Southern California-area beauty school, Salon Success Academies, to launch new course called ‘Nuts and Bolts’ that focuses on helping students thrive after graduation by giving them the tools and the confidence to succeed. The program, created through the Nuts and Bolts ProGrow Teaching System, will be offered as part of the core cosmetology curriculum […]

If you have a home business, getting yourself organized should be a priority. Lack of planning and organization reduces productivity, increases stress, and strains working and personal relationships. Precious work time can be lost while searching for things you have misplaced and need. Missing deadlines and important meetings with contacts, forgetting critical details, confusion, trouble […]

The term “freelance” comes from the works of Sir Walter Scott and refers to traveling knights offering their services in battle to noblemen for a fee. This colorful designation is now used for independent contractors who offer their services to companies but are not officially employed by them. The freelancer is free to work in […]

Being your own boss is certainly rewarding, but few people think about the extra work of preparing invoices and tax forms. Independent contractors need to be aware that being independent of the client company is a special tax situation, and they will need to file differently with Internal Revenue Service than they might have in […]

Do you wake up in the morning dreading the moment that your feet have to hit the floor for you to get ready for work? If thats the case, join most of America. Very few people wake up to that annoying alarm clock and spring out of bed excited about having to go to work. […]