Penny stocks are highly volatile investments typically priced at under $5 per share. They're not on the national exchange; instead, they're made up of common shares of small public companies that trade at low prices per share. As a way to enter the stock market at an affordable level, beginning investors will purchase these stocks and hope they appreciate so as to boost the … [Read more...]
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A Look at the Science of Professional Networking
Professional networking is one of those things that most people dread. It feels awkward, uncomfortable, and forced. However, you’d be hard-pressed to deny the fact that networking is directly linked to career success. As the old adage goes, “It’s not what you know, but who you know.” 5 Tips for Networking Success Networking is a very personal thing in the sense that different … [Read more...]
The Top 5 Ways Professionals Waste Time
No matter how efficient you think you are, it’s incredibly likely that you waste time regularly. A professional work environment is designed to help you maximize efficiency, and with modern technology, we’re theoretically capable of higher productivity than ever before. Unfortunately, some of these office fixtures and technologies actively work against us, sabotaging how much … [Read more...]
7 People Skills IT Pros Need to Succeed
For IT pros, success isn’t just found in the day-to-day technical challenges you solve. It’s also used to communicate positively with those around you, which isn’t always easy when you spend most of your time behind a computer. Learning a few key people skills will be what carries you to the next level in your career. IT pros must deal with customer service too, and you … [Read more...]
The Top 5 Signs Our Disposable Society Is Changing
People love to consume, but the cost to our world is adding up faster than we think. Since the dawn of the industrial age, we’ve been producing products that are designed for obsolescence. Planned obsolescence is a popular business strategy that incorporates the obsolescence of a product into its design. In other words, this strategy creates products that are designed to fail … [Read more...]