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Meet the Christmas Tree Farmers Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive

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It’s a scene straight out of a holiday movie: A family travels to an idyllic farm to cut down their own Christmas tree and spends the day walking the rows, making wreaths and sipping hot cocoa. Come high summer, around July, farmers are in the fields pruning trees by hand to shape the conifers into the perfect Christmas-tree form.

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How Financial Wellness Programs Can Benefit Employees and Employers

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Gone are the days when new employees received a list of the company holidays during onboarding and a packet with information about how to sign up for health care and retirement benefits. Employers are now providing a broader suite of benefits and are increasingly recognizing the importance of financial wellness programs for employees.

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The Founder of Black Girl Ventures Gets Things Done

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It came in the form of a T-shirt line which got off on the completely wrong foot but led to her first major success. “It Her mom invested her retirement money in the company, and Bell used her tax refunds to buy her own printers. As a true optimist, Bell didn’t take this as a setback. Instead she started to look for her next venture.

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The 2021 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide

Productivityist

It’s 2020 and it’s time for a new holiday gift guide. This year, I’ve got 20 other ideas for you – some ideas that you may want to steal and buy for yourself this holiday season! They’re a thoughtful and practical gift that I believe is worth gifting this holiday season (or anytime, really).

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The New Migrant Workers: "Workampers", "Vanlifers" and Digital Nomads

Small Business Labs

The new migrants are often choosing this as a lifestyle or doing it to supplement their retirement. In other words, workampers are a form of migrant workers that travel around in RVs funding their travels with some form of work.  This makes picking up part-time or seasonal work a good way to add to retirement income.

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What Being Pregnant During the Pandemic Taught Me About Cultivating Contentment

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His mouth is blocked by a powder-blue medical face mask, but I can see a smile forming in his eyes. I often anticipate things I know will make me happy (weddings, big trips, holidays with family) instead of learning to find joy in the small, everyday moments that comprise my life. Paint peels from the walls. OK, let’s do it,” he says.

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Dry promotions: Definition, considerations, and guidelines for employers

BMT Office Administration

Quiet promotions are often a gradual form of dry promotion where the employee’s role keeps expanding to add new responsibilities, but a pay raise or title increase is not provided. The employee may even gradually assume some supervisory responsibilities without receiving an official promotion to management.