What are you worth per hour?

What stands out on your resume when you offer the paper or send an email to a prospective employer.?
Is it your education?
Is it your experience?
Is it the length of time that you have been at a certain type of job?
Is it your ability to have that smile and transfer your skills in any situation?
Is it your ability to get along and be part of a team environment?
To answer that question I feel 'YES' to all of the above questions as all are important to the new employer.
I have offered my services and it has been my experience on two different websites is the value of you work and your experience.
Just as the old saying goes, "If you have no experience no one will hire you?" "Your frustrated to the fact , well if no one will hire me, How do I get the experience?"
Then there is a question "How Much is your work worth?" and second "What pay scale are you using to judge your pay per hour?"
The reason for these comments are first it depends on where you live and the second on the economy , as you are now competing globally for positions on the Internet.
I was totally taken aback and it made me shake my head on how people were lining up to work for two dollars an hour?
My first thought is why and what is the sense are you not worth more than that , does it not cost you more that price per hour to operate your computer?
It was brought to my attention that in many countries in the world $2.00 USA is considered an excellent wage. Their currency is just booted to the stars for that job per hour and makes a difference in their life. It then made me think and evaluate what my rate was per hour and found that $2.00 was a given rate for data entry skills.
I had a conversation with an elderly gentleman while I was his guest while he was going through the procedure of chemo therapy for advanced bone cancer. Here this gentleman was very cheerful and just sat back and did not complain in any way. He states I am just so happy I live in a country where this is offered to me free of charge and I am able to continue living in my own home at 95 years old.
We talked about prices of food and housing and wages and it was amazing on his points of view and reminded me of how fortunate we are in life. He states he remembers working a full day picking apples in an orchard as a boy of 16 and living on the farm during the depression. He would ride his bike several miles to the farm of a neighbour to help with chores. He says his pay would be $1 a day. The dollar would be given to parents to help keep the farm and buy groceries at the local store. He says he remembers taking a load of wheat to mill and to manually grind he wheat so that his Mother would have flour. What he does say he remembers that families helped each other through tough times and worked together.
His job after enlisting in what he says as the "War Effort" during the WW2 that he learned skills to be in the office and his job was government supply in the Ware house. He was responsible for locating and looking after a large inventory of items. He says with good will when items were short he was able to trade with other bases .
After the war he worked in financial services and worked until the age of 88 years old and "Says you know its with customer service that I supported my wife and family." I made a living even when times were tough, I made it my job to know my customer." " I would make sure I had something to offer when I went to visit a client often over the kitchen table" " A gift or incentive or discount would help in the transaction many times." " He says besides my charm , I knew my products and what a person could afford per month."
So today the world has not changed that much , the value of knowing your product and your customer will help you build your business even in these economic times.
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Hello My name is Nancy Macdonald I am a self employed virtual customer service Agent representing Companies by phone or text chat or email.
Customer service is the backbone of any Company as without the customer there is no sales of any kind for your product or skills.
A good customer service assistant will do two things to ensure that the customer is treated with respect and loyalty. No matter what the call is concerning you are polite and listen to the customer, then validate the problem and find a solution that works.
If the item purchased was late in delivery or not correct or the instructions to hard to understand, then it is up to the agent to help.
To help by offering an apology to the customer and listen to how they feel even if the customer becomes very angry. By diffusing the situation and saying I understand the way you feel and I will give this my prime attention , this helps.
By word of mouth of great customer service you have done two things, kept a customer happy and second he will be your buzz agent.
What I mean by buzz agent he will tell his friends and co workers and family about first what happened and second what the agent did to help.
It might have been a refund or discount or a return of the item or extended service or connecting with dept that handles the product information. By taking small steps you have provided the best selling point for the company.
Not everyone can be a great representative , you must have patience and the skills to listen and then act in a calm manner at all times.
A company large and small will always need that friendly voice to answer the phone or connect with the customer virtually by mail or text chat.
The skills are very open ended on what your tasks might be such as contacting the customer concerning updating his existing product, or up selling him to a similar products of his needs. Calling a customer to update his records and profile to his location and phone and his current email address.
A job involving spreading the word about an up coming sale for members only offering a special discount to preferred customers. By making your customer feel special your customer will be loyal to you.
Your position might be involved with informing future customers on the Internet about the products and services and providing data entry .
In these economic times and downsizing the need to promote and maintain a customer or future prospect is an absolute number assets to keep any business afloat .
I provide such a service and very proud that marketing has provided the skills need to enjoy a weekly pay cheque.
At the end of each day I am satisfied and what I am able to accomplish each and every day as you never stop learning.
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Being in a home-based business allows you to be in business for yourself, but not by yourself. It has brought me freedom, happiness, and a passion for what I do that I want to share with others. I've made the decision to combine my passion for online marketing with my love for animals and created the website http://doggietreasures4u.com .

Hi, I'm Karen from Louisiana – USA and thanks for stopping by. Some of my background includes: professional online marketing, telemarketing, appointment setting, business operator/answering service, background researcher, skip tracing, investigative research assistant, data processing, and U.S. Air Force civil service with military hospital command.

Together with my VERY special dog Trixie, we visit folks who are in hospitals, rehabs, schools, etc., it is so fulfilling to see the smiles on peoples faces as we enter a room. Trixie is a VERY special canine for several reasons - the #1 reason is she is my helper dog and was trained especially to help me with things to keep me independent, as I use a motorized wheelchair to get out and about, which I do alot. She is so smart - she knows over 80 commands! Yep, she is an 8 year old Border Collie/black Lab mix we've been partnered together for 5 years now.

"Believe you can and you are already half way there" - Theodore Roosevelt


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Happiness:
Accept These 2 Facts & Be Happy Forever
By Kelly Price


There are two facts that if you accept them you can achieve happiness.


In fact anyone can be happy – Happiness is a choice - you are not born happy, just as you are not born sad.


You have to decide which you want to be and accepting thee two facts below will help you.





1) Accept What You Have


You may look at someone and want to be as good looking as them, or as rich as them but fact is you may not be and will never be.


Life is not fair as we all know and in our lives we all encounter situations where we feel we are hard done by.


The fact is you can’t do anything about it.


You need to accept what you have and make the best of it.


It maybe a cliché but there is always someone worse off than you.


When you think you’re hard done by, think of the millions of people around the world who have a far worse life than you, if you read a paper on any day you will find them.


From children born with aids into extreme poverty, to people who have illnesses that make us wonder how they cope at all.


A good example of a person accepting their lot was the actor Christopher Reeve.


He had it all -wealth, fame, looks and a loving family but suffered horrific injuries in a horse riding accident that, left him paralyzed from the waist down.


Dip he get depressed?

Did he simply sit back and say life’s not fair?

No he didn’t - he got on with life, set himself targets and set out to prove that he could walk again and inspire others with his efforts.


He never achieved his aim, but found a new purpose in life by helping others and trying to achieve his aim and felt gratitude for the love of his family and others around him.


So when you feel a bit depressed and think life’s not fair think of Christopher Reeve and the countless millions of people around the world that remain happy and are in a far worse position than you.





2) Do Things to Make You Happy


There are certain things we can all do, with a bit of motivation to make us happy.


While you have to accept certain things in life others are within your reach and can make you happier.


Get motivated and think what can I achieve?

This is different to what you may want to achieve, so be realistic.


The fact is everyone can do things to make themselves happy if their motivated.


They may be simple things like, changing your job, taking up a sport, or just simply being good to people around you.


You may find that a simple change such as seeing good in other people and being nice to others makes a dramatic difference to your life.


By being nice to others, you will find they are nice to you and this can open up all sorts of opportunities to make your life better.


In fact loving and being loved, is perhaps one of the simplest ways to achieve happiness.





Being happy is simple:

Accept what you have
and make the best of it!

Achieving happiness
really is that simple!