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Well, all good things must come to an end, and so it is with Pink Slip Lemonade month, which has already borrowed a few days from July. To commemorate this last day, I thought I’d tackle the granddaddy of all, the most frequently asked post-pink slip question: whether or not to roll over your 401k. My [...]
Continuing with still more follow-up from Thursday’s “Making the Most of Your Money: Post-Pink Slip and Beyond” presentation at the Network for Work meeting… Look familiar?? Today’s gloomy-yet-again weather presents the perfect backdrop for another question I was asked after the talk: “What are the pros and cons of bankruptcy?” While this is not an [...]
Continuing with my follow-up from Thursday’s “Making the Most of Your Money: Post-Pink Slip and Beyond” presentation at the Network for Work meeting… Another hot topic during the session was, not surprisingly, where to get cash to cover living expenses that, pre-pink slip, used to be covered by wages. As discussed during the meeting, once you’ve [...]
As I mentioned in Friday’s blog post, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Network for Work group this past Thursday. Many thanks go to longtime friend and colleague Tammy Hildreth (pictured with me, above), as well as Paul Philbrick, Jim Starrett, and Joe Guilfoyle, the group’s esteemed co-leaders, for extending the invitation to present [...]
Been indulging in too many Pink Slip Lemonade drinks? (Recipe for Berrylicious Pink Slip Lemonade, pictured, on Chef Patti Anastasia’s blog.) If you’re in the Nashua, NH, area and you’ve recently been laid off, you can work off the extra calories for free at the Nashua YMCA. That’s right: thru August, the Y is offering [...]
I did it. So have plenty of others. Should you?? “It” is start a business after being laid off. And the answer is a definite “it depends.” If you’ve been thinking about and planning for this for some time, maybe the layoff was just the push you needed to find the courage to make a [...]
These excellent articles from veteran personal finance guru Jonathan Pond offer very targeted pink slip financial planning tips to those at different stages in the process: Employed-but-worried: Are You Financially Prepared for a Layoff? Just laid off: Laid Off or Displaced? Get Help
As co-founders/co-leaders of the Network for Work job search networking group, guest blogger Tammy Hildreth and her colleagues have taken Pink Slip Lemonade-making to a whole new level. After being laid off a few short months ago, they decided they could cover a whole lot more job search ground by working together, so they started meeting [...]
In addition to sharing this story of making Pink Slip Lemonade from layoff lemons, guest blogger Patti Anastasia of Anastasia’s Table personal chef service is also providing our Recipe of the Week, one for each week of Pink Slip Lemonade month. So mix yourself a Pink Slip Lemonade Martini or a Pink Slip Lemonade Iced Tea, and enjoy the [...]
This story of making Pink Slip Lemonade from layoff lemons comes from guest blogger Sue West of Space4U professional organizing services. What’s your next chapter in your life? Seems to me that’s what creating pink slip lemonade is all about. Take the best from your past, include what you love from the present, and move [...]
