Categories
Skills, Tips, and Tactics

Designing A Business Proposal That Impresses Potential Clients

In an ideal world, your business would be judged on the quality of your service. However, humans are visual creatures. A nicely designed business proposal suggests 3 things: You are a true professional You pay great attention to detail You take pride in your work The three things above increase the likelihood of winning work. […]

Categories
Career Advice

5 Tips on How to Spend Your Summer Before You Start Your Consulting Job

For those of you who signed a consulting offer, congrats! The hard part is over. Now there are just two more important decisions that you need to make. What start date should be requested and what should be done with the soon to be very scarce free time prior to starting? Post-graduation start-dates generally range […]

Categories
Human Resources

The benefits of different types of time off, and how they differ around the world

Ever feel short-changed by the amount of time you’re allowed to take off work? In some cases, individual employers are more generous than ever in looking after the well-being of their employees. But for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners the idea of taking off anything more than the occasional weekend is more fraught with […]