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3 Awkward Money Conversations in the Workplace and How to Navigate Them

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While you share in your coworker’s happiness, does that mean you’re obligated to contribute to the gift collection that celebrates multiple, and often back-to-back, milestones? Cynthia Holman is an IT finance professional based out of St. Not contributing to a gift should not negatively reflect on someone in the workplace.

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5 Long-Term Financial Goals and How to Achieve Them

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These goals provide motivation, direction and discipline when managing your finances. In addition to your own contributions, many children receive cash gifts for birthdays or holiday presents over the years. Regularly review your goals and adjust them as needed, such as increasing your retirement savings if you get a salary increase.

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Do I Need to Buy Life Insurance?

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To help you determine the amount of life insurance you should be looking for, start by reviewing your finances. To calculate how much insurance to buy, some experts recommend multiplying your salary by eight. Others say to multiply your annual salary by the number of years you have before retirement.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Should You Tell How Much Money You Make?

On The Job

People have very strong opinions about whether its OK to talk about salaries, so when this survey from Glassdoor.com crossed my desk, I knew I had to explore it further. People don’t want the boss or human resources to think they’re not grateful to have a job if they question their salary. Where are they (unhappy workers) going to go?”

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Monday Motivator: Earn More Money

Office Dynamics

Obviously your career has a big impact on your finances. Often when you work for someone else (another company), you can’t choose how much money you can make or you could be locked into a salary range. If you are creative with hand-made note cards or gift baskets, let people know that. Be creative and have fun!

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Their website -Wikipedia page -Recent news articles -Salary dot com -Glassdoors dot com -Anyone you know who worked there or currently does -Social media outlets -Job description I typically print all these out a couple of days before a call or meeting. The timing of the gift is also crucial. So you can cash an unemployment check too.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Going back to school was the best gift I could give myself. In my background, I have a Master’s Degree in Shakespearian Literature, from the University of Warwick, England… and I have an MBA in Finance from Babson College. I just graduated last year at 28 and 6 months later my salary went up 32%. Seems odd, right?

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