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Has the financial crisis totally changed how the rules of the game?  Money Magazine thinks so and lists 7 new rules for financial security.  I’ve listed them below along with some commentary.
Rule #1: Risk
Old thinking: If you can stomach the ups and downs that come with risk, you’ll be rewarded.
New rule: Risk isn’t about your [...]

Have you been looking for a job recently and made it all the way to a face-to-face interview and then nothing….
Just silence from the company until you get some kind of BS email that reads something like:  “After closely evaluating your qualifications we have decided to move forward with another candidate who’s background more closely [...]

Given the sorry state of the economy we almost can’t help but think about the possibility of being laid off.  Should the worst happen, here’s 10 tips to help you survive.
1. Know your rights. Make you you collect all wages, overtime pay and commissions that are owed to you.  You may also be eligible for [...]

MSNBC has a recent article that supports what I’ve long suspected: that job fairs are a waste of time particularly in a recession.  My thoughts were initially backed up when several of my friends visited job fairs.  They drove for several hours to reach the fair and then discovered that there weren’t any jobs to [...]