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How Long to Find a New Job?
Last updated: Jan. 14, 2024 How long does it take to find a new job? What’s the job hunt like? The typical job hunt is best described as this: No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No…
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Jobs Do not Create Wealth
It may surprise you to hear that jobs do not create wealth. Jobs are just a means to a lifestyle. Jobs will almost always never make you rich. Rather, you take the capital from a job and apply it towards investments, such as stocks, real estate, or your own business. (You are investing in yourself,…
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Why You Should Always Be Looking for a New Job
In my LinkedIn profile, I keep checked the option that I am always looking for work. It stays checked, even if I have a job. Here’s why it’s a good idea you do the same, too. Before we delve into details, remember that saying: Always be looking for a new job. By saying I’m always…
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Were You Terminated or Laid Off? Fired or Let Go?
You just lost your job. Now, you’re wondering if you were terminated or laid off? There are just two differences. Basically, when you’ve been “let go” from your job, you could have been either fired/terminated or laid off. On the other hand, when you’ve been “laid off” from your job, this is different than being…
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How Long Does It Take to Find a Job?
How long does it take to find a job? The answer may surprise you. It, too, will strengthen your resolve to have in place an emergency fund to weather the storm. Updated: Aug. 2023 Layoffs! Layoffs! Everywhere! It’s been a little under a year since Elon Musk started the trend of layoffs in November 2022.…
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How to Survive Unemployment
You go to work and think that everything is fine. Your manager changes the time of your weekly one-on-one meeting. You find that odd but think nothing more of it. In the meeting you find someone new sitting there. Your manager tells you this person is from HR. This almost always means something bad is…
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5 Reasons Why You’re Better off Renting
Are you better off renting? That is a question that has plagued people since the concept of ownership. On the one hand, if you add up all the rent you’ve paid through the years, it can be substantial. For example, here in the Bay Area where rent averages $2500 a month, if you lived in…
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Money Myth: Money Causes Problems
It’s easy to believe that money causes problems. We see the lottery winner going through his or her winnings in less than a decade. Then they end up how they started: Dead broke. We see movie celebrities and superstar athletes who ink eight-figure deals only flaunt their wealth and spend their money on frivolous things.…