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THE MONSTER.COM INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL (IP) NEWSLETTER

Monster.com 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 the Independent Professional Zone this week?

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IN THIS ISSUE: September 17, 1999

-- Monster Talent Market Update
-- Success Story: Diana M. Hanson, Freelance Paralegal
-- Free Agent Guide: Top Ten Tips to Organize Your Home Office
-- Join the Crowd! Ask our Experts or Join the Free Agent Chat
-- Independent Professional Poll: Which benefit of working at home do
you take the most advantage of?

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Monster Talent Market Update

Over 69,000 of you have registered already, with more than 20,000
current auctions. Join this innovative auction-style environment at:
http://talentmarket.monster.com

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Success Story: Diana M. Hanson, Freelance Paralegal

"Now I know why they make movies about this stuff. All of the
interactions between the parties, the undercurrent of tension -- it's
fascinating." Find out how Diana Hanson got started, and why her
contracts are so memorable, at:
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/weeklysuccess/

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Free Agent Guide: Top 10 Tips to Organize Your Home Office

A good system can help set boundaries between home life and work life,
giving you more time to actually enjoy the freedom of being your own
boss. Find the top 10 tips (including dividing your office area into
kindergarten-classroom-like activity zones!) at:
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/weeklyarticle/

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Ask our Experts

Do you have questions about the perils and rewards of working on your
own? Our experts are available throughout the week in message boards
and chats.
Post a question to one of our two Independent Professional 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

Join the group discussions Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. EST at
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/chats/index.asp?redirect=chat.asp

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The Monster.com Poll: We Asked, You Answered

This week we asked: Which benefit of working at home do you take the
most advantage of?

You said:
-- Sleeping late: 20%
-- Making personal phone calls during work hours: 6%
-- Going to the gym in the middle of the day: 25%
-- Working in your pajamas: 48%
*265 total votes

Tune in Monday for next week's poll question: In a world without the
Internet could your job still be done from home?
http://independentprofessional.monster.com

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