If you’re in the market for a job, you may be wondering how best to handle the most uncomfortable part of the interview… The salary discussion. Well, I recently ran across an interesting tidbit on the topic from a headhunter named Noel Smith-Wenkle.
Obviously, there are a couple of major factors at play here that you [...]
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How to Negotiate Your Salary
Written by Nickel - 8 Comments
Make Yourself Indispensable
Written by Nickel - 4 Comments
Even though the Great Recession is behind us and the economic recovery is (by most accounts) well underway, good jobs are hard to come by. So how can you be sure to keep yours once you’ve found it? Simple. By making yourself indispensable.
An example of indispensability
I was recently talking to a friend (let’s call him [...]
Travel Reimbursement Tips
Written by Nickel - 4 Comments
As you may know, running this site isn’t all that I do. I also have a full time job, and that job sometimes requires travel. Unfortunately, I don’t have a corporate credit card for charging my travel expenses. I do, however, get reimbursed (within limits) by my employer – though I have to track and [...]
Published on April 20th, 2011 - 4 Comments
Filed under: Travel, Working
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Performance Reviews and Career Advancement
Written by Guest Contributor - 15 Comments
This is a guest post by Financial Uproar, a mid 20s finance blogger who writes about investments and general money topics. If you like what you see here, please consider subscribing to his RSS feed or following him on Twitter.
Let me begin this post with a story about two consecutive yearly performance reviews, one given [...]
Six Tips for Creating an Affordable Home Office
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This is a guest post from Brian Tanner, who is a freelance writer for HP.
“There’s no place like home,” said Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, and for the budding entrepreneur looking to launch a new business, that statement is more applicable than ever. Being that most home based startups have limited resources, setting up [...]
Published on March 4th, 2011 - 3 Comments
Filed under: Self Employment, Working
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Adjusting to an Increase in Income
Written by Laura Martinez - 9 Comments
We recently received some good news from my husband’s employer. Starting this month, he’ll be getting a raise of a few hundred dollars per month. Of course, whenever we experience a change in income or expenses, we sit down and create plan for the change. We have clear financial goals that we both want to [...]
Published on March 3rd, 2011 - 9 Comments
Filed under: Planning, Saving & Investing, Working
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Develop a Small Business Continuity Plan
Written by Neal Frankle - 2 Comments
A friend of mine has a very successful side business. In fact, he earns more on his side business than he does from his full-time job. The only problem is that if he were to get hit by a bus, his business (and the income he earns from it) would disappear. That means that the [...]
Published on February 10th, 2011 - 2 Comments
Filed under: Insurance, Self Employment, Working
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Filed under: Insurance, Self Employment, Working
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Five Surprise Bonuses in 2011 – Make the Most of Them!
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This is a guest post from Darwin of Darwin’s Money. If you like what you see here, please consider subscribing to his RSS feed.
As the economy struggles to recover, 2011 promises to provide opportunistic consumers and businesses with plenty of surprise bonuses. You just need to be ready to take advantage of them! Here are [...]
Published on January 21st, 2011 - 3 Comments
Filed under: Saving & Investing, Taxes, Working
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Approach Your Finances With a Beginner’s Mindset
Written by Neal Frankle - 4 Comments
The best approach to financial security is to have a beginner’s mentality. By that, I mean that you should approach your finances as if you don’t have any answers.
You might be saying to yourself, “What is Neal talking about? Surely he’s talking about someone else, not me. I never behave like a know-it-all. Especially when [...]
Published on January 13th, 2011 - 4 Comments
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Learning to Live on One Income (By Choice)
Written by Laura Martinez - 11 Comments
Many of us are starting 2011 with every intention of reaching big financial milestones such as getting out of debt, saving up for a house, or getting serious about retirement. For many couples, however, it might be hard to reach your goals if you’re depending on two incomes to support your lifestyle.
It is possible to [...]
Published on January 11th, 2011 - 11 Comments
Filed under: Frugality, Saving & Investing, Working
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