Career

Financial stress in the workplace & tips to avoid

Financial stress is not an uncommon phenomenon. Whether it’s your credit card debt, mortgage, the state of your retirement account or how you are going to afford Christmas presents this year, there are a lot of financial triggers that can affect you. And they, in turn, affect your work. Cindy Krishner Goodman, with the Kansas [...]

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Starting a small business – the million dollar successes!

Rags to riches stories are sometimes all that sustain me. Listening to the tightened-belt, day-by-day attitudes espoused by people who did it right and made it big, helps me when I’m confronting a new pair of delightful peep-toe blue shoes and trying to walk away. Of course, all fairytales are exceptions, not the rule. Yet, [...]

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5 job interview tips & techniques to avoid

Job interviews are stressful things. Often you walk out of a job interview, thinking that it’s all gone well, only to be left bewildered when the job goes to a less qualified rival. Or you’ve put together what you think is a perfect package of skills, experience and interest, and yet you’re still getting passed [...]

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Revitalise your career, earn more, save more

Job-hunting. Like moving house, or pulling an all-nighter, job-hunting is a phrase to frighten me to the core. I hate it. I have probably invested more hours of my life in sending off resumes, tailoring cover letters and placing follow-up phone calls than I have spending quality time with my mother. So how can you [...]

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How to request a pay rise properly

If you’re looking to fatten out your savings a little bit, it might be time to look at your income and whether you are making the most of your time. There comes a point where you are really saving every spare dollar, so the only way to save more is to increase your earnings.

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How to work from home cheaply & save money

Working from home has its benefits and its downsides. The benefits are many and various; you can wear pajama bottoms all day, as all you need to look presentable for is a Skype. You don’t have to endure long conversations about the latest injustice from management, or confront the horror that is commuting.
The downsides, however, [...]

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