The coronavirus pandemic devastated our economy and caused tens of millions of Americans to become unemployed. A Financial Samurai reader shares what it was like being unemployed during the previous financial crisis. This Is What It’s Like Being Unemployed My name is Rachel, and I was unemployed for just a bit more than 6 months […]
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Some people seem to flourish in life with minimal effort. Meanwhile, others struggle and suffer constantly. Ultimately, how well you do in life is up to you. You may have to work harder than the next guy. But success starts in the mind. And I’m going to share with you a secret on the easiest
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Are you afraid of taking a vacation? You are not alone. There was a time in my career I also felt very guilty and afraid of taking a vacation. Even now that I work for myself and no longer have a boss, it can still be hard for me to step back and relax. Despite
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Young people, wake up. Nobody is going to save you so you must save yourself. The older I get, the more I realize how necessary it is for people first starting out to find a mentor. A mentor is there to guide you through all the landmines in a career or start-up venture. In fact,
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You’re mistaken if you believe the 99% will just rage against the 1%. They won’t stop until they protest against half of America, and then they will turn on themselves. After reading all the “We Are The 53%” submissions, I was inspired to write my own. The 53% figure refers to the percentage of working
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Let’s pretend we’re Founders of a new high tech company. Competition is fierce, but we’ve raised money from some Venture Capitalists to pay for equipment, marketing, and personnel. Would you hire this recent graduate for your company? We are looking for hungry recent college graduates in engineering, marketing, and sales who are willing to work
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During difficult economic times, Socialism becomes a popular ideology due to the increased amount of economic suffering. But there are some reasons why socialism is bad highlighted below. When times are good, it’s OK if others make a lot of money and do well, so long as you are also doing well. As soon as things turn
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There is a risk of being overqualified. If you are overqualified, you might not get the job because the employer might think you’ll leave at the very next opportunity. Being overqualified might also raise some eyebrows as to why you are there in the first place. This post discusses the risk of being overqualified when
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This is not an educational post. Instead, this is a post about discovery since I don’t quite understand President Obama’s American Jobs Act. One of the key initiatives of the jobs bill is “extending unemployment benefits further” given how bad the labor market is now. I’m in full support of this ~$450 billion dollar bill,
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Unemployment day sounds like a good idea. Back in 2011, when this post was fist write, we were just coming out of the recession. Today, it is a similar situation post pandemic. With the US unemployment rate at 9.1%, Americans everywhere celebrated employment by taking Monday, 9/5 off. Does anybody else not find it a
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