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8 steps to a career as a travel nurse Travel nurses get to see the world and gain valuable career experience while making a real difference. Here's the straight scoop.
Travel nurses are registered nurses who typically work temporary jobs called travel nursing assignments. Most assignments last for around thirteen weeks, but they can be longer or shorter. Working as a travel nurse is a great way to travel around the country, or even worldwide, while gaining valuable career experience and making a real difference. Before deciding to become a travel nurse and whether or not the job is right for you, it’s important to understand exactly what you need in order to work successfully as a travel nurse, and the advantages and disadvantages of the job. If you want to see more of the world while being able to…
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Survival chemistry: How to mix your own grooming supplies in the post-apocalypse Whip up some lifesaving grooming supplies that'll keep you looking and smelling as good as the store-bought stuff you left behind in the old world.
Why is it you always seem to run out of deodorant on the night you’ve got the big date – or one week into a sweaty apocalypse? Thankfully, with some MacGyver-like ingenuity and a few common ingredients, you can whip up some lifesaving (and date-saving) grooming supplies that’ll keep you looking and smelling as good as the store-bought stuff you left behind in the old world. Toothpaste All you need to make your own toothpaste is baking soda, some salt, a bit of flavoring like cinnamon or vanilla if you want it to taste better, and some water. Mix 4 teaspoons of baking soda and 1/2 tsp of water until…
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15 terrible students who became wildly successful The report card doesn't matter much in the real world.
Spending time in the education system is not a guarantee of success, and for some it even turns out to be an impediment. You are already familiar with classic ‘dropout’ stories like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, but there are many more inspirational stories worth a look. Barry Charles Diller (1942) Barry Diller first found a way into business by working at the mail room of the William Morris Agency, a job he found worthy enough to drop out of UCLA after only three weeks of attendance. While working there, Diller learned the inside scoop on the entertainment industry by reading the mail of everyone of importance in the agency.…
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The 15 red flags that reveal you’re about to get fired It's better to have quit than having been fired. Look out for these signs that definitely mean your company wants you gone.
People can get fired for any number of reasons – for the way they look, the things they say, not “voluntarily” doing those lame social events, and approximately 1,692 other excuses. If you’ve ever been kicked to the curb you know the feeling of embarrassment and anger that can come with it. If you’ve never experienced it, we salute you and hope your lucky streak continues. Sometimes the best (and most satisfying) scenario for the employee is to extravagantly quit before getting fired, and the rest of the time it’s better to just get ahead of an official dismissal any way. Whether or not you’re brave enough to carry out…
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Things school doesn’t teach you about money—but should Students are more ignorant than ever when it comes to real-world stuff like financial literacy.
Students today are being churned out of college more ignorant than ever before, at least when it comes to real-world stuff like financial literacy. A study in the Journal of Consumer Marketing reveals that the majority of college students now don’t even know the interest rates on their credit cards. That’s because behind the veneer of high tech gadgets, the whole education system is a relic from simpler times. Your grandparents could go to college for the few hundred dollars they earned in their spare time and come out set for life, but students today are taking out hundreds of thousands of dollars in crippling life-long loans to learn a…
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These useful fast food hacks will save money and change your lunch forever Tested and true fast food hacks to enhance your dining experience.
Depending on how you look at it, fast food is America’s greatest blessing or greatest curse. It’s delicious, affordable, and readily available – – but definitely not the most healthy option. Regardless, fast food is ingrained in the American zeitgeist, and budget-savvy people are always on the lookout for creative fast food hacks to enhance their dining experience. Whether you’re a hardcore fast food connoisseur or you only eat out on occasion, here are some fast food hacks that will help you on your next food run. The “fat man” technique The “fat man technique” fast food hack can be kind of inconvenient for fast food workers, but it will…
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10 cathartic ways to quit your shitty job (that people have actually pulled off) Sometimes your typical two weeks notice just won't do...
Many people fantasize about creative ways to quit their jobs in a way that humiliate their horrible workplace and/or boss, and the theme has been the subject of great cult classic movies like Office Space. It doesn’t hurt that surveys now show most people’s dream job is to be a YouTube content creator, and petty revenge we can all relate to is truly the stuff of a million clicks. Still, you know as well as I do they won’t ever actually take that fantasy to real life. You want to keep that reference as clean as possible after all. Here are 15 people who actually did epically quit. Resigning in…
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LEGO bricks are a better investment than gold, study says Don't open that LEGO set.
You can build anything out of LEGO—from a working difference engine to a full-scale giraffe to a diversified investment portfolio. It turns out that LEGO Hogwarts Castle kit could one day put your kids through college. The plastic construction sets demonstrated stronger returns than large stocks, bonds, and gold over the three decades ending in 2015, according to a study titled LEGO – The Toy of Smart Investors, by Victoria Dobrynskaya and Julia Kishilova of Russia’s Higher School of Economics. It seems absurd that a 7,541-piece Millennium Falcon model could yield enough money for the downpayment on a house. But, thanks to supply and demand in the collector’s market, a…
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The (many) unsexy reasons you would never want to be a male porn star Getting paid to have sex on camera with hot girls is wildly overrated, and we’ll tell you why.
Quick question: how many male porn stars can you name off the top of your head? Don’t say John Holmes. He’s dead—doesn’t count. Don’t say Ron Jeremy, either. He’s a fat, hairy, old guy with a mustache. He’s still a ‘star’ the same way Chaz Bono is still a women. Take away those two, and who ya got? Nobody? Nothing? Well, don’t feel bad, because you’re not the only one. The term “male porn star” is kind of an oxymoron anymore, anyway. This is because being a guy in the porn business isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. That’s right, we said it—getting paid to have sex on camera…
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The unending frustrations of a sex shop clerk Friendly advice from a dildo salesperson.
I have run an online adult goodies store for about 3 years now. To say the least, I have run into some interesting characters in my 3 years of online smut-pandering. I am about to end my run of naughty knick-knacks and I’d just like to give a wee shout-out to the people who struck me as the most interesting, funny, annoying and downright memorable. Here goes nothing…. Angry, self-righteous female customer You placed your order Sunday night. By Monday morning, you were emailing me IN GIANT RED ANGRY LETTERS that you had not received an email telling you that your order had shipped. I politely emailed you back within…