Archive for the ‘work’ Category

The 50’s Landmine

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

I've read a couple of articles recently that your 50's is the most volatile and dangerous time of your financial life, primarily because finding and/or keeping your job can be difficult at this age. Being a young kid myself (33) it's hard for me to comprehend what kind of difficulties people ...

Ways Protect Your Job

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

I've been thinking about how someone can protect their job recently, and I've come to the conclusion that this can be done in a couple of different ways. The first is to protect your CURRENT job by: Become indispensable. Sign up for a high-profile project. Learn a new skill. Add value, and ...

Improve Your Career By Volunteering For Work

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

One of the best career moves I've made recently involved volunteering for new work. There were several high profile projects assigned to our group, but we were all overburdened. But who cares if I'm overburdened. I saw an opportunity and I took it. I yelled out during a bunch of ...

Improving Your Career Prospects

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

I've written a guest post on improving your career prospects over at Gather Little By Little today. Please check it out, and if you're not familiar with his blog please check out some of his other articles. I don't read many blogs, but GLBL is one of the few I ...