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THE MONSTER.COM TALENT MARKET NEWSLETTER

THIS WEEK: How Much Should You Charge Per Hour?

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 February 7, 2000

-- FREE AGENT GUIDE: How Much Should You Charge Per Hour?
-- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: To Incorporate or Not?
-- AHEAD OF THE CURVE: A Network for Your Home Business
-- HEARD ON THE BOARD: Advice Columnist Seeks Advice
-- MONSTER TALENT MARKET: A Copterhead and a SuperTech

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FREE AGENT GUIDE: How Much Should You Charge Per Hour?

So how do you measure your current salary against your potential
earnings as an independent professional? It's a bit like comparing
apples and oranges...and bananas, and kiwis and watermelons. John
Rossheim leads you through dozens of variables to help you set your
fees. If you want to put food on the table after taking the leap to
free agency, you'd better read this story.

http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/weeklyarticle/

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: To Incorporate or Not? That's the Question

(Editor's note: This item was published in last week's newsletter. But
due to a technical glitch, the link to the full story malfunctioned.
We apologize and supply a working link below.)

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/2/

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AHEAD OF THE CURVE: A Network for Your Home Business

In your home-based business, do you use one computer for surfing,
another for record keeping? Is Junior helping you run your high-stakes
Beanie Baby exchange from her bedroom PC? If so, then maybe you should
consider installing a home network to connect your computers and do
away with multiple printers, duplicate Internet connections and 1980s-
style floppy-based file sharing. To learn more about it, scan ZDNet's
guide to home networks or read the Home Networking Bible, by Sue
Plumley.

ZDNet's guide to home networks:
http://www.zdnet.com/products/filter/guide/0,7267,6001332,00.html

Home Networking Bible, by Sue Plumley (at Amazon.com):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764533991/002-9056328-7205063

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HEARD ON THE BOARD: Advice Columnist Seeks Advice on Writing for the
Net

Monster member Terry recently asked: "I would like to start an advice
column on the Internet. Have you heard of any? Is it a crazy idea?"

The Work-from-Home Coach answers: "First off, there are thousands of
advice and opinion columns on the Internet. Any Web site that is
content-oriented has them. But if this is something you want to make
money doing, I would suggest that you figure out a couple of
things..."

Read the rest here:
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/weeklyarticle/3/

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

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

Ask the Work-from-Home Coach
http://boards.talentmarket.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.

***PLEASE NOTE: You must log in at http://my.monster.com and select a
nickname before you can post a message on Monster.com message boards
or participate in a live chat. If you attempt to post a message or
chat without logging in first, you will get an error message.***

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MONSTER TALENT MARKET: A Copterhead and a SuperTech

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

**PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF**
The talent: "Crotchety Old Propeller Head"
The target project: "Systems administration and management for OpenVMS
or Windows NT networks. Scientific applications."
The desired rate: $95 per hour

**WHO DOESN'T NEED ONE?**
The talent: "SuperTech"
The target project: "Network installation and upgrades; PC rollout
with similar configuration in large enterprise networks."
The desired rate: $50 per hour

**BEYOND TREE-HUGGING**
The talent: "Environmental Administrator"
The target project: "Stream/river/wetland restoration project
management, proactive environmental policy development/implementation,
intergovernmental coordination of environmental programs, positive
environmental legislation/policy analysis, geographic information
system analysis."
The desired rate: $17 per hour

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

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