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Reminder: Bad Credit Can Affect Your Employment.

Bankrate.com’s Steve Bucci recently answered a question from a reader about whether bad credit can hurt your job prospects.
The reader’s roommate defaulted on 2 payday loans while he was out of work (ouch!), and subsequently relocated to Washington, D.C. (debtor’s capital of the world!). He managed to get a job, but two months into it [...]

2 Employment Benefits That Aren’t Worth It.

If you’re like most employees, open enrollment season for employee benefits has either just passed, or is upon you right now. Here’s a quick post about 2 “benefits” that are commonly offered by employers but that really aren’t worth the expense or trouble in most cases.
1. Life Insurance.
Many employers offer life insurance up to one [...]

Wages Growing Again?

Check this out- after unprecedented cost cutting measures by corporations over the past 12-14 months, wages are growing again! Or are they?
This is according to a recent NYT article. I myself was a victim of just about all the cost cutting measures (except being laid off) last year: My raise was postponed indefinitely, company match [...]

3 Ways to Know the Economy is Ready to Rebound.

1. Business sentiment is up!
When business sentiment is up, employers hire. When people get jobs, they have more income and buy more stuff. It’s that simple. Watch for the Institute for supply management’s (ISM) latest Non-Manufacturing ROB report
You want to see an index of 50 or more, that stays for a couple of months. As [...]

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