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1/8/2018 By Guest Blogger Leave a Comment

How to Stand Out in Job Hunting

Getting a job can be tough, depending on what you want to do, where you want to live and how much you want to earn. Maybe you’re fresh out of university or college, or lost your previous work for some reason. How do you get yourself on the market, and stand out from the rest? Don’t panic. There are lots of things you can do to make yourself more employable, to boost your attractiveness to companies. Let’s take a look at some of them. What do you want to do? Before starting your job search, you really need to pin down the basics of what kind of work you want to take up, where and the salary. You need to focus your hunt on the industry that you feel you’re best suited to. If you’ve worked elsewhere already, are you looking for a change? If … [Read more...]

9/20/2017 By Guest Blogger Leave a Comment

5 Tips for Planning a Successful Road Trip

Do you love to take control of your own destiny? Do you hate having to let other people tell you what you are doing and where you are going? If so, you should consider arranging a road trip. This is a great way to explore new places, on your own terms. It is also an extremely cost-effective way of going on vacation. In order to ensure that your road trip goes smoothly, you will need to plan ahead. Below are five tips for planning a successful road trip. Get a great playlist In order to get through your long journey, you will need a fantastic playlist. Try to find songs for all of your different moods. You should also try to choose tunes that match the places that you are visiting. If you are travelling in a group, you could suggest that … [Read more...]

9/19/2017 By Guest Blogger Leave a Comment

How the EB5 Visa has Encouraged Investment in the U.S.

For people who want to move to the U.S. and work or start a business, there are a number of routes to go down to get the rights to do this, and not all of them are easy or available to everyone. Some people apply for jobs in the USA and are able to move here because their companies sponsor them or because they can’t fill these roles with local people, for example. This is obviously something only people with specialist skills who want to be employed can do. For those who actually want to start their own businesses in America, there has for some time now been another option: the EB5 visa. What Is The EB5 Visa? The EB5 visa is a program under which foreign nationals can gain a green card for two years by investing at least $500,000 in the … [Read more...]

9/12/2017 By Guest Blogger Leave a Comment

5 Tips for Creating an Optimal Retail Space

The design and outlook of your retail space influence your customer’s experience and shopping behavior. Creating the optimal space requires a combination of interior design and architectural skill. You do not need a degree in the two fields to improve your customer’s experience and boost sales. You can implement the same design tips that large retailers use and get the same results in sales. The top design tips for retail spaces are outlined below. 1. Choose an Attractive Design The design of your store should be attractive and outstanding right from the entrance to the checkout counter. Pick the right colors and lighting that will make your store stand out. Buyers should be attracted to your store from several blocks across the road. … [Read more...]

7/11/2017 By Brooke Faulkner Leave a Comment

The Role of Big Data in Public Policy

We live in an age where data about who you are, where you are, and what you’re doing is being collected and tucked away into databases so large, traditional processing software is inadequate to handle it all. This is the age of big data, a powerful and rich resource that continues to grow more quickly than we are able to find ways to make use of it. Our lives are being tallied and measured by posts, emails, purchases, pictures, and clicks. Public policy is shaped by our values and ideals, and we express many of those through the things we do. As such, used responsibly, the data we recorded about the things we do can help guide public policy decisions. Big data has the power to transform the public sector and is frequently cited as a … [Read more...]

7/6/2017 By Guest Blogger Leave a Comment

How To Throw A Business Networking Event Worth Talking About

Business networking events are great if they’re done right. Sometimes people dread going to them because they’ve previously been to meetings that haven’t been worth their time or effort. You have to know how to throw a good party to impress people and get them to stay. If you’re going to have an event, make sure you know what you’re doing. Research ahead of time and take the proper steps to ensure it’s done with careful planning. Remember that your gathering is a representation of you and your company. See how to throw a business networking event worth talking about. Tickets Set the tone by distributing nicely designed tickets. Use a free online ticket maker to create a ticket that’s branded and looks professionally done. Select … [Read more...]

6/22/2017 By Guest Blogger Leave a Comment

4 Work from Home Jobs You Can Do While Studying

Studying for a masters accounting degree online using one of the many online masters of accounting courses is a great feeling, but it doesn’t come without its difficulties. One of the main difficulties of studying for a degree is trying to find the time to work to help pay for it. While there are plenty of courses that you can fit around working hours, it’s still hard to fit studying and down time around a full-time. If you’re looking to earn money whilst studying for your degree, have a look at some of the possible jobs that can work around you. 1. Affiliate Marketing Affiliate marketing with websites isn’t easy to achieve, but with a little research and trial and error, it could make you plenty of cash. The … [Read more...]

4/5/2017 By Guest Blogger Leave a Comment

The Best Healthcare Jobs Ranked

With years of incredibly strenuous study, undergoing a Medical Degree is not for the faint-hearted. You’ll need to complete four to five years of pre-med, four years of medical school, and then three to seven years of residency depending on the field you wish to certify in. However, becoming a doctor, nurse or dentist is appealing because it’s a job that allows people to bring goodness into the world. Although hard work, there’s nothing better than saving lives, and feeling like what you do truly matters. Of course, working in medicine is time-consuming, requires unsociable hours and can take an age to become a fully-fledged doctor, etc. However, the pay isn’t bad, and the positions are always needed and in demand. If you’re a student … [Read more...]

2/18/2017 By Guest Blogger Leave a Comment

4 Habits to Make You a Safer Driver

Thanks to decades of public safety campaigns and road safety advertisements, we’re now driving on safer roads and in safer cars. As a result, road accident rates are going down. However, the figures are still too high, especially amongst younger drivers, with road collisions being the highest cause of death amongst young people in the UK. Whether you’re currently learning to drive, have just passed your driving test or have been driving your own car for a while, you can benefit from becoming a safer driver. Stick to Speed Limits Even going just a few miles per hour over the speed limit can have serious consequences in a collision. Although you might not feel that you’re going very fast at 30mph or 40mph when you’re behind the wheel, the … [Read more...]

10/8/2015 By Ben Leave a Comment

Jeffco, Arvada Conservatives: Prepare to Vote

Off-year elections can get easily overlooked. But this year, if you live in Jefferson County and especially Arvada, your involvement as an informed conservative voter is more important than ever. Please check out and share this sample ballot. Thanks to others for creating the ballot, but I share their recommendations wholeheartedly. First, for the Board of Education, it comes down to three simple items to remember to vote for: NO, NO, and NO on the union-backed, fact-challenged recall: If you need more information to understand why, check out Jeffco Students First and Kids Are First Jeffco Kim Johnson, District 3 Tori Merritts, District 4 For the first time in my memory, the local Arvada City Council races feature a full slate of … [Read more...]