Anyone who has been on maternity leave – or any other extended break for work – can attest to the fact that it’s a weird feeling.
It’s like work has frozen in time on the day you left. But, of course, it hasn’t. So it can be weird to return to find that so much has changed. Sometimes, it’s a couple of new faces, others it’s a full restructure or merger.
And when you have been away on maternity leave in particular, you have spent the past however many months absorbed in baby stuff and you may be facing being … Read the rest
As the saying goes, if it’s too good to be true, it probably is. And that goes doubly so in the world of get-rich-quick schemes.
On the one hand, the internet and technology such as Skype and cloud computing has made the dream of working at home a real possibility. On the other, they have also given work at home scammers a perfect avenue to find the next sucker.
For example, a friend of mine sent me a link to a web page – that looked like a legitimate news site – promising that I could earn between $1000-$4000 a … Read the rest

Ever thought of a great name for a website but didn’t have anything to do with it?
Well, now there is a way to make money out of your funny, quirky or just brilliant domain name or slogan ideas. It’s called PickyDomains.com.
Here’s how it works:
A company or investor will set up a brief. E.g. “We are looking for a new domain for our shampoo company… etc etc…” the brief goes onto the website and becomes available for contributors to submit their suggestions. The buyer will pay $50 for a domain name and $75 for a slogan.
At the … Read the rest