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Can I Go into Retirement Early With FIRE?

Success

Many blogs shared the ideas of FIRE retirement in the mid-2000s, and the movement gained mainstream attention in the 2010s when major news sources and publishing houses released articles and books about how to achieve early retirement through different methods. If your yearly expenses are $75,000, multiply that by 25.

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Should You Encourage Your Team to Pursue Side Hustles?

Success

Side hustles give people the chance to earn more money, start their own businesses or learn new skills, potentially leading to a salary increase in the future. Side hustles continue to grow in popularity because they permit additional financial and professional opportunities that a traditional working schedule simply can’t.

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Counting the costs: What government funding for scientific research will cover?

The Small Business Blog

Staff: You can claim back some of the cost of salaries, national insurance contributions, pension contributions and expenses for people who are employed to work directly on the research project. is a post from: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG. The key is that the costs must relate to the research specifically. Things you can claim for.

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Answering Reader Mail on Salary, Finding Great Talent

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Still trying to keep up with my blog and column to answer your great questions and comments! The most popular question on this column is about salary and this is the answer I wrote: How much can the best executive assistants earn in a year? 3) I answered a similar question on my blog and wrote 10 TIPS so please look at this answer too!

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Answering Reader Mail: Can an EA salary support a family?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I believe you can raise a family on an EA salary whether alone or with a significant other. Always buy the most expensive health insurance you can afford. Do a great job and learn to negotiate to a better salary or when you job hunt after you've gained a lot of experience. Always remember, the best things in life are free!

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Accepting a New Job? Be Sure to “Date” Before You Get Married!

Bonnie Low Kramen

It turned out that rental properties in the new city were not only more expensive but scarce. Recruiters make an average of 25% of an Assistant’s annual salary as a commission. On a $100K base salary, that means $25,000, which is paid after an Assistant is on the job for 90 days. Clearly, not enough research was done.

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The EA Job Search: Why it’s so difficult to obtain senior roles

Who's the Real Boss?

And in this day and age, whilst we still battle internally in business with the out-dated stereotypes attached to our roles, we also often find these stereotypes creeping into the job descriptions and accompanying advertised salaries for our roles, creating silly perceptions for everyone to see and stereotypes that really do become inescapable.

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