What to Bring to a Job Interview
Here’s everything you need to be fully prepped for your job interview â whether it’s remote or in person.
Here’s everything you need to be fully prepped for your job interview â whether it’s remote or in person.
A couple years ago we embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. We built our first custom home – our dream home. Having talked to many couples who have gone through the same process, we knew we were in for some stressful times. Along the way, we managed to find several tips for saving money and […]
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If you’re sitting at your day job banging your head on your desk, then I might have the podcast for you. Tom Ewer from LeavingWorkBehind.com left the comfort of his 9 to 5 job to chase his dream. “Chasing your dream” always sounds cool, but it’s not as simple as it sounds. Tom had a […]
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“Office politics” is one of those phrases that used to make me groan. I worked in an office from the time I was a freshman in college until I quit my job last year, and let me tell you, I had my fill. I dealt with situations that would make our presidential candidates wince, and I tried many approaches to deal with it, such as pretending to be completely oblivious to it (a very bad idea, by the way).
But I had one boss, the best manager I’ve ever had, who was great at the game. She’s the one who taught me how to do things like keep a brag folder and remind a senior manager 10 different ways that she still hadn’t approved a proposal. In fact, she was so diplomatic and professional that one of the only “negative” things I heard about her was “she gets along with everyone.” (Yes, she was being bad-mouthed for not taking sides.)
I learned many valuable lessons from this manager, and I came away with a much different understanding of office politics.
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I remember when my parents gave me a raise in my allowance. I was seven and I went from $2 a week to $5 a week because I started doing my own laundry and washing my own dishes. I was so excited to be a model employee. I remember that day plotting out just how many extra GI Joes I could buy in a year and how impressive and extensive my collection would be. Then I remember going to the pharmacy down on the main avenue and buying $4 worth of candy instead of $2. My whole GI Joe plan started to disintegrate in a heap of peanut butter cup wrappers.
You know what I remember more vividly? I remember the day my parents stopped giving me an allowance. It was the same year I moved my lemonade stand from Wednesday afternoon to Saturday morning and from the corner of my side-street to right down on that same candy-filled main avenue and saw my revenues rise tenfold.
From there, I started going around the house finding things that needed to be done, whether it be the deck re-stained or the water damage on the basement ceiling redone and I’d negotiate with my parents fair pay for the task. It usually didn’t matter that I had no idea how to replace a bathtub or efficiently organize a closet, there were books in libraries, helpers at local hardware stores, and now, google to offer a quick afternoon of learning. I now had an eye for opportunity and was learning skills that set jobs into motion.
Ever gotten yourself a nice, relaxing massage at the end of a long, tiring day? Remember how that made you feel, and how it felt like all the pain and stress of the day were just gone, as if a magic eraser took wiped all the pain and stress of the day away? Most of […]
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How does a 401(k) to IRA rollover work with Betterment.com? What process do they use – a direct rollover or an indirect rollover?
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After closing on a long-term investment, there are several ways to invest the money. In this “Ask GFC”, I help walk a reader through the pros and cons of each of her options.
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Selling stocks or mutual funds has often created confusion for investors when tax time rolls around. The longer the investment has been held, the more difficult it can be to determine the true cost basis information. When an investor has years, possibly even decades, of incremental purchases and dividend reinvestments it can mean sifting through
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