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What Does VoIP Mean to My Business? What to Think About When Considering Voice Over IP

There are a lot of thoughts on this topic. Since Cisco began promoting their voice products back in 1998 the common perception is that VoIP solves everything. You need a telephone system? VoIP. Your business has a network? You need to put VoIP in place. Trying to drive more sales? VoIP. The coffee machine needs to be cleaned? VoIP!

Cisco is not alone in this. Our industry is plagued with equipment and services providers trying to squeeze every marketing angle out of this technology. It does bring a lot of flexibility but stops short of cleaning coffee makers or toilets.

What is VoIP?

Simply put, it is taking your voice communications and transforming them into data that can then be transmitted on your network or on the Internet.

How can this help your company?

This technology can be used to connect your offices across the country into one dial plan, using data circuits you may have for other purposes. It can provide a way for the company to have home office workers who are part of the phone system – so that calls can be transferred to and from them just like they were in the office. More advanced applications can be incorporated into your phone system at a lower cost than other technologies. Features such as call recording, voicemail to email, network faxing, and call center are easier to deploy when the system is already aware of your network. Any most typically, the administration of these systems is much easier than other systems due to the fact that many use a web browser or a Windows program to do the heavy lifting. The administrator needs to know less about how the system works to make it do what they need done.

How can this hurt my company?

VoIP adds complication to the way that your calls are transmitted around your organization. Where the voice system was once a separate island with easy to identify issues – it is now integrated into your data network. That means that your network, computers, and phones are all using the same technologies and can impact each other. This usually translates into higher support costs if you do have problems. Network engineers bill at a higher rate and the problems potentially have more sources.

Common Misconceptions

The combination of the promise of new technology combined with marketing fervor makes for some tall tales. What’s the truth?

Voice over IP may save your company money in phone services costs. It may not. It depends on what type of lines you have today and your calling patterns.

VoIP is required to get an easy to use, feature rich system. Not so true. While most of the newer systems that have the better features are VoIP, it isn’t a requirement. Many companies such as Toshiba, Avaya, Inter-tel and others provide advanced features to users of older tech digital telephones. It’s all in the design of your system.

Voice over IP gives you poor call quality. This can be true, however, it is avoided through the careful design and implementation of your system.

In Summary

Voice over IP can help many businesses if applied in the right context. Voice over IP can also be a drain on a business in financial terms and a loss of productivity. Consult with an experienced company that is interested in finding solutions – not just selling a product or service. They can help you leverage this technology to stay on top of your communications while making the most of your investment.

Bob Langys is an experienced telephone systems engineer and sales professional who has been in the industry for over 15 years. His interest in the technology and applications combined with his love of coaching / sharing the knowledge has served him well throughout his career. Bob works with Medlin Communications, in the Chicago Suburbs, and has the pleasure of working with a team of can-do people. Find out more about the information in this article at:

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Product Review – The ACN IRIS 3000 Videophone

A videophone is an innovative telephony device that lets users make phone calls with face-to-face video calling as well. A videophone lets you see the person that you are talking to through a small video screen that is attached to the telephone. It was only a few short years ago that this technology seemed years and years away as far as being accessible to every day homeowners and families, but today anyone can own a videophone.

Families and groups of close friends use videophones to maintain a closeness with each other that goes beyond a normal telephone call. Video telephony allows people to look into the eyes of the person they are talking to and to communicate on a much deeper level than a telephone alone could ever allow. Being able to see a caller takes normal phone calls to a new level in communication.

ACN, a popular international telecommunications company, offers excellent videophones that are attractive and durable. These phones can be purchased as a single item or you can join with family members and friends to buy a group of phones. In fact, referring others to ACN video services can earn you substantial commissions and a potential side income.

ACN IRIS 3000 VIDEOPHONE FEATURE LIST:

  • 7 Inch Digital Video Screen
  • Digital Photo Frame
  • Downloadable Ring Tones
  • Built-in Video Mail
  • Access to online content (News, weather, sports, etc.)
  • Light Adjusting Camera Sensor
  • Push button calling
  • Foldaway video screen

ACN videophones take full advantage of the telecommunications options that are now made available through the Internet. ACN video phone calls are made via the Internet. This allows ACN to offer extremely low prices for a technology that is quite advanced. Another excellent feature that is unique to the ACN IRIS 3000 videophone is that they are completely portable. Owners of this phone can to take it with them whenever and wherever they travel. The phone can be plugged into any internet-connected LAN and will receive phone calls in the same way as in your home. For businessmen that work out of hotels or families that spend part of the year in another city never miss a phone call.

Videophones will work as long as the person on the other end of the call also has a videophone. If the caller is using a traditional phone without video capabilities then the video screen would stay blank or display one of your favorite photos based on the preferences you choose. ACN videophones are sold by independent distributors. To learn more about the Iris 3000 or to get one for yourself please visit the following link: http://www.voip-voice-over-ip.com/news/voip/acn-iris-3000-videophone-the-state-videophone.htm.

Venezia Rose is a professional copywriter whos professional career has spanned the IT & Programming, Business, Marketing, Psychology, Sports and Travel sectors. Venezia writes professionally and also as a passionate hobby.

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Smartphone Application Development Outlook

Mobile usage and more specifically smartphone usage, represents a unique opportunity for application developers and brand owners alike to generate new revenue and brand awareness. The combination of always on 3G Internet, GPS and portability, means that consumers are increasingly turning to their smartphones for business, shopping and leisure activities. Unlike open platforms such as the Internet, smartphones are separated by a range of operating systems, handsets and carrier support.

Market share Trends

The mobile operating systems to target are Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0, RIM’s Blackberry 4.6+ and Google’s Android. These are the largest growing mobile OS platforms; others such as Symbian and Windows Mobile are experiencing slower growth in market share and also suffer from platform “fragmentation”, further lowering their effective market share. Of all the competing operating systems, only the iPhone/iPod Touch allows for near universal application development.

The Risk of Fragmentation

Software fragmentation simply put, is the incompatibility that arises from software that starts from a common codebase and over time through updates and revisions, forks into multiple sets of unique code. A non-tech example would be the English language; today there are numerous dialects of English around the world. Some are easily recognizable, while others are beyond comprehension without a translation. Fragmentation, makes it impossible to create one version of an application per platform, instead the developer needs to craft multiple versions, each one tailored to a specific device or operating system.

There is significant platform fragmentation with non Apple devices, notably the Blackberry OS, with a large roster of legacy devices such as the blackberry 8100, 8700 and 8800 families. For example the Blackberry Storm 2 runs os5.0, has a touchscreen, accelerometerc and Open GL for 3d graphics. The Blackberry Bold 9700 however, launched at the same time uses the traditional keyboard/ non touch screen layout, does not include Open GL support and uses a different screen resolution. Things are potentially worse with Google’s Android, due to its open source nature and lack of standardized models. Each manufacturer can build a totally unique Android phone running on a variety of OS versions, ranging from Android 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.0.1,and 2.1.

The iPhone line can be drawn into three main groupings; the original iPhone, the iPod Touch and the iPhone 3GS. The vast majority of software written for the platform will run on the original iphone, except for applications that use the compass, MMS, or GPS. The iPod Touch does not have a camera, so any app that needs a camera will not function. The iphone 3GS is the newest model and is becoming the baseline model for app developers, especially those utilizing live video and location based services.

When developing native apps for the Blackberry, the largest pool of compatible devices are the Blackberry Curve 8300, 8900 and the 8500 series, followed by the Bold 9000, Bold 9700 and the Blackberry Tour.

Android OS has a large number of devices, but models marketed under “with Google” can be thought of as reference phones with common specifications and functionality. The T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, T-Mobile G1, Sprint Samsung Moment, all fall in this category. HTC’s customized Android devices are also popular; these include the HTC Hero and the Verizon Droid Eris.

App development tools

Native iPhone apps are built with Apple’s Objective C language using Xcode and then submitted to the “App Store” for distribution to the general public. There are several third party tools that allow development with other languages such as Actionscipt (Flash CS5), Lua, and Javascript. The third party development tools take higher-level scripting languages listed above, coverts the code into Objective C and also exports the finished app as a.ipa file for submission to the App Store. Each of these third party tools supports at least several unique iPhone features such as the accelerometer, multi touch input to varying degrees. Other features such as GPS location and the camera may be limited until these tools mature.

Blackberry apps can be built with the Blackberry JDE plug-in for Eclipse using the Java language. Applications can also be built with the Javascript based Phonegap, which may lower the level of developer experience needed to begin development. Blackberry apps can be sold via the official app store known as Blackberry App World or they can be sold through 3rd party providers such as Mobihand.com. Android is also based on Java, and it too uses Eclipse IDE with the Android Development Tools plugin. There is no oversight by Google on the types of apps that can be built for Android, Google, however does reserve the right to remove malicious apps.

Types of apps to create

On the iPhone, the majority of apps currently available are games; they can range from Adobe Flash games ported with minimal functionality to full 3d games using Unity 3d. Outside of games, many iPhone apps are mobile extensions of websites utilizing open API’s. Examples include Tweetie 2 using the Twitter API, and Insight, which provides two-way syncing with Basecamp. These apps can be built by single person/small teams and don’t need custom designed artwork or interfaces. Today’s independent game developers are being obscured by large studios with 3D artists, modelers and programmers with access to brand name IP’s.

The majority of non gaming apps are complex widgets that communicate with 3rd party API’s and follow Apple interface guidelines reducing the need for graphic artists.Android roughly parallels the iphone in with games being the most popular downloads followed by general interest apps. Blackberry apps are primarily business applications such as Poynt, with fewer games on the platform compared to Apple and Google’s offerings.

Currently, technology such as augmented reality, which overlays internet data, live camera feeds and GPS into a seamless experience, will begin to mature in the next year and become mainstream. Apps that utilize the camera to read barcodes for price comparisons will also gain prominence. This article hopefully has given you a clearer understanding of the smartphone market and their associated ecosystems. Currently, web developers have been on the sidelines waiting for tools to mature and leverage their web based skills. In 2010, there should be significant traction using common languaded such as Javascript, Actionscript and XML. Off-Site Services plans to make extensive use of these and the native developer tools to build new experieces for its client in the advertising and creative industries.

Brent Gairy is technical director at oss-usa.com where he overseas website development for clients in the advertising, and creative industries.

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Laptop Batteries – Taking Care of Them

Do you always end up hurrying to a close wall power outlet to charge up your laptop batteries simply so you can use it? And irrespective of fully charging prior to leaving the home, you still run low when employing it while you’re out?

Taking Good Care of Your Laptop Batteries

Well, I am certain these questions make you think and question about how to take good care of your laptop batteries so here are some useful points.

First, when you use a laptop as a desktop computer substitute, check that you don’t leave the batteries within the unit for a long time since naturally; the laptop will discharge the battery after a few hours. Nevertheless, should it occur that your battery has become discharged, remove it immediately and make sure that it is charged to half of its capacity. After which, wrap the battery in a dry fabric and put in it in a warm and dry location and check that that it is in a secure place.

Re-Install Your Laptop Batteries Regularly

Exercise your batteries and put them back in on a frequent basis. This will permit them to exhaust the right way as leaving fully charged batteries inactive for a long time will fully drain them and will adversely affect the batteries’ useful life. Use the batteries a minimum of every two and three weeks.

Keep The Laptop Batteries’ Metal connections Clean

Clean the metal contacts of your batteries. Do this regularly every few months using a cloth dampened with alcohol as this helps your battery to transmit power more efficiently.

Keep the Operating Temperature Low

Your laptop will function more efficiently if it is cooler. This is why you need to always inspect your air vents making use of a fabric or a cleaning agent made for cleansing keyboards, or better yet, you can invariably look online for more helpful hints on attending to your laptop battery.

Refine Your Power Options

Simply go to your Windows control panel and find ‘Power Options’. Then set it up as a way to bring your power usage to its optimum level. You may also choose the ‘max battery’ to achieve the best effect you want.

Never Do Multi-Tasking When Using Batteries

Don’t multi-task when you are just using a laptop run by batteries exclusively. People who do not understand the importance of prioritizing undertakings when utilizing their laptop, are individuals that have their worksheets in Excel running, while at the same time listening to their latest music tracks, talking and simultaneously calling someone, which will surely empty the batteries faster.

So, settle for only employing the more important tasks you have to finish. Not doing this will drain your battery before you get to end one task. The bottom line is you should learn the way to choose your priorities.

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New FTC Rules For Online Promotion

On December 1, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an agency of the United States government, published a new set of guidelines on testimonial advertisements and product endorsements. These guidelines affect all commerce within the United States of America, including online commerce. If your business is based in the United States or targets residents of the United States, you need to be aware of and comply with these rules.

The two major changes that affect online businesses deal with how testimonials are presented and the expansion of what constitutes a “material” relationship between two parties.

Customer testimonials are used to sell many products online, just as they are used in print, radio and television advertising. Besides upholding the principle that these testimonials be accurate and authentic — that they come from actual customers with arms-length relationships to the business promoting the product or service — it also requires businesses to clearly disclose what a typical customer can expect from purchasing or using the product or service.

For example, a weight loss program that includes testimonials from customers who lost 11 pounds in one week would have to disclose that this is not typical, that most customers would in effect lose an average of only (say) 1 to 2 pounds per week instead. Because consumers place more trust in testimonials, it’s important that they not be used to mislead consumers.

The biggest change to the FTC guidelines, however, revolves around endorsements of products and services, particularly from online bloggers. Any kind of “material connection” between an endorser (like a blogger) and an advertiser must be disclosed to the consumer. A material connection can be a cash payment, a free sample, or some other benefit to the endorser from the endorsee.

If you receive a free copy of a product or free use of a service in exchange for writing about it, you must disclose this.

If you receive a payment or commission for selling a product or service via a positive review, you must disclose this.

If you are paid to write about or mention a product or service, you must disclose this.

Again, these rules are there to protect the consumer. There are special rules that affect expert and celebrity endorsements as well.

Failure to comply with the FTC guidelines leaves your business open to litigation, which could be nuisance at best and disastrous at worst. Each violation can subject you to substantial fines.

The best defense is to be open and honest with consumers. Be sure to disclose any relationships you have with your advertisers or with the products or services you promote, and make sure any testimonials you display are accurate and typical. It’s better to be safe than sorry!

Eric Giguere writes about many topics, such as how to set up a website or how Google Suggest works. Be sure to read his other articles for more great information!

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Finding the Best Mutual Fund For Your Money

Mutual funds have increased in popularity immeasurably over the past one hundred years. Though the mutual fund was seen primarily as an instrument for the rich at first, today they allow many average individuals the chance to earn a decent return on their money. This article will examine how to choose a mutual fund that will deliver superior returns over the long term.

The first thing that you need to consider when evaluating any potential investment is what are the opportunity costs of the particular investment. If you are planning on putting money aside for a mutual fund, you need to be certain that the money can not be better served somewhere else. For instance, if you have a significant amount of consumer debt, it is usually advisable to use monies to pay down that debt rather than invest in a mutual fund.

If you have determined that the best course of action is to invest for your future, then you are ready to take a look at the mutual fund landscape and determine which fund meets your objectives. Because the primary objective of investing your money is to earn a return that exceeds what you might receive in a guaranteed investment vehicle such as a government bond or certificate of deposit, there are several metrics that you need to familiarize yourself with.

The first of these metrics is the expense ratio of the fund. All funds charge a percentage of the assets under management as their fee. In an actively managed mutual fund, meaning that fund manager picks and chooses stocks in order to try to earn a market-beating return, the expense ration can be pretty high. If your fund carries an expense ratio of 2.5% it will need to outperform its benchmark by 2 percentage points if the index for that benchmark carries a 0.5% expense ratio. This is significant. You see, most managed funds do not outperform their benchmark over the intermediate term and a 2% annual out-performance is often rare.

For this reason, it makes sense in many situations for a person to simply invest in an index fund such as the S&P 500 rather than pay a mutual fund manager to try to beat the market. Beating the market is fairly rare for the professional fund manager, as 75% of fund managers will actually under-perform the market in a given year.

Another consideration that you should keep in mind is the type of holdings that the fund will be invested in. If you are interested in receiving income from your mutual fund then you will want to be in a fund that is invested in securities with a significant dividend yield. If, on the other hand, you are more concerned with performance, then the dividend potential of the mutual fund may be of less importance to you.

Considering these factors, it is important that you do your homework before you commit to buying a particular fund. The fact of the matter is that you want your money to work for you, so researching your investments in a prudent strategy.

Alex writes about a variety topics related to personal finance and money management. He maintains a blog where his opinions on these matters are available for free. Please visit for more information.

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Term Life Insurance – What Are Guarantees?

Perhaps you have heard it said before that the only things in life that are guaranteed are death and taxes. With this fairly pessimistic view in mind, we thought it might be important to discuss a related issue: the guarantees involved with term life insurance.

First of all, what is term life insurance? This is the type of insurance that you purchase over a fixed period of time (ie, 30 years). It is often funded with an initial payment and then you make a series of payments over the life of the policy, which pays out in the event of your death to your designated heirs. At the end of the term of the policy, it expires (and you do not receive anything)-but it is often a very cost-effective way to provide coverage for your spouse, children, or even in some cases for a small business.

In Missouri, as in many states, term insurance is guaranteed by a “Guaranty Association” created by the state. This association includes all the insurers who are licensed to sell any type of insurance (including annuities, health insurance, and life insurance) by the state of Missouri; such agencies must prove their financial stability, ratings, etc prior to being approved, and are regulated by the state.

If an insurance company who is a member of this association is found to be “insolvent” – that is, unable to meet their obligations, as certain companies were in the wake of the financial turmoil of the past months-the association provides the protection up to the statutory limits to insure benefits are paid to the holders of the policy. Often, the other members of the guaranty association become involved in servicing the insolvent company’s policies and helping policy holders.

Like the government’s protection on assets held in FDIC insured banks, this provision is a “worst case scenario”. Insurance companies regulated by the state are periodically reviewed to ensure solvency, and most of the well-known firms, operating at a national level, are financially quite conservative. Nonetheless this measure of protection, the “guarantee” (not to be confused with certain guarantees that you pay for as part of a variable life or annuity policy) should provide purchasers of term insurance with a feeling of comfort.

Talk to your financial advisor about his/her recommendations for a good company through which to purchase your term life insurance policy, and keep in mind that other truism-what seems too good to be true, often is. But there are very cost-effective policies available from large, well-known and responsible companies-your advisor can help you determine the right fit for you.

Meghan McCartan, the author, works with Guido Aloisi at The Financial Solutions Group. For more information on life insurance options, click here.

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Get Cash For Gold Without Getting Ripped Off

You’ve probably heard about getting cash for gold, or you might have seen the commercials on television. But how do you know that you aren’t going to get ripped off? How can you trust them? And, you certainly need to ask: How can a company pay top dollar for gold when they willing spend thousands on television commercials?!?

Clearly, the better option is to find a low profile, reputable gold refiner who pays cash for gold but has developed a “solid gold” reputation online. As you research who to send your gold to, here are some factors to take into consideration:

Cash for gold factor #1: Check the prices
If they tell you what the current gold, silver, platinum, and palladium prices are, and if you know that you get a percentage of those prices, you can feel far more confident than if you simply hear something like “we’ll just send you ‘money’ for your gold.” A reputable gold dealer will be clear in how they tie their prices to “spot prices”, which are the commodity prices in the industry.

Cash for gold factor #2: Get the seller to quote the price per gram
When you ask for gold prices, there is far more transparency when you compare apples to apples. If one seller gives you a gold price per gram and another one per ounce and another one based on a fraction of a pound and another one just gives you a flat fee… how do you know who’s giving you the best deal? Instead, get them to quote you a price per gram so you can compare one quote against another, or so you at least know what they are paying as a percentage of the commodity spot price.

Cash for gold factor #3: Bypass the middleman and work directly with a gold refiner
So-called “middlemen” get their money from doing nothing else other than buying at a low price and reselling it at a high price. By selling directly to the gold refiner, you are able to sell your gold for cash, but get more cash than if you were to sell it to a middleman first. In some cases, you might get as much as 100% to 300% more than if you sold to a middleman.

Cash for gold factor #4: Watch for helpful and reputable gold refiners
If you’re selling your gold for cash to a company that doesn’t tell you what they do with your gold, and who doesn’t give you a clear price, then steer clear! A reputable gold refiner will tell you that they are selling your gold to dentists, dental laboratories, and jewelers. Compare that to someone who doesn’t tell you; it’s likely that they are just a middleman who will then be selling your gold to a refiner!

Cash for gold is a great way to make money and clear out your old, broken, or unwanted gold (and other precious metals like silver, platinum, and palladium). Finding the right cash for gold company can make your experience even more enjoyable and profitable.

Paul Coulter has recently used a Toronto Canada cash for gold service, Cash Gold Canada, and was very satisfied with the payout and service. Cash Gold Canada provides services for both Canada & the USA. For more information, or to request a free gold kit, visit http://www.cashgold.ca

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Secure Your Business by Backing Up Your Data and Recover From a Disaster!

What will you do if suddenly one day you wake to see a fire has burnt away all your computers and the servers or let’s say floods washed away your systems or an earth quake destroyed it totally? What if your total office files are present on the those computers? The very thought of such things happening is very scary.

For business of any size, data backup is very much needed in times of unforeseen happenings. It’s not always the chance of a natural calamity that can strike and destroy your data but it can be a result of theft of your systems or someone one who wants to make a loss to you can resort to do such things. One must be ready all the time to face such disasters with the recovery options. Online data backup is the cheap and secure way. Every successful business of all the sizes will have a way to tackle the data disaster.

It is something that can save your company from a huge loss or a total washout and that is why if you don’t have a disaster recovery option, you should immediate consider on planning one. The easiest ways to do it would be to copy all the sensitive and important information available digitally. The backing up might take up a DVD or two for a home business or small sized business. If it’s a bigger company with many computers and network, you will have to save date from the all the computers of the staff from the servers. There is no sure way to say that the date is safe or to your computer is vulnerable until a disaster strikes.

Backing up every day before closing the business is the best way to have all your data back in place after a disaster. Backing up can be done on CD, DVD or hard disk all of which will cost you some money considering you will have to do it every day. If you have an online backup service, it will be mush economical and easy. Just upload the file on the net and they locked in safe place.

There are many online date backup service companies which can help you do this. They have really huge servers that can handle any amount of data. All you have to do is log in to your account and upload all the data that you need to back up. The connections between you and the servers are highly encrypted and so it is not easy to hack into them and do something to your data. You can either do it from each computer of your network or from your central server.

The online data back is more viable option for situations like having stuck by a disaster that took a whole area where in you might have had the back drives also gone. But with online back up, you files are safe somewhere far away from your location. Whenever you need them you will get it back with a couple of clicks.

I know some of you might have the thought that what if the data backup servers are hit by something? All these centers will have a backup of your backup. So you don’t have to worry anything at all. So think smart and backup your business today.

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Tips For Job and Career Seekers – References

As the economy slowly begins to improve, more positions will become available. One of the key processes in any hiring process is the reference check. This process can make or break your candidacy for a position. Key points to consider:

? If you only contact your references when you need them to be a reference, you may find them to be lukewarm in their enthusiasm about you. References, in addition to being fantastic networking sources, are like plants: they have to be watered and nurtured. Keep in touch – even if just at holidays or birthdays; preferably once per quarter. The more they know about what you’re doing, the better reference they will be.

? Always ask a potential reference if you can use them as one. No past colleague or supervisor wants to be blindsided by a reference call. This irritates them, and does not serve your purpose.

? Alert references to the potential for a reference call when you genuinely believe that a call will be made. In addition to alerting the reference, you can provide a copy of the job description, a current resume, a list of accomplishments (that may not be highlighted on your resume) that are related to the potential position, and a reminder about what you did when you worked with or for the reference. The better prepared your reference is, the better reference they can give you. It is YOUR job to prepare your references. While your career may be the most important thing in your life, it probably is not the most important thing in your reference’s life

? Do not take advantage of your references. They are your most valuable tool. By “tool”, they are not an instrument to be used and discarded; they are an instrument to be used, nurtured, and appreciated. Return the favor; offer to be a peer or subordinate reference; share networking leads; help them without being asked.

? 2010, Michael Trust & Associates, All Rights Reserved.

Michael Trust, MPA, SPHR-CA is a Human Resources and Career Coaching professional, and president of Michael Trust & Associates, http://www.MichaelTrustAssociates.com, a Human Resources Consulting and Career Coaching firm. His Human Resources experience spans twenty years, and he has had major roles in staffing in all of his Human Resource positions. In addition, he has coached individuals at all career levels relative to their career paths, job search strategies, and related areas.

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