8 Practical tips to reduce workplace stress

Work is stressful – life is stressful. Sadly, escaping the stresses of the average day can be tough work. When you are in that position, it might be tough to cut down on your day-to-day stress levels. When you feel like this, we recommend that you try and take the time to act on these … Continue reading 8 Practical tips to reduce workplace stress →

Could Side Gigs Hurt Your Career?

Side gigs, a.k.a. freelancing, moonlighting, side businesses, etc. are all the rage these days. It seems that every blogger writing about personal finance, career development, or just about anything else, is promoting and encouraging readers to start side gigs, particularly if those bloggers themselves have "made it big" with their online or offline business. On … Continue reading Could Side Gigs Hurt Your Career? →

Making the Transition to Self-Employment: Some of the Do’s and Don’ts

This is a guest post from Julian, who writes a blog called Frugaal, covering all kinds of ways to address bad spending habits. While today's post is not exactly encouraging of self-employment, I agree with it in the sense that working for yourself is not a decision to be made lightly, especially if you're responsible … Continue reading Making the Transition to Self-Employment: Some of the Do’s and Don’ts →

12 Reasons Why Blogging May Never Become My Full Time Job

When I first got into blogging, I had a dream that someday, somehow, this would become my full-time gig. The image in my head was one of relaxing on a beach somewhere in Hawaii, laptop in hand, working on my next personal finance post while sipping on some great drink. While the part about Hawaii … Continue reading 12 Reasons Why Blogging May Never Become My Full Time Job →

Warning: Unemployment May Be Good For You

It was 2006, shortly after graduating college with professional degrees in architecture, and things were looking up for us. Real estate in Florida was reaching its peak, developers couldn't hire architects fast enough to create new projects, and firms of all sizes were hiring even semi-decent talent. I honestly believed I could find good-paying work … Continue reading Warning: Unemployment May Be Good For You →

How Do You Feel About a 40-Hour Week?

An interesting article at the Wall Street Journal confirms what we’ve known to be the case all along—40 hours for professional employees is perceived in many industries to be a part-time week.

Pros and Cons of Long-Term Employment

Today marks the 5-year anniversary of the first day I worked for my current employer. I evaluate some of the pros and cons of staying with the same company for a long period of time rather than looking around from time to time for new employment.

Should Businesses Capitalize on Employee’s Fears?

As the economy continues to be sour, employers are using fear tactics more and more frequently. Here are a few reasons why it's a bad idea.

How to Take Advantage of a Crappy Economy

The economy might be sucking, but there are plenty of diamonds in the rough as far as I'm concerned. Here are a few of them you can take advantage of!

Why Freelancing Benefits Your Day Job

Freelancing, moonlighting - these all carry negative connotations. Why is that? Side work can be enormously beneficial to your day job. Here are only a few reasons why.