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		<title>How to Find Legitimate Telecommuting Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was starting out in the freelance web development business one of the biggest obstacles I kept stumbling over was the pervasiveness of &#8220;garbage jobs&#8221; and junky &#8220;job search engines&#8221; that clogged the internet. At the time I needed to be able to find remote work from real businesses and clients. During my initial [...]


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		<title>Getting Fired is Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems like everyone these days is terrified of the economy. (In the United States) We keep hearing doom and gloom stories about how the price of oil is constantly rising, the price of gas is going to soon hit $5 or even $6 per gallon, how homes are going into foreclosure and how the sky [...]


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		<title>Applying to the Wrong Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 02:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a surefire way to tell if the job you are applying for is completely wrong for you. Totally foolproof. Simply check your resume for lies to yourself. If you have any of these, don&#8217;t bother turning it in to anyone. You&#8217;ll be miserable if you get the job. I kid you not. Here [...]


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		<title>Job Comparisons: Before and After</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My apologies for the lack of updates the last two weeks. I&#8217;ve been busy working on the web-developing side of things, and have an internship which begins tomorrow working with some Flash and XHTML projects. Speaking of which, I was thinking about the completely different directions and traits my current and former careers possess. Exercise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When No Job Fits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long while back I wrote a post about the differences between just taking a job just to pay the bills while enjoying hobbies on the side and striving for a career you love. But what if you&#8217;ve tried many different paths, have a strong desire to do something you truly love with your life, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Very Bad Career Choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are some of the the worst careers you can think of? Ditch digger? No. You get to be outside. Guard at a prison for the criminally insane? Maybe. At least the pay is pretty good. Assembly line worker? Definitely possible. Long hours of doing the same thing over and over again. That&#8217;s pretty bad. [...]


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		<title>Sneaky Resume Tips for the &#8220;Unemployable&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you really need that job, huh? Despite the nature of this website as being, shall we say, &#8220;anti-job&#8221; I&#8217;m only too aware of the need we sometimes have to take the plunge into the 9-t0-5 world. Perhaps you just need some part-time income while pursuing your real entrepreneurial dreams. Or maybe you recently got [...]


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		<title>10 Offbeat and Exciting Careers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been meaning to come up with a practical, handy list of some of my favorite offbeat careers for some time now. While these lists exist just about everywhere it seems, mine has a special emphasis on avoidance of certain elements like standard work hours, confinement to one location and restriction to one function. Many [...]


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		<title>Career Choices for Enneagram Types</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I wrote my article Bad Career Choices and the Enneagram, I realized that there weren&#8217;t really all that many websites/books/studies done out there that linked this exciting personality type system to various compatible careers. And many of the ones that are out there are very general and give very &#8220;obvious&#8221; answers that may not [...]


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		<title>Bad Career Choices and the Enneagram</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As stated in my earlier entry about the Myers-Briggs Type indicator and career choices, your personality is an important component to consider when choosing a career path. Could it be that what you do for a living is just wrong for your personality type? Let&#8217;s find out! At the very least, you&#8217;ll figure out what [...]


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