Sick of the same old song & dance? Try this site out! Full of exciting & challenging jobs!  Cool Works is  site designed to help you find the anti cubical gig, and has lots to offer!

Thousands of Jobs in Great Places

Cool Works is about you finding a seasonal job or career in some of the [...]

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In this economy it is hard to keep your job & just try getting a new one if you find yourself out of work.  The rules have all changed the days of beating the pavement are over. You have to know how to work it, and one way both employers & employees are finding new [...]

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If you are one of the millions that are unemployed today I don’t have to tell you how hard it is to stand out among the crowd. It seems like each job posted these days has about a million people with your same set of skills lined up to fill it. So how do you rise [...]

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Lots of moms are faced with working around their kids schedules. Though we have come along way, some employers have a big problem with accomidating these types of arrangments. Recently i came across a company called 10 til 2, which is a part time placement service. Each office is located locally, so the jobs are [...]

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Just wanted to share one of my favorite websites for finding part-time, contract, freelance, consulting, writing and especially remote/virtual assignments: sologig.com.
You can post a profile or simply search for your next gig, whether temporary, project-based or long-term. And it’s always interesting to see what’s out there, even if you’re all set for right now.
I use [...]

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When I interviewed for my last job, I was several weeks pregnant and so nauseated that, during one telephone interview, I could barely converse and actually thought I was going to throw up in the middle of it. I agonized over whether to tell my potential employer I was expecting, especially since I was getting [...]

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If you’re not on LinkedIn yet, check out the website.
Whether you already have a job, need a new one, work in an office or from home, want to make contacts or keep in touch with former coworkers, this professional networking site is great and it’s really caught on.
You never know where your contacts (or their [...]

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I work from home quite a bit, and the longer I do it, the more I realize how silly it is for most people not to!
If you’re a mother like me and want to spend less time in the car and more on your kids, consider working as a virtual assistant–it’s become the wave of [...]

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If you’re thinking about switching careers or finding a new job that really matters and makes a difference, check out this cool site: idealist.org!
It’s got everything from volunteer opportunities and internships to nonprofit jobs, organizations, speakers, events and campaigns.
Definitely worth passing along.

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