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Get an introduction to the target company through a referral if possible.  A lot of the companies that retain us even talk explicitly about "no agency referrals" on their website.  There are times that going in through HR or their staffing org can be to your benefit but more often that not it helps to have a referral with a "VP" in their title to get you that introduction.  You might still be a long way from getting a fee agreement signed (retained or contingent) but you'll be a lot close than being one of the hundreds of agency recruiters leaving voicemails for the VP HR or Staffing Manager.

He did not have you fill out a W-2 form. A W-2 form is “issued” to all employees at the end of a calendar year, which summarizes all of an employee’s earnings and related income tax deductions made throughout the year. It is used as part of the information required to prepare a personal income tax return for employed individuals.If anything, assuming you are a new employee, he very likely had you fill out a W-9 form. This is a pretty standard procedure. It basically is a request for you to divulge your social security number so that a W-2 form can be issued to you at the end of the year. This information part of the information that will appear on an informational return submitted to the IRS, when your W-2 earnings are transmitted to them.That is the part that does make sense.The part that doesn’t make sense is why you were asked to fill out a W-9, yet are being paid with personal checks.If this is happening, in most cases, it would appear that he is paying “under the table.” I suspect no income taxes of any kind are being withheld.If I am correct, I would seriously think about leaving the company. This practice is illegal.Normally what happens is that a company paycheck is issued. State and federal income taxes are withheld from your gross pay and are forwarded on to local and federal government on your behalf. This is not happening from what you’ve described.Additionally, an employer must match the amounts withheld for social security and medicare and submit that match as well, again, on your behalf.It sounds like none of that is happening, if he’s cutting a personal check to pay you.Additionally, there are employment laws (both federal and state) which require an employer to pay overtime based on the number of hours worked. Typically, this is over 40 hours worked in a week or over eight hours worked in a day. Each state has different laws, so I’m not sure which applies to you.If you are being paid no overtime and are working 12–14 hours daily for five or more days a week, that is the second law your employer has broken. By law, you are entitled to fair overtime compensation, so it is something you might consider seeing a labor attorney about (to claim what is rightfully yours).Of course, I cannot say (and am not saying) for sure what is happening, but that is the appearance of what it looks like to me, based on what you’ve described.

I live in Germany. I got an invite to the Quora partner program the day I landed in USA for a business trip. So from what I understand, irrespective of the number of views on your answers, there is some additional eligibility criteria for you to even get an email invite.If you read the terms of service, point 1 states:Eligibility. You must be located in the United States to participate in this Program. If you are a Quora employee, you are eligible to participate and earn up to a maximum of $200 USD a month. You also agree to be bound by the Platform Terms (https://www.quora.com/about/tos) as a condition of participation.Again, if you check the FAQ section:How can other people I know .participate?The program is invite-only at this time, but we intend to open it up to more people as time goes on.So my guess is that Quora is currently targeting people based out of USA, who are active on Quora, may or may not be answering questions frequently ( I have not answered questions frequently in the past year or so) and have a certain number of consistent answer views.Edit 1: Thanks to @Anita Scotch, I got to know that the Quora partner program is now available for other countries too. Copying Anuta’s comment here:If you reside in one of the Countries, The Quora Partner Program is active in, you are eligible to participate in the program.” ( I read more will be added, at some point, but here are the countries, currently eligible at this writing,) U.S., Japan, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Australia.11/14/2018Edit 2 : Here is the latest list of countries with 3 new additions eligible for the Quora Partner program:U.S., Japan, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, India and Brazil.Thanks to Monoswita Rez for informing me about this update.

Make it compellingQuickly and clearly make these points:Who you are and why you are doing thisHow long it takesWhats in it for me -- why should someone help you by completing the surveyExample: "Please spend 3 minutes helping me make it easier to learn Mathematics. Answer 8 short questions for my eternal gratitude and (optional) credit on my research findings. Thank you SO MUCH for helping."Make it convenientKeep it shortShow up at the right place and time -- when people have the time and inclination to help. For example, when students are planning their schedules. Reward participationOffer gift cards, eBooks, study tips, or some other incentive for helping.Test and refineTest out different offers and even different question wording and ordering to learn which has the best response rate, then send more invitations to the offer with the highest response rate.Reward referralsIf offering a reward, increase it for referrals. Include a custom invite link that tracks referrals.

It’s your house and your rules (within reason). Explain that you decide when and how to reward privileges in the home. Your teenager has an option to earn those privileges or to go without them. Don’t argue about it. What might be on this list of privileges? In my house that would include:WiFi (My router allows me to lock out users, and since we don’t have cable, I can shut off the tv as well).Cellular data (I have an app that lets me turn services on or off whenever I want)Note, I don’t take the phone away. I just make it useless.Special snacksCarbonated drinks getting restockedCooking for my child (he can cook)Spending money (well, duh!)Laundry (he does his own, but only under duress)Being driven to places. (He has a bike and knows the bus routes.)You are not a servant or an ATM. If your teen wants something, he needs to provide something. It’s quid pro quo, but that’s life. Teach him that nothing in life is free. You can give love and support. You can empathize that it’s rough going without things, but they cost you time and money. You can only afford to share if you feel that your work is appreciated.Taking this approach has really reduced the amount of arguing in our home. I can just turn things off, and the garbage and compost go out the door almost as if by magic.Try it.

Making a custom location on Instagram is actually quite easy and gives you an advantage to other businesses because it allows you to drive traffic via location.First off, Facebook owns Instagram; therefore, any location listed on Facebook also appears on Instagram. So you are going to need to create a business location on Facebook.So let’s dive into how to create a business location on Instagram.Make sure that you have enabled location services through the Facebook App or in your phone settings. If you are using an iPhone, select “Settings” → “Account Settings” → “Location” → “While Using The App”You need to create a Facebook check-in status. You do this by making a status and type the name of what you want your location to be called. For example “Growth Hustlers HQ”. Scroll to the bottom of the options and select “Add Custom Location” then tap on it!Now that you’ve created a custom location you need to describe it. It will ask you to choose which category describes your location, which you will answer “Business”.After choosing a category Facebook will ask you to choose a location. You can either choose “I’m currently here” or you can search for a location that you want to create for your business.Finally, publish your status. Congratulations! You have just created a custom location to be used on Facebook and Instagram.Now you are able to tag your business or a custom location on Instagram.If you have any questions about Social Media Marketing for businesses feel free to check out GrowthHustlers.com where you can find tons of resources about growing your Instagram following.

As weird as it sounds, baby fever for a 16 year old doesn’t surprise me. It might be surprising to a lot of other people, but the fact is usually they aren’t teenage girls.When I was only 14 or 15, I was in with a group of girls at my high school, and one day they started talking about how babies were really cute and thus they kind of wanted one. Luckily though we were giggling about it because of how ridiculous that idea is in our current society. Just for the record, I did not want babies as a teenager, I was more interested in children (still am, I have family fever, not baby fever). I did find the whole moment rather amusing though.No matter how inapproriate or trashy people around us think it is, when you’re a teenage girl, past about the age of 16, your body goes into it’s fertility prime (which peaks more in your early twenties, then dies down slowly in thirties). Sometimes, I think this can be accompanied by episodic but very strong urges towards procreating.I’ve spoken to many women who have said they had baby-pining thoughts when they were very young, especially if they were an older child in a family. You suddenly start to really love the young children you have in your care being an older cousin, auntie, even sister, and your girly pituitary gland lulls you into a false sense of security, ie. I’d be a great mother, I can care for my little sister so well, I wish I could have a baby as cute as this, I wonder what a baby with *insert hot guy or boyfriend here* would look like etc.Some young women, like the group of 14 year olds I’ve mentioned, are well-adjusted, well-raised and smart enough to know this is crazy and that they should resist because they don’t know what they’re doing. However, others let themselves be carried away on the tide, and allow themselves to be convinced that this is a good idea. Sometimes, this actually ends in teenage pregnancy if they can convince a guy to go along with them. I’ve heard of a few cases like this.Hopefully, you can actually stop your daughter from getting to the stage where she goes ahead with this. What you need to do is nip her idealistic super-cute baby fantasies in the bud right quick. Please don’t delay, baby fever can be an incredibly potent force, but oftentimes, people who have sudden momentary urges to procreate regret giving into them. Tell her if she wants a baby, she should have real life experience with an actual baby. Then, you should find someone with a baby so she can practice being a parent for a little while (while you and said parent watch from a distance in case something goes wrong).She’ll probably realise quickly that babies do pretty disgusting things, like have huge poop explosions, wet their nappies, spit up, and the reality is it won’t all be cute cuddle times. She’ll also get to experience the wails of real-life baby, and how hard it can be to quiet the baby and figure out what it wants. Bonus points round: make her hang out with her friends at the mall with the baby, or have her take the baby out to eat. If you give her enough experience with an actual baby instead of a fake one, I think that would burst her fantasy like a balloon. We all have some silly and unrealistic fantasies and dreams now and then that suck in real life for some or even many reasons.