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Office computing is one of the most common contributors to acquiring the painful Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which could easily prevent you from further work at your job, or future jobs.

The easiest way to prevent against CTS is proper posture. Ensuring you are positioned properly while using the computer is critical: the monitor should be just over two feet away to prevent eye strain, and the keyboard should be flat, rather than slanted up or down.

- Keeping your wrists and forearms parallel to the ground, and your elbows bent at perfect right angles. These positions will put your body in a more/less "neutral" position and prevent damage from awkward positioning.

- Wrists should never be rested upon any rest-pads while working, holding them approximately half an inch above the rest pad is optimal. Wrists should be rested on the pads when not typing.

- Your chair is in the right position when you have right angles with your knees-to-the-floor, and your feet rest flat upon the ground.

- Take frequent breaks. Frequent breaks are better than infrequent long breaks, giving your body the ability to quickly heal microtears in the tissues.

- You know your chair is the perfect height if you can sit at your computer with your knees bent at right angles and your feet flat on the floor.

Showing signs of Carpal Tunnel? See a doctor! If you're seeing any form of decreased hand mobility, strength or colouring, or any form of aching or discomfort you may have carpal tunnel syndrome, and as such should immediately see a doctor. Your doctor may prescribe a cortisone injection, or if serious enough, a carpal tunnel release: a type of surgery designed to trim down the inflammation of the carpal tunnel.

Adam X. Knife is a carpal tunnel sufferer who has documented a set of exercises to prevent carpal tunnel.

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Career change is tough but rewarding

There are a number of reasons why people might be due for a career change:

They dont like their current career. Maybe they took the job because they needed money at the time and it was the only work they could find to pay the bills.

They dont like what they studied in school anymore. People grow and change. The things that interested you 10 years ago may not interest you anymore.

People want to change careers because theyre hoping for higher salaries or more advancement opportunities than what they have now.

Prepare for tough interview questions

You can prepare to change your career by making up for your lack of experience with education. Consider distance learning as a means for you to go back to school while you continue working. Update your resume to make it look right for your target career employers. Prepare for tough interview questions.

Youre going to get questions from your interviewer dealing with your desired career move. Some are due to misgivings that the interviewer may have about your ability to handle the new career. Other questions may be the interviewer attempt to shake your confidence so that they have the upper hand in salary negotiations. Whatever the reason, make sure youre prepared for tough questions from the interviewer. If the interviewer has reservations about hiring you, you must change the interviewers mind before you leave their office. Otherwise, you wont be hearing from that interviewer again.

Career choices you make today affect your earning capacity in the future

Dont learn the hard way. Career choices you make now can affect your future earning potential. How? Statistics show that peoples starting salaries affect how much theyll earn over the years.

Work out your career plan as much as possible before the interview

Your career path often dictates how much you can make in your life. Once you get on a specific career track, it doesnt matter how hard you work, that work will only be worth so much. So even though a particular job might sound interesting during an interview, consider the long term impact that job will have on your career. Dont let a convincing interviewer make you take a job that isnt right for your career. Its your choice where you go with your own career. Only your choices are going to be the best for you.

Once you get going in one career, youll find it a lot harder to switch later. Not because its hard to switch careers but because later in life you usually have other responsibilities (i.e. bills and kids) that make it very undesirable to take a pay cut to make that career switch.

But dont ever think its too late. With education so much more available to the non-traditional student, youre sure to find a distance learning program that can help you switch careers if you want to. Even if you decide not to switch careers, going back to school has never hurt ones career. By not doing anything, you are in effect making a choice about your career.

Change your career, change your life and get a new job!

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Business organizations are a great place to do some relationship marketing. By joining business organizations you meet key business owners and leaders in your community. By getting active in these business organizations you can use relationship marketing to its full potential.

The most common business organization we think of joining is the Chamber of Commerce. There are a number of other organizations out there however that are worth checking out.

Finding Business Organizations

Read your local newspaper and watch for mentions of business organizations in your community.

Subscribe to a business journal in your area.

Visit government offices, business assistance officers, and economic development offices and ask for referrals to business organizations that people join for economic purposes.

Research the Gal Group Encyclopedia Associations.

Ask the reference librarian the names of some good business organizations in the area.

Use your network. Ask everyone you know whether they know of an appropriate business organization you could join.

Start with national organizations and then drill down to the state, country and city level.

Look at Business Referral Networks to get leads on business organizations. Two good ones are BNI.com and bltip.com

Don't forget civic organizations. They aren't business organizations per se but lots of business owners are members. Some popular ones are Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions. Don't forget religious based organizations like the Knights of Columbus.

Then there are the specialty business organizations:

Minority business owners associations

IT related business organizations

The ICCA, Independent Computer Consultants Association

International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners for Microsoft certified partners

The F group, which is one of the bigger IT related business organizations for resellers

The Bottom Line on Business Organizations

Business Organizations are a great way to meet other business owners and potential clients. Don't stop your search at the local Chamber of Commerce. There are many business organizations out there and one may be perfect for you. Check out the web, the library, your contacts - be proactive in your search for business organizations. Your payoff will be lots of good leads and great opportunities to network and use relationship marketing.

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