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Recently laid off? Don’t miss this! Certified Financial Planner John LeBlanc, principal and co-founder of Boston-based Back Bay Financial Group, answers questions about dealing with personal finances while out of a job. The chat will be held at 1 PM Eastern today, Tuesday, June 9, here on boston.com. A NAPFA colleague of mine, John has built [...]
There was good news on the national job front last week, relatively speaking, with both new claims and total jobless slightly down for the first time in months. Still, what passes for good news these days — the loss of “only” 345,000 jobs in May — remains sufficient justification to take precautions with your personal [...]
Wow! If you are a layoff victim or likely candidate, you owe it to yourself to click on this link. While you might think Good Housekeeping magazine a source more likely to publish a recipe for Pink Slip Lemonade (the drink) than for Pink Slip Lemonade (the layoff financial recovery strategy), author Kate Ashford has [...]
It’s sunny, dry, and brutally hot. The perfect day for Pink Slip Lemonade, you might argue, if you were imagining yourself poolside at an all-inclusive resort in Palm Springs, or in your own backyard in the dog days of August, surrounded by friends and family. But what if instead you found yourself, as Man vs. [...]
Today marks the one year anniversary of the book launch party for Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams, by career expert and corporate escapee Pamela Skillings. As a contributor of several tips and tools included in the “Let’s Get Practical” chapter, I couldn’t resist making the trek down to NYC [...]
It’s been nearly a decade, but the image remains vivid. Blue carpet-covered cube farm walls in a 100-year-old converted textile mill building. Logo wear, commemorative paperweights, and other artifacts of more carefree times scattered about. The sound of no work being done as we all hovered around the water cooler with bated breath… Being on the receiving [...]
(Quick link to all Pink Slip Lemonade posts) I was recently asked to do a presentation on financial planning for the unemployed — and those who fear they may soon join the ranks — for Network for Work, a local networking group. In doing the research to prepare for this, I discovered a couple of [...]
