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Be Heard in Podcasting
Writing is something that many of us love to do, but your voice can be heard through podcasting. When you write an article, you can also share it with a podcast. Hearing yourself, you might not like the way you sound, but that does not mean that listeners won't like you. All you need to do is make your podcast interesting and keep your listeners listening. As a podcaster, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes. Sometimes you might hear a little pop or click through the microphone, but for the most part, the sound of the podcast is load and clear. All you will need is a good microphone and software like Garage Band that will allow you to podcast and create music.
By Gail Nobles7 years ago in Journal
How to Prepare for a Job Interview
Assuming that you're not the child of a multi-millionaire, a billionaire, a celebrity, or anyone else who could just pave your way through life, you will need to get a job at one point or another. Money doesn't just happen, and most of us will have to pitch in at one point or another.
By Cato Conroy7 years ago in Journal
Useful Career Advice You Never Hear from Professionals. Top Story - August 2017.
If there's one thing I've realized about the professional world, it's that much of the career advice you get in high school is absolute bunk. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that much of the "useful career advice" you get from professionals is also pretty rotten.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart7 years ago in Journal
Ways To Make Money While You Sleep
I am not a fan of MLM companies, primarily because they use good advice to promote bad life decisions. Mostly, they use good advice to get you to throw friends under the bus for shitty product sales—and a commission that is easier earned begging for money on the street.
By Ossiana M. Tepfenhart7 years ago in Journal
Dancing at 10 MPH
Sitting in the lobby of Dunn Bros. Coffee in Rapid City, SD, I found myself ruminating over the past three years. Over nine years ago, I celebrated effective workmanship and reaching the goal of helping produce over 500,000 ATVs. The next day, we received the news our plant was closing.
By Jasper Noir7 years ago in Journal
Important Career Milestones You Should Celebrate
If there's one thing that most people love to do, it's celebrating major life milestones, especially when it comes to growth. There's always a massive birthday party for people turning 21. Weddings and baby showers are all about enjoying that milestone's achievement and celebrating the growth of a family.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart7 years ago in Journal
Creating a Business That Values Diversity
Back in March 2016, a tweet by musician Mykki Blanco kicked off a fairly heated critique of the white-washed view of the world promoted by gay media publications. The hashtag #GayMediaSoWhite emerged raising awareness that it only seemed to be white guys who were celebrated and featured in the world of gay media.
By Gareth Johnson7 years ago in Journal
Office Movie Scenes
There have been many movies and books that have poked fun of life as an office worker — and who can blame them? A huge percentage of people work in an office, and frankly, most office jobs have a certain tedium to them that makes most people wince at them.
By Stephen Hamilton7 years ago in Journal