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THE MONSTER.COM TALENT MARKET NEWSLETTER

THIS WEEK: To Incorporate or Not? It's No Trivial Question

Monster's Talent Market is your online career home, whether you want
to start a new business, test out a new industry or strike out on
your own. What's up in Talent Market this week?

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IN THIS ISSUE: Week of January 31, 2000

-- FREE AGENT GUIDE: To Incorporate or Not?
-- HEARD ON THE BOARD: Poet Seeks to Make Actual Money
-- WEB FREEBIES AND FINDS: Want to Collaborate on the Next Linux?
-- MONSTER TALENT MARKET: Belly Up, Bottoms Up or Server's Up

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FREE AGENT GUIDE: To Incorporate or Not? That's a Pretty Tricky
Question

Lots of independent professionals take a friend's advice and
incorporate, without thinking through the issues. Will incorporation
really boost your bottom line in the long run? Will your corporation
really shield you from personal liability? John Rossheim lays out the
framework for making a wise decision about this important business
issue.
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/weeklyarticle/

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HEARD ON THE BOARD: Poet Seeks to Make Actual Money

Monster member Jim recently asked: "I seek work that will make good
use of my literary gifts (I've published 3 works of fiction, 2 poetry
collections, and am considered a pioneer of literary modernism.
Fluent in French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Latin). Most of the
listings I encounter are for technical writers; but there are moyles
and moyles of difference between me and that. (Poet. Wordsandwiches.)
I know I'll awake one thirstay mournin' and be employed, but until
then: What kind of work might my skills get me?"

The Free Agent Advisor answers: "Jim, here are some freelance
possibilities for you..."

Read the rest here:
http://forums.monster.com/viewmessage.asp?messageid=776753

Got your own question? Post it to one of our two Talent Market
experts:

Ask the Free Agent Advisor
http://my.monster.com/forum.asp?forum=800

Ask the Work-from-Home Coach
http://my.monster.com/forum.asp?forum=801

Or chat live with the Free Agent Advisor Thursdays at 9 p.m. EST.
or with the Work-from-Home Coach Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST. For either
chat, log in to Monster.com Chats and join us in the
#Events room.

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WEB FREEBIES AND FINDS: Want to Collaborate on the Next Linux?

Attention free-agent software developers: Are you looking to meet
fellow geeks online, collaborate with them, and earn decent bucks
writing open-source code? Check out these three sites, described in
their own words:

"Collab.Net is distilling the essential processes of the open-source
community and providing tools and services that facilitate
predictable, well-organized, high-value open-source development. The
company's first service, sourceXchange, is a marketplace where open
source developers match their expertise to committed buyers with
well-defined, financially backed open source projects."

"BeOpen.com develops online communities of Open Source application
users, developers and interested parties through our network of
portal Web sites. The company also offers support and custom
development for specific Open Source applications to major
corporations and governmental entities."

"Cosource.com is a collaborative, reverse-auction Web site enabling
international consumers and developers of Open Source products to
work together to fund development of innovative software solutions."

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MONSTER TALENT MARKET: Belly Up, Bottoms Up or Server's Up

Here are three of the more than tens of thousands of auctions posted
by over 100,000 independent professionals in the Monster Talent
Market:

**LIFE SAVER**
The talent: "Turnaround/Chapter 11 Finance Expert"
The target project: "Challenging, finance-related special projects in
a venture capital or troubled financial (i.e., Chapter 11) or
turnaround environment."
The desired rate: $50 per hour

**CAN YOU SAY OENOLOGIST?**
The talent: "Restaurant Manager/Sommelier"
The target project: "Restaurant floor and staff management,
sommelier, wine buyer. Also, freelance creative writer, hirable for
projects involving food, wine, fine dining, restaurant reviews, wine
reviews."
The desired rate: $25 per hour

**WEB WARRIOR**
The talent: "Experienced Web Developer/Producer"
The target project: "Creating Web pages and editing existing Web
pages, search engine placement, graphic creation, ASP, e-commerce."
The desired rate: $25 per hour

Check out the Talent Market and build your own project or profile:
http://talentmarket.monster.com

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Chat with Job Shadow Day Special Guests

Learn what it's like to be successful in a variety of careers on
Wednesday, Feb. 2, from 12-6 p.m. EST on Monster.com. See the full
chat schedule at:
http://jobshadow.monster.com/communicate/

In order to participate in the chats, you need to be a My Monster
member. Signing up is easy!
Link to http://my.monster.com/new.asp

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