employment

What's an employee to do? Part 1

Posted 4 weeks 2 days ago by Philip Brewer

Career and Income

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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The weird logic of economic growth

Posted 6 weeks 4 days ago by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

Ever notice that we have names for a period when the economy isn't growing (recession or depression), but there's no name for when it is growing?  If they call it anything, economists and politicians call it a "period of normal growth."

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Left a job? Do a rollover.

Posted 7 weeks 5 days ago by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

I saw this poster on the window of a store-front brokerage firm office near the grocery store.  Although the firm in question has an obvious self-interest in getting you to consolidate your investments with them, the underlying message is a good one.

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Finding the Right Job: There’s Plenty of Phish in the Sea

Posted 30 weeks 15 hours ago by Linsey Knerl

Career Building

My husband and I are no strangers to the job hunt scene. Before he was even out of college, we were scouring the newspapers, searching the online databases, and handing out resumes to colleagues in hopes of helping him land that killer job. And while it was very frustrating that the rate of return on most job inquiries was very low, it wasn’t nearly as annoying as the slew of phony job emails that began infiltrating my husband’s email inbox.

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The Trouble With Women

Posted 48 weeks 1 day ago by Will Chen

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