$430 Doesn’t Go Far
Lose your job in Boston, Pittsburgh, Seattle or Trenton and you could collect $544 or more per week in unemployment benefits. But get laid off in New York City, as almost 200,000 workers have in the past year, and the most you can collect is $430 a week. via For New York’s Newly Jobless, $430 [...]
bad government! bad!
Their livelihood was being threatened, and they were tired of waiting for government help, so business owners and residents on Hawaii’s Kauai island pulled together and completed a $4 million repair job to a state park — for free. via Island DIY: Kauai residents don’t wait for state to repair road – CNN.com. I realize [...]
Carnival of Personal Finance
My article about private schools was included in the latest Carnival of Personal Finance at ABCs of Investing. Other good reads included: Erica Biz: why so few of us save for retirement. Squawkfox: 8 keywords that will set your resume on fire. Automatic Finances: 3 ways the rich manage money better than you do. This [...]
Some Laid-Off Workers Seek New Careers as DJs
So this is what it’s come to, eh? From Tiffany to…er…Tiffany (of 80s pop star fame). Mr. Sanchez, 51, was a jewelry salesman at Tiffany & Co., on Fifth Avenue, for 23 years. After hearing what has become a familiar phrase — “You’re being laid off” — he put himself on a different sort of [...]
Is Vegetarianism a Teen Eating Disorder? What?
This article has nothing to do with the economy or careers or money, but check out (a) the sensationalistic title and (b) the first paragraph (italics mine): Being a teenager means experimenting with foolish things like dying your hair purple or candy flipping or going door-to-door for a political party. Parents tend to overlook seemingly [...]
private schools hurt America
A great question worth considering if you support private schools: In our desire to protect our children physically and academically, we send them to very expensive schools that are inherently segregated ethnically and economically. We, being white, educated, and comparatively affluent, are the agenda-setters in society. The agenda does not include fierce protection of the [...]
Should you take a step down the ladder to get a job?
Considering a step down the ladder in your career – simply to get a job – is a difficult decision. This article covers the pros and cons: Pro: …for many people, having a full-time job, even a downgrade, can be better for self esteem than reading the want ads. Says Georgia-based career coach Walter Akana, [...]
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