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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 4, 2007

 

"2-SECOND COMMUTE" SEMINAR AT QVCC


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Christine Durst, co-author of The 2-Second Commute, will present a free one-day seminar on Friday, September 21, at Quinebaug Valley Community College. The focus of the seminar, sponsored by the College’s Career Center, is finding legitimate home-based work.
 

In The Two-Second Commute: Join the Exploding Ranks of Freelance Virtual Assistants, readers discover a simple but empowering self-employment solution that is fast becoming an international phenomenon—the Virtual Assistance industry.


Durst says that with a 42-to-1 scam ratio among home-based job leads on the Internet, it's hard for job seekers to know where to begin looking. The seminar will teach participants to determine if they are a good candidate for home-based work, customize their resume to make them a more appealing “remote” hire candidate, and conduct effective home-based job searches online.


Durst, a Woodstock resident, is co-founder and CEO of Staffcentrix, a leading training and development firm providing virtual-careers training and resources to the US Department of State and the Armed Forces. As an authority on pro-family entrepreneurship and how to “de-rat-race” your life, she appears often in the media, including Forbes, Good Morning America, the Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek, as well as on numerous radio shows.


The seminar will run from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Seating is limited and registration is required. Lunch is available for purchase in the cafeteria. For more information or to reserve a seat, call the Career Center at 412-7266.

 

CONTACT
Margie Huoppi
Publications Associate
(860) 774-1133
mhuoppi@qvcc.commnet.edu