Career

6 Critical Financial Miscalculations I’ve Made – That You May Be Making as Well

November 6, 2011

You might think I’m a hypocrite for what I’m about to admit (since I blog about personal finance), but this is reality.  In the past, I’ve made some wildly erroneous assumptions about our future ranging from how much we’d be making and spending each year to how our investments would perform.  Many of these misconceptions […]

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Help a Reader: Pension Plan Frozen – What To Do with 3 Choices

November 2, 2011

I got a good question from a reader and wanted to share it with you.  Here it is; I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on how he might best handle this and then I’ll weigh in with my thoughts after hearing from some of you finance buffs.  While things like pension rules, a 401k […]

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43% Increase in Healthcare Premium for Me in 2012. How Bad Is Yours?

October 30, 2011

If I didn’t have side income from blogging I’d be pretty pissed each year when we get our new benefits options for the next year.  I guess it’s downgraded to just being annoyed and not “pissed”.  I understand that healthcare costs continue to exceed the rate of inflation.  So, inflation’s 3%, healthcare rises 6%.  That’s […]

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Irony: Professor That Tried to Kill My Career Wants to Connect on LinkedIn

October 11, 2011

I couldn’t help but laugh when I got a LinkedIN invitation this week from my old college professor.  Long story short, I got the offer of a lifetime right around graduation time and the company kind of botched the order of activities.  While I had already been extended the offer and passed the drug test, […]

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What If Unemployment Benefits Were Structured as a Loan Instead of a Freebie?

September 18, 2011

There are a lot of strong emotions on either side of the Unemployment Benefits discussion.  On one hand, there are the current unemployed who are pretty miserable right now.  Many can’t find a job commensurate with their skill set and prior pay rate and they’re burning through their savings.  They’re sick of hearing politicians, the […]

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I Pissed Off a Recruiter Today. Is Salary a 4-Letter Word?

September 13, 2011

I have some mixed feelings about pissing off a recruiter today with a pretty good company.  I received a LinkedIn inquiry today about interest in a position with another firm.  I’m not actively out looking to make a move, especially if it entails relocating – heck, I just put in this pool!  But on the […]

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