Posted November 5, 2009 - 08:00 by Jabulani Leffall
Career and Income, Shopping, Health and Beauty
If you are of working age and not independently wealthy through some sort of athletic ability, pop song, technological innovation or government bailout or defense contract, you need to have at least one dark blue or black suit. Or at least dress well for professional advancement. Appearance is a meritocracy as well gentlemen. Get some man insurance.
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Posted November 3, 2009 - 06:00 by Philip Brewer
Personal Finance, Career and Income
If you're tracking your spending, you know how much money it takes to live on. If you're tracking your investments, you know about how much return you're getting from your capital. With those two numbers, you can get a pretty good estimate of how much money it takes to buy your way out of the rat race.
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Posted October 28, 2009 - 05:00 by Philip Brewer
Personal Finance, Career and Income
There are people out there whose livelihoods depend on the fact that most people go every day to some job or another. Business owners, investors, retired folks -- capitalists in general -- pay their expenses with profits that would be threatened if there weren't plenty of workers trading their life for a paycheck.
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Posted October 20, 2009 - 05:00 by Frugal Duchess
Career and Income
The Frugal Duchess moves to Wise Bread to save time, money and energy. Professional, shopping and creative co-ops are frugal uses of time, talent, money and resources. Sometimes you have to do less, to earn more.
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Posted October 6, 2009 - 06:30 by Nora Dunn
Career and Income, Lifestyle
Studies show that Americans are not using all their vacation time, are not given as much vacation time as other developed countries to begin with, and are even prepared to cancel their vacations because of work. Further studies show that America as a country isn’t even all that productive. What gives?
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Posted September 25, 2009 - 07:00 by Financial Samurai
Career and Income, Lifestyle, Investment
People have a notion that they must amass a certain amount of money, no matter how long it takes, before they can retire. But what if it took you 40 years of work to reach $1 million, and the very next year you died?
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Posted September 18, 2009 - 08:00 by WC Porter
Career and Income
Want to become a better employee? You could work harder, come in earlier, suck up to the right bosses, and still not get anywhere. Instead of thinking small, try thinking big—that's how owners think. And there's a reason why they own the place and you don't. It's time to start acting like you own the place.
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Posted September 2, 2009 - 08:00 by Xin Lu
Career and Income
In my last article I gave several reasons as to why you need a plain text resume to apply for jobs online. This post is a short guide to preparing your resume in plain text.
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Posted August 22, 2009 - 05:00 by Xin Lu
Career and Income
There are countless products out there that help job seekers format and lay out resumes to look beautiful and readable on paper. I believe that the appearance of a resume is definitely important, but I think on the internet the best and most useful formatting for a resume is plain text. Here are some reasons why you need a plain text resume if you are applying for jobs online.
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Posted July 20, 2009 - 12:00 by Linsey Knerl
Career and Income, Making Extra Cash
When the recession began to really hit home, there was plenty of chatter about selling your plasma, undergoing paid medical tests, and even cutting off your lovely locks for a profit. Here are some of the more off-the-wall commodities we found, and they are making some people a bit more comfortable these days.
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