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Marrying For Money and Earning Potential
I sometimes find it interesting how many people automatically jump on the idea of marrying for money, or the earning potential of a partner. Of course, if that is the ONLY reason that you are marrying...
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Putting Your Best Foot Forward for Job Interviews
This is the third post in a series of guest blogs throughout the month of May, with each writer trying out for a staff writer spot (or two) on Canadian Finance Blog. Once all the posts are online, I’ll...
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How to Go Back to Work if You’re Already Retired
Many people are discovering, in retirement, that they aren’t actually ready for this new phase of life. Whether you are worried about running out of money in retirement, or whether you just want...
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Opportunity Cost
While there seems to be a great deal of fanfare on the personal finance blogosphere these days about cutting costs to the bone and stacking coupons, I find that certain big picture ideas are sometimes...
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Going, Going, Not Gone: A New Workforce Economy
Last week, Ontario’s Ministry of Education promised an effort to help new teachers secure jobs, which included limiting the number of days a retired teacher can act as a substitute, thereby allowing...
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Boost Your Earnings by Getting Promoted
Sometimes saving money just isn’t enough. Maybe your expenses have changed, maybe you’re not reaching your savings goals fast enough, maybe you’re in too much debt to dig yourself out of it. So you...
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Wage Freezes and Banked Sick Days
Teachers are in the news for all the wrong reasons as we kick off back to school season and it could well be said that their collective reputation amongst Canadian taxpayers is hitting an all-time low....
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How To Invest In Yourself
Businesses need to maintain themselves or grow. If a business is shrinking, it is failing, and it is only a matter of time before the business will crumble. This is especially true for public...
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Are You Developing Skills that Enhance Your Human Capital?
When many of us think about what we’re “worth” to a company, many of us don’t really think about our human capital. However, it’s important to understand your human capital, as well as how you can...
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The Best Way to Ensure Career Success – Choose the One That People Don’t Want
My friend Kyle Prevost has written fairly extensively in his new book More Money for Beer and Textbooks about how there is a fairly substantial disconnect in today’s labour market between the supply...
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What’s Your Next Career Move?
The majority of content that is on personal finance blogs is about the frugality portion of personal finances. The reality is, there are two major factors when it comes to your net worth. The main...
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Use Your Raise To Increase Your Savings
Many consumers insist that, after they pay the bills, there is usually very little money left over to increase your savings and investments. And, in many cases, this might be the truth. It can be...
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Build Your Professional Network with LinkedIn
Chances are that you are already familiar with major social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. You might even be using Google Plus. However, there’s another social networking site that you might...
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How Developing Your Interpersonal Skills Can Earn You More Money
Do you want to earn more money over time? You might be surprised to discover that one of the best ways to improve your earning power is to develop your interpersonal skills. Increasingly, your ability...
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Perks or Pay? What Makes a Job Worth It?
When times are tough, many people express gratitude just to have a job. However, when you have time to think about your job, and when times are a little less tense, you have a little more leeway in...
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How to Go Back to Work if You’re Already Retired
Many people are discovering, in retirement, that they aren’t actually ready for this new phase of life. Whether you are worried about running out of money in retirement, or whether you just want...
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Ways to Make Your Career a Success
It is no longer enough to have the college degree, go to the big school, or have the first class contacts to make your career a success. Although you’ll still gain a small edge with these traits,...
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How to Write a Great Resume
Even though the Internet is changing a lot about the way we look for jobs, the reality is that many hiring managers still look at resumes. Your resume might be in digital format, but it’s still a...
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Where to Find Sources of Extra Income
When you’re trying to get back on your financial feet, one of the biggest pieces of advice you are likely to get is this: Cut back on your expenses. While this is good advice, the reality is that, when...
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Why It Stinks to Be a Lawyer
At some point in your life you probably thought about it: make the big bucks by becoming an attorney. Fancy suits, fine cars, lavish homes. What’s not to love? Well there is an untold story of being a...
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