by Kari Faber When you’re looking to fill a position or hoping to find a new job for yourself, where you look can be almost as important as what you’re looking for.So depending on what the open position is — or what a qualified candidate looks like — the job board itself should be taken into consideration before the job hunt begins. Looking for your company’s next Director of Marketing?
by Ryan Chang, Adam Hardy Getting paid to write may sound easy, but the reality is a little more complicated. Freelance writing can be hard to break into, and the pay can be low (or nonexistent) for beginners. The trick is to get your first few articles or creative pieces published and then use them to score bigger clients and better pay. And even if long-term freelancing isn’t your goal,
by Timothy MooreContributor When you lease a vehicle, you never really own it — the dealer does. So you might think that you have no equity in the vehicle. But you’d be wrong. In fact, if you are currently leasing a car, even if you are just a year in and have several years to go, you might be able to get out of the lease and walk away with
Real Answers for Life’s Money Challengesby Robin Hartill, CFP®Senior EditorMy husband and I recently bought a house. In the flurry of paperwork, I didn’t realize that he had applied for the loan in his name only until it was all settled. I’m on the title with him, but not the loan.Aside from being mad that he made the decision unilaterally, how mad should I be about the repercussions of this
by Quinten Plummer Looking to fill a job opening once and for all? Indeed and Monster are two of the top options for attracting qualified candidates and turning them into high-quality hires. One company has spent the last two decades building a stellar reputation, while the other built a significantly larger job board in less time. It’s not as simple as quality vs. quantity, or as straightforward as comparing these
by Mike BrassfieldSenior WriterOkay, we’ll admit it: We’re not really into Bitcoin or Dogecoin or Ethereum or whatever. We don’t care what Elon Musk tweeted today.We’re just as interested in cryptocurrency as we are the Cryptkeeper or Krypto the Superdog.Go ahead, call us old-fashioned. We just like regular money, that’s all. The kind that folds. The kind you can use to buy a Big Mac or a plane ticket or
by Dana Sitar, CEPF®ContributorOdd jobs are as old as time. There have always been folks hiring people to perform tasks they don’t have the time or skills to do themselves.The gig app TaskRabbit makes it easier than ever for service providers to make extra money and for clients to buy some free time.Want to know how it works? In this TaskRabbit review, we cover what it takes to get to
by Jamie Cattanach, Brynne ConroyTurkey is the time-honored centerpiece of most Thanksgiving Day meals and we’ve gotten used to it being an economical buy, especially as the holiday (Nov. 26 this year) grows closer.But this year, a perfect storm of climate-related disasters, labor shortages and general supply chain issues have pushed the price of poultry up 10.5% over the past year.The average turkey cost roughly $1.21 per pound last year,
by Katherine Snow SmithContributor Quick Navigation 21 Deals for College Students Entertainment Computers, Software and Education Stuff Travel and Transportation Shopping Deals on Clothes and More Banking, Budgets and Credit Freebies on Campus It might seem weird to think of businesses vying for the attention of college kids — after all, students aren’t exactly flush with cash. But businesses know that getting on your good side as you’re gaining your
by Rachel Christian, CEPF®Senior Writer Tax Day may seem a long way off, but one of the nation’s largest tax-preparation franchises is already hiring for the 2022 filing season. Jackson Hewitt announced plans to hire up to 25,000 employees at nearly 6,000 locations nationwide in preparation for tax time. That’s 3,000 more seasonal positions than last year. To make headway on its ambitious recruitment goal, the company is holding two
