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THE MONSTER.COM INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL (IP) NEWSLETTER
100,000 of Your Best Friends and How to Hurl Your URL

Monster's IP Zone 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: Week of November 15, 1999

-- Monster Milestone: Monster Talent Market signs up 100,000th free
agent
-- IP Newsletter Exclusive: Web Freebies and Finds
-- Free Agent Guide: Leaving your company with the best deal
-- Heard on the Boards: Count on doing it at home
-- Independent Professional Poll: Free to work overtime?

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MONSTER TALENT MARKET: Over 100,000 free agents served!

We're breaking out the champagne to celebrate a Monster milestone: More
than 100,000 independent professionals have registered since Monster
Talent Market opened for business on the Fourth of July!

With a thousand or more new auctions each week, there's always
interesting talent on the market. Here's a sampling:

**WANTS TO ROCK YOUR WORLD**
The talent: "Business Accelerator/Paradigm Shifter"
The target project: "Creative organizational and marketing challenges
that have a positive social impact. Prefer to interface with the CEO in
advisory capacity for strategic planning and paradigm shifts."
The desired rate: $150 per hour

**LIGHTS! CAMERA! 3-D ACTION!**
The talent: "Media Player"
The target project: "Utilizing expertise in content creation,
development, distribution, sales and marketing for the entertainment
and new media industries."
The desired rate: $75 per hour

**MINER WITHOUT A HARDHAT**
The talent: "Data Warehouse Integrator"
The target project: "Large-scale enterprise data warehousing/mart
implementations and management."
The desired rate: $125 per hour

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FREE AGENT GUIDE: Leaving Your Company with the Best Deal

Your relationship with your boss doesn't have to go sour when you tell
her that you're going to leave the company and start your own business.
Michael Chaffers, Monster.com's Negotiation Coach, tells you how to cut
a sweet deal that will please both you and your soon-to-be-former
employer.

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

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WEB FREEBIES AND FINDS: A Megaphone for Your Web Site

With very little time and money, you can tell the world about your
business's Web site. What's the secret? Use these sites to broadcast
your URL to hundreds of search engines and directories.

Add My Site: http://www.addmysite.com/
PostMaster: http://www.netcreations.com/postmaster/
Submit Away: http://www.submit-away.com/
SubmitIt: http://www.submit-it.com/

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HEARD ON THE BOARDS: Free Agent Accounting

Last week, Monster member Judy wrote: "I am close to completing an
associate's degree in accounting. Are there opportunities for home-
based bookkeepers? What can I do to get clients?"

The Work-from-Home Coach answered: "It sounds like you have enough
experience to offer accounting/bookkeeping services. I think you are
ready to do some marketing."

Read the rest of the story here:
http://boards.talentmarket.monster.com/viewmessage.asp?messageid=654989

Got your own question? Post it 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. ET at
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/chats/index.asp?redirect=chat.asp

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THE MONSTER.COM INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL POLL: We Asked, You Answered

Last week we asked: How many hours a week do you usually work?

You said: *
-- Less than 40 hours: 17%
-- Between 40 and 60 hours: 65%
-- Between 60 and 80 hours: 15%
-- More than 80 hours: 2%
*1,009 total votes

This week's question: Which size organization would you like to work
for?

Cast your vote here:
http://independentprofessional.monster.com

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