Jean Chatzky’s Money Tips for Women
“First and foremost, for us, the life we want to create is the target, while money is the tool that helps us achieve it. For many men, it is the other way around.”
Best Moves to Recover From A Lousy Job Interview
(CNN Business) Well, that didn’t go quite as planned. Feel like you just bombed your job interview? Here’s what to do: If you are rambling during an interview, don’t panic. Instead, pivot back to the interviewer. Follow up on questions and highlight skills in your thank you note. Ask references to highlight your skills and […]
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
The older partner can bring decades of experience, potential clients or customers and possibly capital while the younger one can deliver the ambition of someone in the early stages of a career, plus an eagerness to try new ways of doing things.
Museums: The New Hub On Campus
While not typically top of mind as a go-to destination, college and university art museums have a common goal: to raise the bar for the academic and cultural life of a campus and its environs.
RetirementRevised.com’s Podcast on Working After 50
RetirementRevised.com podcast features answers to questions about the job market for workers over 50 from two experts: Next Avenue blogger and author Kerry Hannon and career coach and author John Tarnoff.
The Keys to a Successful Job Hunt
“Submitting resumés online lets job seekers feel like they’re looking for a job, but it’s like watching someone beating up a vending machine completely unwilling to accept that it just ate his or her money.”
“Ghosting” Jobs On the Rise
Is the practice of giving two-weeks’ notice before leaving a job history? In a recent report about employment trends, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago revealed that several businesses in its region said “that they had been ‘ghosted,’ a situation in which an employee stops coming to work without notice and then is impossible to […]
How Financial Advisers Can Lend Mid-Life Entrepreneurs a Hand
From crafting a budget to serving as a sounding board, financial advisers can play an important role
Community College Classes Are Going to Work
Tri-C’s mobile classroom is one of a growing number of similar labs being rolled out by community colleges in response to employers’ needs for skilled workers in industries from manufacturing to health care to information technology. The twist is that they’re going where the students are rather than having the students come to them. And students learn skills they can use right away.
Women Facing Financial Challenges for Retirement
The barriers to accumulating wealth for women are daunting. Recommendations from a Senate hearing and a think tank briefing. The financial challenges women face to achieve financial security in retirement can be huge, as a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing and an Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) briefing last week demonstrated starkly. And with the […]
