Archive for August 5th, 2008

5 Tips to Setting Up Your Home Office

Zul • August 5th, 2008 • Going entrepreneur

5 resourceful tips to setting up your home office:
1. First things first
Get all things and equipment in order. Remember, the most important items should go into the list first. What would you need most? Make a list - modem, laptop, facsimile, telephone, printer, desk, air conditioner, chair, lamp, drawers - then prioritize.
2. Choose functionality over [...]



10 Ways to Grow Your Part Time Business

Zul • August 5th, 2008 • Editor's Pick

Here are 10 proven ways to promote and grow your part time business:
1. Referral
Once you have secured a client, always ask them to refer your service to friends and peers if they are happy with you. In return, reward them with a small sum of money (or goodies) as a show of appreciation.
The best thing [...]



The Best College to Get Rich

Zul • August 5th, 2008 • Career

Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, United States is named as the best college to get rich, a survey by PayScale.com revealed.
Princeton University came second, followed by Stanford, Yale, MIT and Harvard University.
The survey collected the salary of the college alumni with between 10 to 20 years of experience, and the mean, median and maximum salaries [...]



Worker Abuse in Nike Contract Factories

Zul • August 5th, 2008 • All Things Malaysia

NIKE lands into hot water after an Australian TV station discovered that one of its contract factories in Malaysia has been mistreating its foreign workers.
Aired in Channel 7, workers were seen to be living in cramped living quarters and filthy condition. As many as 20 people were force to sleep in one small room.
Their passports [...]