Posted April 3, 2009 - 04:21 by WC Porter
What would you do if you had all the money you needed for you, your children, your children's children, and so on? Would you drop everything and retire or would you keep working? If you really stop to think about it, you might be surprised with your answer.
Posted March 30, 2009 - 14:34 by WC Porter
It's easy to get sucked into the whole drama of wondering what everyone you work with makes and how you stack up with them. But there's a delicate balance between making sure you're getting paid what you deserve and only worrying about what you can control.
Posted March 27, 2009 - 13:28 by Xin Lu
The latest news is that unemployment benefits will be extended from 59 weeks to 79 weeks in California with the help of the new Federal stimulus money. The maximum benefit has risen to $475 a week and it means that some of the unemployed Californians could collect over $2000 a month for more than one and half years. This makes me wonder if people will now stay unemployed longer because they have more benefits for a longer period of time. After all, more "free" money would make a person less motivated to find a job, right?
Posted March 24, 2009 - 11:50 by WC Porter
The whole country is up in arms about the last round of AIG bonuses, but why should they? Before you pick up your pitchfork and join the angry mob, would you return your bonus even if you had nothing to do with any of the shenanigans? We may be upset, but some of these people earned this money fair and square.
Posted March 22, 2009 - 18:58 by Linsey Knerl
Getting a pink slip can cause more distress than just a shrinking income. It can also give you a sense of insecurity and may make you question your place in this world. Here are three effective schools of thought for keeping your sense of self (long after the paychecks quit coming.)
Posted March 13, 2009 - 09:32 by Andrea Dickson
If you've recently lost your job due to the shaky economy, and you've filed for unemployment benefits, you might be surprised when your former employer attempts to block your unemployment by saying that you were fired. Well, be prepared for the possibility - plenty of companies are challenging laid-off employees rights to benefits in order to save money on unemployment insurance.
Posted February 23, 2009 - 00:51 by Xin Lu
TechCrunch recently reported that the software giant Microsoft made mistakes on the severances it paid to its laid off workers. As a result, Microsoft sent out letters to an unknown amount of employees asking for a repayment of the overage. This has happened before in many other companies, and it is bound to happen again in the current economic climate. So what should a laid off worker do when his or her former employer comes knocking for the money paid by mistake?
Posted February 18, 2009 - 05:00 by Julie Rains
The bad thing about being unemployed during a period of high unemployment, besides the obvious of being jobless, is that the competition can be unusually fierce. Though I encourage pursuing the ideal (whether it’s a company-paid position, freelance work, or business start-up), career nirvana may be a few steps away in this economic environment. Over the years, in good times and lousy ones, I’ve met folks who have started or retooled careers in entry-level positions; they laid the groundwork for greater opportunities and, when the time was right, moved up and along quickly. Here are some uneven career paths.
Posted February 17, 2009 - 08:03 by Myscha Theriault
Are you a Napoleon Hill junkie? Just finding out about his powerful self help legacy? A new audio book has been released in conjunction with a hardcover edition detailing his previously lost works. There's also a special price on The Hidden Secret in Think and Grow Rich exclusively for Wise Bread readers and several resources featuring raw video and audio footage of Hill speaking on various topics. Read on.
Posted February 13, 2009 - 05:10 by Debbie Dragon
As adults, how many times have you wished you had invested money as a teenager or young(er) adult? We're all aware of the power of compounding interest, and the idea that starting your savings earlier means having more money when you are ready to retire, but by the time we discover this financial truth – we've already missed a whole lot of years of saving! Why not help your kids earn their first million?
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