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THE MONSTER.COM INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL (IP) NEWSLETTER

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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: October 8, 1999

-- Monster Talent Market Update
-- Success Story: SohoDojo
-- Free Agent Guide: Free Agent Jargon
-- Join the Crowd! Ask our Experts or Join the Free Agent Chat
-- Independent Professional Poll: Which style most characterizes your
working from home?

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MONSTER TALENT MARKET UPDATE

Over 80,000 of you have registered already, with more than 22,000
current auctions. Join this innovative auction-style environment at:
http://talentmarket.monster.com

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SUCCESS STORY: SohoDojo

"We go out and find companies that would be interesting to work with in
a traditional contractor-type relationship. But instead we partner with
them in a business-to-business relationship." Find out more about this
virtual community for nanocorps at:
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/weeklysuccess/

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FREE AGENT GUIDE:
Free Agent Jargon, by Kelly Caldwell

Sick of the coin-operated prairie-dogging greenbeans in the cube farm?
Maybe your next job should be as an open-collar chainsaw consultant.
Better be careful, though, you don't want to be part of a blamestorm.
Check out:
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 of the following most characterizes your
working from home?

You said: *
-- Chaos 39%
-- Motivation 25%
-- Laziness 17%
-- Discipline 17%
*437 total votes

Tune in Monday for next week's poll question: What was the biggest
motivator in choosing to go out on your own?
http://independentprofessional.monster.com

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