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Pink slips and bell bottoms: File these in the category “Trends We Hoped We’d Never See Again”! Now with the second anniversary of Pink Slip Lemonade Month barely past, news reports I’ve seen lately suggest that both job insecurity and unflattering pants are trying hard to stage comebacks. Unless you have a fashion-conscious teenager, the return of [...]
Photo by Sharon Harvell Could it be that the long-awaited bluer skies are finally returning? The stock market, holiday spending, and other economic indicators are up. Most welcome of all perhaps, according to the latest report, unemployment is down. If you are one of the lucky beneficiaries of this nascent uptick in hiring, congratulations! Before you get too [...]
Looking for the perfect gift for the 99er on your list? Nationally syndicated columnist Michelle Singletary shares her top picks for those who might be asking Santa for good financial information, including I Found a Job: Career Advice from Job Hunters Who Landed on Their Feet by Marcia Heroux Pounds.
Following up on my two most recent posts, here’s one more take on how to get back on your feet financially once employed again after a time out of work. Written by Brett Arends of the Wall Street Journal, the article A Financial Plan for the Newly Rehired includes fresh ideas, new perspectives, and often-overlooked [...]
Looking for more ideas on this blog’s last topic?? For another take on getting back on track post-unemployment, check out this article by my fellow Garrett Planning Network member Jean Keener. She points out that if you maintain your lower level of spending once the paychecks start rolling in, you could very well be in a better place than you [...]
Congratulations! If you’re one of the many rejoining the workforce after a period of unemployment, definitely take a moment to celebrate and appreciate what not so long ago we used to take for granted: a full-time job. OK, but no rest for the weary… Now it’s time to get serious and take advantage of your [...]
