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Ten Days to a Happier, More Successful Career and Life
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” said our Founding Fathers. The truths you will discover over the next ten days are self-evident; but, they are profoundly hard to practice. Even as I write, I find myself questioning whether I practice what I recommend. So, consider the pursuit of happiness and success in work and life - a journey. These practices will get you started on that journey.

Recruit and Hire the Best - Free Email Class
Recruiting the best employees for your organization is an ongoing challenge for every manager, supervisor and Human Resources professional. If you're looking for solid, proven best practices and up-to-the-minute ideas in recruitment, interviewing and selection, you've found the right course. Find useful forms and a Forum in which to discuss your hiring challenges. Sign up today!

Your Tip of the Week for Success in Work and Life
Looking for an immediate positive thought or an idea to pick your spirits up? Want good ideas, thoughtful quotations, self-motivation ideas, working well with people tips, newsletter fillers, news about trends affecting workplaces and more? Once a week, Your Tip of the Week for Success in Work and Life will uplift your spirit, make you smile, touch your heart and provide useful information.

Powerful Performance Management - Free Email Class
Managers cite performance appraisals or annual reviews as one of their most disliked tasks. Performance management eliminates the performance appraisal or annual review as the focus and concentrates on the entire spectrum of performance management and development issues. Employee performance development, training, cross-training and more are included in an effective performance management system.

Job Search Classes - Free Email Classes
Need help writing a resume or finding a job? Sign up for Job Searching's How to Find a New Job Faster or Resume and Cover Letter Writing class. About's Alison Doyle will help you through every step of the job searching process.

Small Business Success Program
Ten weeks to a more successful you is offered by About's Small Business: Canada Guide, Susan Ward. She helps develop a more relaxed, confident you which equals increased business and personal success.

Career Planning Class
Choosing an Occupation: Career Choice is a huge decision that shouldn't be taken lightly. This five week course by About's Dawn Rosenberg McKay will take you through the steps that will help you find the career that is right for you.

Starting a Business in Canada
Thinking of starting a business but don't know where to start? Wondering what steps you need to go through to make your new business legal or wrestling with writing a business plan? This free email class, from About's Susan Ward, will lead you through the process of starting a business in Canada - step by step.

XHTML 101
Whether you have Intranet responsibilities, online learning goals, or Web site writing to accomplish, these lessons from About's Jennifer Kyrnin are tops. She would be surprised to know how much I've learned from her site.

Desktop Publishing: Beginning
Want to learn how to do desktop publishing? Learn the basics from About's Jacci Howard Bear by designing a greeting card in nine easy lessons.

Design Basics for Desktop Publishing
No formal graphics training? Start here to learn the elements and principles of design with About's Jacci Howard Bear.

Internet for Beginners
Hey, don't feel badly if you don't know how to download software, research companies online, or everything there is to know about the Internet. About's Paul Gil is here to help guide your exploration of all beginning Internet topics.

BBC - Free Training Online
The BBC offers some free training online. While much of it is geared toward radio announcing and video development, here's a useful free class on how to give feedback.

Free College Classes Online
Looking for free college education online? These free college classes won't bring you college credit, but if your goal is learning, and you don't need the credit, check out these free college classes online. Education providers range from MIT to Stanford. About's Wendy Boswell of Web Search rounded up these free college classes online for her column at Lifehacker.

Become a Better Manager
Online education via a two week email class about supervision, important management skills, and moving from manager to leader. (From - CCH Business Owner's Toolkit)

Sexual Harassment
Online education offered via a five week email class about preventing and dealing with sexual harassment. Learn how to develop and implement a policy. (From - CCH Business Owner's Toolkit)

Performance Feedback
Online education in performance feedback offered via a five week emailed class. Learn how to set goals and provide performance evaluation. (From - CCH Business Owner's Toolkit)

Online Education - FMLA Training
This six week email class teaches all the basic information plus FMLA administration and special situations. (From - CCH Business Owner's Toolkit)

Make the Best Hiring Decisions
Online education via a three week email class teaches how to interview, review candidates, ask legal interview questions, and more. (From - CCH Business Owner's Toolkit)