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Yay for more money!!!!!!! When: The holiday begins August 20, and continues until August 22. What: During the course of the three days, retailers will not collect sales tax on back-to-school items required of school-aged children such as clothing, shoes, and backpacks. Items Covered by Tax Exemption: Clothing: Belts, jerseys, raincoats, sleepwear and undergarments all [...]

Let’s get real — we know at the end of the day, we all have to be salesmen. Regardless if we like it or not (and trust me, selling myself isn’t exactly my cup of tea), we’re constantly trying to seal the deal. Whether that means we’re trying to get a major client, or if we’re [...]

This past Friday and Saturday the Werkadoo team was at the One Woman Conference! Not only was it a blast, but we met some amaaaazzzzing men and women there! Lisa and I definitely scoped out all the candy from the other booths, and we can definitely tell you that butterscotch candy from a-booth-I-can’t-remember-for-the-life-of-me-right-now has the best [...]

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All of us on the Werkadoo team is unique — we all have our own niche. Bridge, the CEO, is definitely the freelance + VC funding + management guru; Teddy, the customer manager, is the go-to source about healthy food, organic trends, fabulous restaurants, and exotic destinations. Lisa, the sales manager, is the Linkedin expert, [...]

One of the questions that I’ve noticed a lot of you asking is whether or not you should pay a professional services company to look over your resume. In my opinion, don’t do it. It’s a waste of ~$200, and there’s no guarantee that a polished, new resume will land you work! Instead, here are [...]

Who knows why, but I was hit with a feeling of nostalgia today. Maybe it’s because of the rain, or maybe it’s because my mom cleaned out the game room closet yesterday and left all the picture albums on the ping pong table for me to rummage through, but it’s definitely weird to think of [...]

So I’m definitely one of the few Blackberry users left, and I have to admit, I’m feeling a little putout. I have a Blackberry. Aka synonymous with having terrible apps, no interface, and crappy service. Sure, I have BBM, but…. I want apps. I want a big interface. And I want TMobile to get the [...]

Hey werkers, how was your past weekend? Mine was spent in San Antonio, specifically SeaWorld! I always have a dilemma whenever I go to zoos, SeaWorld, etc. because half of me really enjoys the animal shows they put on, but then the other half feels guilty that a killer whale has to perform a feat [...]