do manage to find work in a difficult climate are inevitably the ones who are able to adapt to the new way of thinking and fly with it.
Tags: Networking, Employment, Work, Direct Contact, CVs
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Unemployment Woes
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In a time of recession, there will be hundreds of articles citing unemployment statistics. There will be just as many predictions on how bad it will get. Indeed, you can often predict how bad the situation will be simply by counting how many newsreaders are saying the words ‘How bad will it get?' after every report. But there seems to be a lack of advice regarding what to do on an emotional side if you find yourself out of work.
 It's not a nice place to be. Nevertheless, many people are optimistic at first, simply assuming that others are simply not trying hard enough and that there is definitely work out there. Well, there is. But every advertised job is being chased by many people in a harsh recession, and you only have to be slightly less-suited to the job than someone else for them to give it to that other person. As the search goes on, your confidence suffers at a time when you urgently need it to get another job. The miserable element of the situation is that the more you need one, the less likely you'll be to get one. Many people who stay on the search develop depression. This is something you don't want, believe us, as if you fall into depression, you'll have to get yourself back out of it in order to tackle a job, if one does come along. What you need is to do something that feels a little more positive. Volunteering is a good way to go. You'll feel good from offering your assistance to those in need, but there's also a chance that people will see how well you've done for free, and decide that your skills can be paid for in a proper job of some capacity.
If you have skills which can be freelanced, this is also a good approach if you're looking for a proper job. During a recession, many companies freelance out their work, as it is a cheaper solution than giving someone a job full-time. When the company is back on its feet, however, you may find yourself first in line for that prospective job.
Keep busy, keep seeing friends and people in the same situation as you, talk about it and make yourself feel better. And above all, keep positive!
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UK Universities 2nd To US
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Leading world thinkers have rated UK universities better than any country except the US. Results published in Times Higher Education magazine indicate that in terms of global reputation, UK universities are second only to US universities, followed by Japan in the third place.
Respected academics from 131 countries were requested to take a survey comparing teaching and research facilities in world's leading universities. Total 13,388 academics responded to the survey. The top 100 list was dominated by US with 45 institutions.  UK had 12 and Japan 5 institutions. There were no surprises in the top 3 positions with Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cambridge University sharing the top 3 honors respectively. Oxford was placed sixth, Imperial College of London stood at eleventh and University College London at nineteenth place.
Academics of repute having minimum 50 research papers to their credit and having over sixteen years of experience in this field were given the opportunity to participate in this survey. International students contribute over £5 billion in terms of tuition fees and other expenses and reputation of UK universities is important as many are dependent on international students. Other countries having universities in the top 100 include Australia, Canada, Netherlands and Germany. As per the British Council, the number of students studying for UK University degrees and staying outside the EU had significantly gone up by up to 70% in the last decade. Currently, over 340,000 students studying for UK degrees are non residents of the EU whereas for resident students the figure stands at 309,000.
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Seeking Career Advice
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The rise in unemployment around the globe has led to a flourishing number of experts issuing career advice. All of them have varied ideas on how to achieve your dream career. As a job seeker looking for career security, how do you choose between good and bad career advice? There are no specific guidelines. However, below are some ideas which may help you in making a decision. • The expert The person who is issuing the advice is always important, and should have examples which prove that their career advice works. If this information is from Bill Gates, for instance, it will probably be more credible than if it was given by a business representative with a lower credibility. Therefore you should know exactly how established or successful the person advising you on your career path has been. • Has it been tested? You should be able to find out if the career advice you are getting has been put to the test or if it is just a theory. You may end up investing plenty of resources, both in time and money, seeking after career advice that has not yet been proven. You will be the one testing it which may or may not yield positive results, so it is a good idea to follow career advice that has been put to practice with proven results. • Statistics If the career advice has been tested then it will have statistics, which will help to determine the rate of success that has been achieved. In cases like these, it is advisable to follow this information, especially if figures show that there has been a high success rate recorded. If a large number of people have followed a certain piece of career advice and it has had positive results, chances are the same will happen for you. • Relevance Career advice will not be relevant for all fields. You should know how a certain piece of advice applies to your own career and circumstances. For example, possessing a business card may not work for all people. Sales people would benefit more for having business cards when compared to scientists, who generally do not have much direct contact with the general public. You should, therefore, follow career advice with relation to your chosen career. • Applicability
Is the career advice you are receiving one which can be applied? For instance, people have different career goals. If you are searching for a good job financially, the approach will have to be different from one searching for self-fulfillment with different goals.
Therefore, whatever your aspirations, ensure you have the best advice available in order to make sure you find success in your chosen career path.
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Workers & Odd US State Laws
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There has been a great amount of debate over the many rising cases of people who have looked into obscure and unknown state laws and used them to their advantage either to sue or to get the better of their employers. This has become more and more popular in this past year alone. The current case of retail stores all over the California state has been sued for “not providing suitable seating”, and in many cases the individuals have won the cases.
The law states that suitable seating has to provide for cashiers and other employees who are expected to stand for most of their day. This is a law particular to California and one that people have found and used. Companies such as Target, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and many others have felt the hit as many enterprising attorneys work their way into cases that can use this law in their favour.
Of the many handouts that have gone out to quell such charges, things as $100 (£63.33) per person and a double salary for the following months have arisen, and more violations continue to come in the spotlight. People are claiming this right and the large companies are not prepared for this simple yet subtly successful fallout. There was an example case filed in 2009 that was performed without making much of a show, yet now people have looked and seen the opportunity to take advantage of a slip of their current employers.
For quite a few of individuals, this has been more of humorous way to get a little extra cash and attention paid to them, while for others this has become a big issue and standpoint where enterprising new attorneys can join and side with a seemingly right cause in order to build their personal career support base.
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