Maybe you can relate? “I need to keep going until the mortgage is paid off.” Those were the words of an admin I worked with a few years ago. I remember her as a delightful person and a talented graphical designer to boot. (We still use her material in presentations years later.) When she said … Read more
Getting rid of a pair of golden handcuffs may be one of the first things on your mind. Here’s hoping this puts things into perspective … You may have heard of the golden handcuffs — deferred payoffs offered by an employer to discourage employees from seeking employment elsewhere. The golden handcuffs can also mean having … Read more
At FinCon15 I attended a talk delivered by Stefanie O’Connell, who blogs at The Broke and Beautiful Life, among other activities. Her talk at FinCon outlined how to become an expert at something without official expertise, and gave as an example how she built a reputation as a finance expert for the millennial age group. … Read more
Last year I became a charter member of our county’s Toastmasters Club. Toastmasters is an international organization for public speaking and leadership. I wrote about how Toastmasters is the biggest public speaking training bargain on the planet. Financially, it is a huge bargain. The international dues are $6 per month: one cheese pizza. Our club … Read more
A bit ago Alan Corey was kind enough to send me a copy of his newest book, The Subversive Job Search: How to Overcome a Lousy Job, Sluggish Economy, and Useless Degree to Create a Six-Figure Career. (Now, that’s a subtitle!) I was glad to receive it because I enjoyed his first book, A Million … Read more
I’ll start off this post with a couple of questions: What comes easy to you? What comes hard to you? Hopefully you have a good answer to these questions. Or several good answers to these questions. Pretty much everyone has things they do well, and things that they screw up royally when they try them. … Read more
No sooner than the furloughs from sequestration were over, many government employees were facing another one — this time due to a government shutdown. That part looks to be over for the time being, but could reappear at the beginning of calendar year 2014 as the stopgap funding bill expires. For government employees, what was … Read more
If one looks at salary alone, a college degree pays. People with a bachelor’s degree or higher enjoy a below-average unemployment rate and an above-average salary, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (A hefty student loan payment can eat into that advantage, though.) No doubt also that one’s choice of major can pigeonhole a … Read more
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