Careers

It often feels to many working Americans that you are not in control of your own career. That mindset is a killer. You are in control of your own career. You have every opportunity to do what you want to do for a living and to be the success you’ve always imagined; all you have […] More

If there is one thing we all need, it’s a job. We need our jobs and our careers for more than just a few reasons, but mostly so that we can do things like eat and pay our mortgages and care for our kids. It’s just a fact of life for the vast majority of […] More

The thing about working from home is that it’s so much more productive than anything else you will ever do; trust me. In the 14 years since I began working my first job as a tax preparer and now as a writer, I’ve learned a few things. I worked 6 years in an office for […] More

It’s no big secret that benefits packages are few and far between these days. With so many millennials choosing to work a non-traditional career path that might mean they are self-employed, freelance or only part-time at several different jobs, many have no benefits. We know that a pension is pretty much a thing of the […] More

Small business trends, like most other trends, come and go. Some are hot one moment and obsolete the next. With so many changes every year, small businesses grow and evolve more rapidly than ever, and the small business market is ever changing. Old rules are in again, new rules are no longer all that interesting […] More

People who are vastly underpaid probably know that they are being underpaid. They likely know that they are worth more, their time is worth more and their effort is worth more, but they do nothing to negotiate a higher salary more worthy of their time and efforts. It’s a very common occurrence, particularly when it […] More

Perhaps you love your current job; perhaps you’d rather poke your eyes out with a dull knife than go into the office every morning. People love their jobs, they hate their jobs and they’re completely ambivalent to their jobs; but everyone wants a higher paying job. Even the happiest people on earth want a job […] More

It’s hard to believe but I’ve been working at home since 2007.  We’re talking 8 years of waking up in my boxers and putting nothing else on for the remainder of the day.  We’re talking doing whatever I want whenever I want.  Wait, what?  No.   No, that’s not even remotely the case. It takes a […] More

When I say webcam star, what comes to mind? If you are thinking along the lines of inappropriate behavior in front of a camera for the viewing ‘pleasures’ of a questionable audience, you’d be incorrect. Despite the fact that this is precisely where my mind also went, it’s not what we’re discussing now. What we […] More

The hula hoop is one of those toys we’ve all encountered at some point in our lives. We had them as children, we have them as adults with children of our own and we see them wherever we go. These are such popular toys that when my husband and I took our daughter off to […] More

Balancing life and children is a challenge at the best of times. Now imagine balancing your life, your high-earning career and your kids at the same time – seems impossible right? Wrong; it is not impossible. It’s not easy, but it certainly is not impossible. Sure, there are some women who work high-power, high-earning careers […] More

The only thing that burns more than being passed over for a job in favor of another person is being passed over for a job that’s being given to a robot. It might sound like a horror scene from a science-fiction movie, but it’s actual real life these days. That’s right; robots are actually taking […] More