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No Career Path is for Everyone

by Guest Contributor

David’s Note: There’s a recession and people are still afraid of losing their job, yet my friend recently found the courage to resign and couldn’t be happier. Freelance or owning your business is definitely not for everyone. The uncertainly and instability of income presents a different kind of stress, but it could also [...]

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He told me he had a gun, but it turns out to be a friendly neighbor trying to do some good.
To say that perception is important just doesn’t do the term justice. It is the sole contributor to our decision to purchase, and the reason why some of us make more money than others. [...]

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My grandpa always knew of a workaround, and my mom always knew of a more frugal alternative.
In my family, few could rival my grandfather’s creativity in creating handmade equivalents. Naturally, he became the go to person whenever we needed a workaround. Bought a camera that didn’t come with a stand? Grandpa would [...]

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Do you have any tips on how to get out of a rut? I’m always stuck and can’t seem to finish anything at work, but I really need this job and I’m afraid I will be fired. How do I keep the job and continue to bring home the paychecks that my family [...]

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Whether we admit it or not, many of us have mixed the word hate in the same sentence as our job at one point or another. Sometimes, it’s after a long argument with the boss. Other times, it’s caused by the hopeless feeling when a month long project is expected to be completed [...]

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For dads who have retired from the military, it becomes a challenging situation when they have to consider re-settling themselves into a civilian life. Quite a few Veterans take up assignments in military related fields where they already have a good familiarity level. However, there are a variety of other fields offering opportunities for gainful [...]

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With unemployment rate reaching 10% across the U.S., it’s difficult to feel optimistic about job security and financial freedom. If you are afraid of losing your job (or were already let go), don’t worry, I know how you feel. When my wife’s company had massive layoffs a few months ago, we were exhausted [...]

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If you’re like me when I was in high school or in my earlier college years, then you will want to spend your summer earning (and saving) as much money as possible. The main problem at the beginning of the summer is that we realize we have no money and everyone knows the classic saying- [...]

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With the current rate of unemployment and the fact that many jobs are still hanging by a thread I want to share with you some ideas on managing your budget during a job transition.  For the last decade I’ve worked with the program participants of many outplacement firms.  Over the years they have learned from [...]

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Growing up in an Asian culture, I was influenced by the traditions and concepts of Taoism (check out wikipedia’s page for more on the subject). With the outlook of our jobs and economy so grim, I’d like to talk about natural forces and balance, one of the central concepts of this philosophy that have [...]

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Layoffs are never pleasant, but there are some layoff procedures that just makes you feel even worst. I’ve heard of a few recently that caught my attention as either unique, disastrous, or both. Here they are and hopefully business owners can read this and understand how these layoffs not only burn bridges, they [...]

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In a somewhat surprising move, half of the employees at the facility where my wife works at is being laid off. My wife’s job is still safe, but it definitely doesn’t bold well for confidence and moral.
There were rumors circulating ever since the merge with another company began a few months ago. People [...]

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If management gave you a choice right now, would you vote for job cuts at your company or for everyone to have a pay cut?
Obviously you cannot know ahead of time whether you will be one of those people getting laid off (if that route is picked), otherwise I don’t believe there will be many [...]

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Let’s be honest.  Some people are just more considerate than others.
These type of people always seem to understand how you feel.  You want to be with them but do you ever want to be them?  Do you think of each situation as if you are in the other person’s shoes?
Someone was helping me with a [...]

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