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The average full-time employee works 40 hours per week, or 2,080 hours per year. There are some lucky workers who get off easy, though, and make a great earning while working less. Check out this list of careers that offer the b

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If there’s a problem with his aircraft, Ryan Gomes fixes it on the ground to keep passengers and crew safe at 35,000 feet. “It’s an amazing job,” Gomes grins. “I love what I do.” He gives full marks to

In 2010, over 1.2 million people attended Canadian universities, and that number continues to rise. Many students finishing high school see university as the “next step” in their life – merely another four years of education and

Work, eat, sleep, rinse, repeat – it’s the routine that most people go through every day, five days a week, for 52 weeks a year. But, what if it didn’t have to be?

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Is Research In Motion (RIM) up to the challenge or down for the count? Well, over the past two years, the Waterloo, ON-based maker of the BlackBerry series of smartphones and tablets has shuddered under shakeups of staff layoffs, haemorrhaging mark

Don’t Cheat Yourself, Use an Agent By Jeffrey Alan PayneThat old school philosophy of homeowners is finally dying off. You know – the mentality that suggests that you should sell your own house, as real estate agents take away from your bott

In the heart of downtown Hamilton, an idea for a business project that’s been resonating with Graeme Smith for the past 16 years came to life in July of last summer. Since then, Gorilla Cheese has been nothing short of a homegrown success story.

Unlike so many other nine-to-five workers who must brave both the elements and hellacious rush hour traffic, Thomas actually loves his daily commute. Then again, why wouldn’t he? Instead of being stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic or being pounded b

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It’s a familiar scene in households across the land: A guy in his mid-50s shoots out of bed at 3 a.m., sweating buckets, deep in the throes of a serious “Oh crap!” moment. That would be the moment he comes to the realization that retirement is

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Size really and truly does not matter when it comes to effective schmoozing. We’re talking about the size of your business network, of course. What you want to aim for is not so much big numbers, but an ability to help each other out. You need a mu

You’ve been tallying the figures, fine-tuning your product or service, scouting locations, eyeballing the competition, but you still don’t know if your business idea cuts the mustard. Write up a business plan and that oughta tell you.