November 2013 | Small Business | Careers Articles & Ideas

Careers: Top Ways to Stay Positive After Being Laid Off

Becoming laid off is one of the most difficult things any worker will face in their career lifetimes. While this can be a very devastating experience for a number of reasons, it is important to take positive steps in your approach to this situation.

From taking a little much deserved time to yourself to reaching out to friends and family you haven't spoken with in a while, there are many ways to make a layoff into a more positive and rewarding experience.

Get out!

What we mean by this is for you to get out there and have a good time. Remember, you won't always have the free time that comes with losing your employment. Go do the things you have been putting off, just make sure you don't blow the bank on them! Life after a layoff should be filled with reflection and enjoyment before you dive back in to an advanced career search.

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Business & Authors Articles Carnival

Welcome to the December 1, 2013 edition of Business and Author Articles Carnival.

Eyona M. presents Getting Your New Business Right for the New Year posted at Brown Mama Enterprise, saying, "Get your mind right before plunging into a business venture. Here are some take-aways for you to think about in order to get ready."

Yvonne presents 8 Things To Do After Completing Your Blog Post posted at Speakers Promotional Services, saying, "Blogging tips for Authors and Speakers."

Brian Daniel Young presents his new audiobook site: BriansAudio.com

Vasilis Pasparas presents ‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY posted at Vasilis Pasparas.

Aaron Inglethorpe presents Why You Should Market At A Trade Show posted at Discount Displays Blog.

Mo Wally presents Benefits of Guest Posting| Success Tips, Motivational, Health Tips, Self Improvement Success Manual posted at Success Manual.

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Small Business: The Best Ways To Manage Your Public Relations

In this modern age, all businesses should be looking to make significant public relations efforts to ensure that their business not only reaches the right audience, but has a higher chance of prolonged profits, while also creating and developing a strong positive reputation for their company.

Businesses embarking on increasing their public relations efforts will want to consider the best ways to manage and maintain their campaigns and strategies so that they achieve the best results and have continued success.

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Small Business: Top Tips for Start Up Financing

Nowadays, small businesses have to use different ways of financing to secure enough money to get the business running. Most start-ups begin by pooling some of their own savings and personal assets first, and then working to get other investors interested once their business has grown big enough.

So what are the different ways to get small business financing?

Here are the top three methods you may use to get your company going:

Use your own savings and personal assets

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Small Business: How To Get Business From The Federal Government?

Do you own a small business? Want to do business with the federal government? You can earn huge amount of profits every year once you get your business 8a certified.

However, getting a business 8a certified isn’t an easy affair. The Small Business Administration or SBA is very strict with approving the SBA 8a certification applications. They make it a point that the small businesses meet all the requirements for 8a certification.

Some of the SBA 8a requirements are as follows:

The SBA requires small businesses to be in operation for at least two years.

The owner of the company needs to be disadvantaged both economically and socially.

The entrepreneur should also have a moral character and own at least 51% of the business.

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Careers: Top Tips To An Early Promotion

Many people want to get a promotion as soon as possible at their first real job and they work very diligently in doing so. This is one of the top goals you should have, especially if you are a young worker looking to quickly move up in the organization.

If you know the correct tactics you will be set for an early promotion. Unfortunately, many don’t know or lack the basic background principles to put
their career growth or promotion in overdrive. In this article we discuss certain tactics that will help you achieve a rapid promotion.

Forget About Your Past Job:

Once you are hired, your present company forgets about your previous bosses, work places and accomplishments. In an era of competition it can really annoy people when you are talking about all the great things you did at your past companies. By doing so your current management will think - if you enjoyed your earlier job so much then why are you here? With this said, it is important to always try to give your management the sense that you have their best interests at heart as opposed to the great last position you held.

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Careers: Top Financial Tips For Future Security

When you are new to the workforce the number one key is to establish financial goals that are achievable and believable in nature. After you establish your goals, the next step is to work hard and develop a solid financial plan for achieving these goals.

Remember, you can’t achieve your financial goals in one night or one week, it needs time and you’ll have to devote a portion of your life today to enhance your tomorrow.

Your financial plan must focus on some important points such as contribution to your 401K, saving a certain percentage of your take-home pay, establishing an emergency nest egg and profitable investments etc. When you focus on such points you’ll have a strong financial health throughout your life.

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