Unemployment. Even saying the word hurts a bit. When I was 11 or 12, my mom and my stepdad lost their job on the same exact day. I remember my family being a bit in a panic; we’d been barely getting by on both of their incomes. They started to get unemployment checks until my stepdad took a job as a maintenance man at a local...
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Networking. No, not the computer kind. The kind where you have a “net” of people that you regularly associate with and have connections to for various reasons. Yeah, that kind. There was a dWhy? Every time I would be having a meal with someone, anywhere from four to ten other people would say hi to me during the...
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I had several friends graduate from college this year, which has been a neat experience to say the least. I finished my Master’s Degree last May, and the excitement was exhilarating. When I graduated with my Bachelor’s Degree in December of 2007, the job outlook was, at best, meager. And my employment record, well, lack of...
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I’ve shared on here before that I love volunteering. I currently spend all of my volunteer time at my local church. One thing that I’ve found while volunteering there is that, as a larger church with some special needs, we hire companies or individuals to help us out with things we can’t do ourselves. This, at its’ most...
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A lot of people are horrified by the fact that they could become disabled at some point in their lives. Whether it’s a temporary disability due to illness, a physical disability due to an accident, or an emotional/mental disability due to your mind changing or difficult circumstances, being put on disability can be a devastating...
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Yesterday we talked a bit about temporary employment, and one of the things that I mentioned is that seasonal employment is a type of temp work. Needless to say, with temporary employment of any type, you may feel that you’re paying the government more than you’re getting paid yourself. Never fear! Money Thinking has tax tips...
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