Lesson #1 from yesterday’s “Post-Pink Slip” financial planning presentation: COBRA subsidy set to expire 12/31

Many thanks to Leslie Barrett (seated, left) and Manchester, NH-based Dynamic Networking Group for inviting me to present “Making the Most of Your Money: Post-Pink Slip and Beyond” at their monthly meeting yesterday!   
I think this quote sums up the experience perfectly.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. — John Cotton Dana
Despite the bad weather, [...]

Career changer? No group plan? Pre-Medicare? @JeanKeener on health insurance options

Many thanks to fellow Garrett Planning Network Member Jean Keener, CRPC®, Principal at Keener Financial Planning in Keller, TX, for granting permission to republish this article.  Originally posted to her own blog, it is aimed at early retirees, but the information is equally relevant to those in career transition, self-employeds, anyone too young for Medicare and [...]

Quick! Grab those health insurance benefits before they expire

Just a wild guess: I bet most of you are getting pretty sick of hearing about all things healthcare.   Well, rest assured, I don’t plan to dive into a discussion of how to fix the system, and I promise not to yell out at a town hall meeting, in a joint session of Congress, at the Video Music [...]

New Career Change Story: Four years later, marketer-turned-fee-only-financial planner Michael Donahoe reflects

This insightful career change story comes from guest blogger and one-time client of mine, Michael Donahoe, CFP®, now a financial planner himself, and principal with On Course Financial Group, LLC, of Portland, ME.
I just passed the four year anniversary of when I left corporate America and headed out on my own. Since making the move [...]

New Pink Slip Lemonade story: Fork in the road leads guest blogger Patti Anastasia to become personal chef

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 [...]

Pink-slipped in your prime? AARP offers free webinar (6/11 @ 2 PM EDT), much more

Age 45+?? Sign up for this free AARP webinar, Navigating Your Way Through Job Loss, which addresses the financial, health, job search, and emotional implications of mid-career job loss. It will be held tomorrow, Thursday, June 11, from 2 - 3 PM EDT.
Can’t make the webinar? The AARP Web site offers a myriad of other [...]

Employed-but-worried? Squeeze every last drop out of employee benefits

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 [...]

Recipe for Pink Slip Lemonade: excellent, up-to-the-minute article on layoff survival

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 [...]

Health insurance - One monster hurdle to self-employment

If you’ve ever thought about leaving a job with health insurance for part-time work or self-employment, chances are you were stopped short by the challenge of getting affordable coverage. The cost of private health care is so prohibitive, you probably ran screaming back to your day job, thankful at least for that aspect of it.
Having [...]