With the current economic malaise continuing to strain household budgets, it's no wonder that a growing number of people have decided to stretch their incomes by taking on more do-it-yourself tasks. As a result, thrifty folk from all walks of life ...
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9 Smart Business Tips for Freelancers
Freelancing is a great gig if you can manage it, but it's not as easy as it looks. For instance, when you're just starting out as a freelancer you may forgo contracts to get a gig. But what happens if the client skips out without paying? How do you ...
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7 Body Language Tips That Will Boost Your Chances of Getting a Job
When it comes to getting a job, understand this: Hiring managers aren't just listening to what you say during interviews. They're also observing how you walk, talk, sit, and use your hands, among other body language expressions. CareerBuilder notes ...
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What Gig Workers Should Plan For
More and more workers are turning to the gig economy for work as either full-time income or supplemental income. Maybe you need it to make ends meet, or maybe you want to work more on your own terms for a better work-life balance. But no matter why ...
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Stretch Your Paycheck: Money-Saving Advice for First-Time Employees
One factor that employees consider when looking for a new job is their compensation. Before accepting any offer, you should strive to stretch your first paycheck during negotiations so it's as big as possible. At a minimum you should always ensure ...
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How to Protect Your Career After Getting Injured At Work
Workplace injuries have been in the news a lot lately thanks to some major exposes. From worker injuries in Amazon warehouses to a recent New York Times story about pregnant workers miscarrying, the rights of workers has been a major issue this year. ...
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How I Survived Two Armed Robberies (and How You Can Too)
We tend to take for granted that the terrible misfortunes we see on the nightly news befalling people every day will never ever happen to us. Perhaps that is so for the majority of folks. But it is not certain by any means.
By the time I was 30 I ...
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How to Leverage the Internet to Earn Extra Income
Do your weekend adventures leave you with little balance to survive the month? Do you always find yourself looking for your calculator whenever an expense stares you in the eye? Then maybe you could start exploring the option of working part time to ...
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When to Call Your Employer Out for Employment Malpractice
There's no law that says life has to be fair, or even that your boss has to be fair, but there are laws to protect employees against the worst kinds of employment malpractice. Not sure if what your boss is doing breaks the law or represents a breach ...
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4 Steps to Financial Independence
Once you have achieved some basic financial goals, such as paying off all debts except for perhaps your mortgage, building up an emergency fund and contributing to a retirement account, it is time to start thinking about achieving financial ...
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How to Deal with Retaliation in the Workplace
It's a sad fact that retaliation in the workplace is becoming increasingly common. In fact, the retaliation cases brought to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission make up around 45% of all complaints.
Retaliation is an insidious form of ...
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8 Ways to Make Money on Your Morning Commute
If you want to get ahead in life, you have to work for it -- even on the way to your job. That's right; one way to stack additional cash is to find an alternative income source -- and a great way to do that is by earning additional money during your ...
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6 Ways to Create a Stylish Home Office on a Budget
Flexible scheduling and the beauty of technology in the workplace has allowed for more opportunities than ever to work from home -- either part or full-time -- rather than hanging out in the office seven days a week.
That being said, just any ...
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6 Ways Procrastinating Hurts Your Finances
Lots of people live by the procrastinator's creed: Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?
You might even be one of them.
But while this practice seems innocuous enough, it's actually costing you an embarrassing amount of money. Here ...
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100 Words On: Why Luck Is So Overrated
We tend to give "luck" far too much credit for people's good fortune. Likewise, we often blame our own personal misfortunes on bad luck. While it's true that luck is often due to pure chance, more often than not it's the result of something we ...
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Grandfather Says: A Big Secret for Doing Well in Life
Grandfather says he used to work for the government.
He was a patent examiner. In common with all other bureaucrats, he had the authority to tell folks they could or couldn't do this or that -- in Grandfathers authority, get a patent.
Well, the ...
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Should You Become a Pest Control Technician?
If you want a job where you can protect buildings and their occupants from pests by providing customized services to your clients, a career in pest control may be perfect for you.
With the demand for pest control technicians set to increase by 10% ...
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Earn Money at Home: 4 Easy Options!
Does working from home seem like a dream? After all, when you work from home you can just hop out of bed and start working, rather than getting ready, planning your commute, and socializing with your colleagues.
Then again, maybe you're looking ...
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This Survey Tells the Real Story Behind Millennial ‘Job-Hopping’
A recent survey has reflected a changing opinion on what constitutes a desirable career opportunity as more millennials cite being in a role they're passionate about as the top reason, according to Ladders.
Passion for their jobs was survey ...
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Hunting for a New Job? Here Are All the Tips & Tricks You Need
Unless you have connections, finding a new job is always difficult. There is so much competition that most companies won't even give you feedback on your applications. And getting an interview usually doesn't guarantee you a job either.
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