Career and Income

Book Review: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Financial Aid for College (Second Edition)

Posted 23 hours 54 min ago by Linsey Knerl

Personal Finance, Career and Income, Consumer Affairs

You don’t have to be a complete idiot to need a little guidance in matters of finding and securing money for college. But just in case you are, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Financial Aid for College is the perfect roadmap to the financial aid process. (And it works pretty well for the rest of us, too!)

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Not So Straight Path To A Dream Job (U.S. President)

Posted 2 days 22 hours ago by Julie Rains

Career Building

White House, Washington, DC

Once upon a time (aka when I was a kid), the job of U.S. President was deemed the ultimate career destination. Considering the careers of the current contenders (Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain) has helped me to see that the path to success may not be a straight one. What are the career-building lessons among those who aspire to world leader?

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Wanna Put Away Some Cash? Take A Vacation!

Posted 5 days 11 hours ago by Linsey Knerl

Personal Finance, Career and Income, Productivity

A cruise to the Bahamas or a trip to that luxury spa aren’t going to get you ahead financially. However, if you’re looking to sock away a couple hundred bucks or more, some time off from work just might be the way to get you there -- if you do it right.

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Find work worth doing

Posted 1 week 5 days ago by Philip Brewer

Career and Income

Office workers

I worked at a non-profit--a local nature center--over the summer of 1979.  After we wrapped up our main task, those of us who wanted to were allowed stay on for the few weeks before we went back to college, doing things like trimming branches on the hiking trails, repainting the lines in the parking lot, and working around a very old house that was to be turned into an exhibit on settlement-era homesteads.  It was work that was worth doing.

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Looking for Answers in Life? Here's your Key...

Posted 2 weeks 13 hours ago by Nora Dunn

Career and Income, Life Hacks, Lifestyle, Art and Leisure

looking for answers

So many of us are feeling stuck in our lives, searching for something we seem to flirt with and skirt around through life: true happiness. Here's a technique to help you get that "aha" moment you've been looking for.

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Laid Off? What To Do Before Plunging Into The Job Search

Posted 2 weeks 14 hours ago by Julie Rains

Personal Finance, Career and Income

rollercoaster just before it plunges

Your company has announced a soon-to-come layoff or you’ve been escorted out of the door. What’s next? What should you do…before updating your résumé, tapping into your professional network, and looking for a job? (Those of you who are considering career changes may also find this guide useful).

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Book review: Work Less, Live More

Posted 2 weeks 3 days ago by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Career and Income

Cover of Work Less, Live More

Early retirement is a topic I've always been interested in.  The particular version of it that this book deals with--living well on less money, as a means to getting by without having to work at a regular job--is not only interesting, it's the life I'm living.  Allowing for the fact that it's aimed right at my own personal sweet spot, I liked it even better than I expected.  It reads like the author started following me around a year ago, figured out exactly what questions I needed answered, then carefully and thoughtfully wrote a book to answer them.  

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What's an employee to do? Part 2

Posted 2 weeks 6 days ago by Philip Brewer

Career and Income

Condottiere by Leonardo da Vinci

The trend toward replacing traditional employees with varying combinations of temps, contractors, outsourcing, and off-shoring is old news now.  That gives us a bit of perspective to look at the situation and come up with some strategies for employees (and, increasingly, ex-employees) to deal with the situation.

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Get Paid for your Psychic Skills at Predictify

Posted 3 weeks 1 day ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Technology, Making Extra Cash, Art and Leisure

My ex-coworker told me that he is applying to a new startup called Predictify. He showed me their website and I was intrigued. Basically, the company lets people predict events that happen in the future, and if you are accurate about the outcome you could get paid for it. I decided to try it out.

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The Same Actions Will Produce The Same Results (Ten Tenets for Arranging Your Rich: Part 2)

Posted 3 weeks 1 day ago by Kate Luther

Personal Finance, Career and Income, Life Hacks, General Tips, Lifestyle, Budgeting

Predictability - Image Courtesy of Stock Xchng

A while back I posted the first of what I promised would be "Ten Tenets to Arranging Your Rich". And wouldn't you know it, right after posting Tenet #1, things got a little crazy and life interfered with my blogging plans. Go figure :)In any event, I think we're back on track now and as promised, we've got nine more tenets to go. So, without further adieu, here's tenet #2: The same actions will produce the same results.

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Six Tips to Good Business Management

Posted 3 weeks 1 day ago by Nora Dunn

Life Hacks, Entrepreneurship

precarious

You don’t have to be a fortune 500 (or even a fortune 500,000) company to take advantage of these tips for good business practice. In fact, some of the best small businesses have evolved and succeeded by implementing some of these principles.

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What's an employee to do? Part 1

Posted 3 weeks 2 days ago by Philip Brewer

Career and Income

Sign that reads:  You don't work here.  Keep out.  Not hiring.

During the recession of 1990-1991, and the period of very slow growth that followed, it became conventional wisdom that it was wrong to try to retain key employees through a slowdown.  If there was no work for an employee to do--even just for fifteen minutes--that employee should be let go.

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Seven Ways to Get Free Shipping Supplies

Posted 4 weeks 1 day ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Freebies, Making Extra Cash, Entrepreneurship, DIY

Once upon a time I sold a lot of stuff on eBay and Amazon, and I always needed envelopes, boxes, and padding. The costs of these shipping supplies could really add up when you mail over a thousand things per year, so I looked into how to cut down my shipping costs. Here are some of the ways you can get your supplies for free and lower your business overhead.

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Zen Spring Cleaning (and making a little cash off it too)

Posted 4 weeks 6 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Life Hacks, General Tips, Making Extra Cash

The snow has melted. The kids are gone to grandma's. Sounds like the best (and most frugal) thing to do this April would be to stay home and clean, organize, and sell all that crap lurking in every corner of the house and garage. A few potential karmic trades might be lurking around the house too.

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Road To Becoming A Rich Idiot

Posted 5 weeks 12 hours ago by Julie Rains

Career and Income, Real Estate and Housing, Investment

path to tea mountain

Ever met a rich idiot? I’ve known at least two. Not counting my telephone conversation with self-proclaimed Rich Idiot and multimillionaire Robert Shemin (author of “How come THAT idiot’s rich and I’m NOT?”), I’ve also shaken hands with a guy who impressed me with his simplicity and wealth. We met briefly in a parking lot before a company meeting: I was dressed in standard corporate attire; he wore a khaki jumpsuit with his first name (“Don”) stitched in red. A college dropout, Don had just purchased my employer, a food processor with an Ivy League grad as its chief executive and a Ph.D. at the helm of its largest subsidiary. So what do Robert and Don (#346 of Forbes’ The Richest Americans in 2005) have in common?

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March Roundup

Posted 5 weeks 3 days ago by Lynn Truong

Coupons, Making Extra Cash, Shopping, Lifestyle

march

March was ALL about shopping tips and money habits. Read up on our 10 reader favorites!

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Incentive plans always go awry

Posted 6 weeks 21 hours ago by Philip Brewer

Career and Income, Life Hacks

Carrot Incentive

Ever worked someplace that had an incentive plan (as in, "Hit these targets and you'll get a bonus")?  Ever been a manager whose job it was to administer an incentive plan?  Ever tried to create an incentive plan, hoping to get people to do more of what you want them to do?  Here's a little tidbit for you:  Incentive plans always go awry.

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How to Sell Your Hair for Cash

Posted 6 weeks 3 days ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, General Tips, Making Extra Cash, Health and Beauty

I first read of selling hair in Les Miserables when Fantine sold her head of gold to clothe her daughter Corsette. The hair trade just seems like such an archaic idea, but actually high quality hairpieces are still made from real human hair and there is a huge market for sourcing natural hair. Here are some tips and information on how to sell your tresses for cash.

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Tips for Finding Legitimate Work at Home Opportunities

Posted 7 weeks 7 hours ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Career and Income, Productivity, General Tips, Making Extra Cash, Career Building

When you search for work at home opportunities on the internet, oftentimes you will find sites pitching programs that could make you thousands of dollars a week.  Usually these programs are scams designed to take your money.  So how do you go about finding legitimate work at home jobs that pay you for your time?   Read on for some ideas and resources.

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Extra Income Opportunity: Online Tutoring

Posted 8 weeks 12 hours ago by Nora Dunn

Making Extra Cash, Entrepreneurship, Career Building

classroom

Do you have an area of expertise and a desire for some extra income? Are you good with concepts and do you like to work with students from elementary school to post-graduate levels? If so, you might have an opportunity to make some money on the side (or even full-time) from the comfort of your home.

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