A family business helps take care of your kids. If you run a small or medium sized business, do you employ any family members? Currently, more than a fifth of small business surveyed (21%) do so. What’s more interesting is that a staggering 94% of SMEs employing family members felt that their business had benefited […]
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Getting a job is harder nowadays. Let’s see how to trick an employer to hire you. After all, the job market is ultra competitive! Let me share a story. “Sam, I absolutely hate my company and hate my job. I can’t wait for some sucker to give me a big package so I can blow
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There’s an unemployment epidemic among college graduates, largely thanks to the pandemic. Over 22 million jobs were lost due to the pandemic, and about 65% have been recovered as of 2Q2021. According to one study by TwentySomething Inc, 85% of 2011 college graduates are moving back home with their parents. Meanwhile, another study shows that
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Following your dreams can take a big leap of faith. As exciting as it may be, it takes a lot of courage to break out on your own. Yet, every now and again, people surprise me. One of the greatest feelings is when you want to laugh and cry at the same time. For years I’ve had
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Should unemployment benefits be phased out after a certain age? Or is that just ludicrous thinking? I wrote this article in 2011, a couple years after the worst of the global financial crisis. The government provided generous unemployment benefits up to 99 weeks. Meanwhile, I was burning out from my investment banking job at age
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If you’re a minority, dealing with racism isn’t something new. Third year political science major, Alexandra Wallace made an offensive video rant against Asians. She’s now leaving UCLA, which has a 37% Asian population. Smart, because she’d probably get seriously hurt, or harassed for the rest of her time there if she stayed. My main question is,
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Have you been unemployed for a while? Continuing in the series of helping people find jobs from a hiring manager’s point of view, I thought it helpful to offer some suggestions as to what to say if you’ve been out of the job market for a while. Don’t get defensive about your long employment gap.
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SpotHero is a company started in 2011. 10 years later, SpotHero has turned out to be a major VC-backed company! Here’s a guest post from the founder. I had no idea what I wanted to do in the future. I only knew that I didn’t want to continue working at the bank. I needed some
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Is Unemployment Really That High, was originally written on 2/3/2011 when unemployment was high during the recession. However, unemployment has skyrocketed during the 2020 global pandemic. The nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken has a help wanted sign up for the past 6 weeks. I asked the manager how the hunt was going when I picked up
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What’s so bad about those who just want to regular people and have some fun? Perhaps they are too lazy and afraid to dream bigger. So I often I come across people with a no-can-do mindset. If you want to grow your wealth, invest, and retire a millionaire, you want more than regular people. Most
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