Personal Finance

We Are All Consultants Now

April 29, 2011

In trying to understand the way jobs are evolving, particularly for white collar professions, I find two phrases quite useful: We are all between job searches. All jobs are now contract consulting jobs. “Whoa, wait a minute!” you might exclaim. “I have a steady job!  I’ve been there for 5 years, and I’m a full-time [...]

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How To Find A Car Mechanic You Can Trust

April 27, 2011

Anyone still using the verbiage “What you don’t know can’t hurt you” needs to stop now because it’s exactly the opposite.  Paying someone to complete a job you know nothing about and then trusting them to do the job right is financially irresponsible and should be avoided at all costs.  Auto mechanics are certainly not [...]

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When Do Medical Costs Become Too Costly for Most Families?

April 27, 2011

Medical expenses can quickly put financial strain on a family. According to one CNN report, 60% of personal bankruptcies were caused by mounting medical bills. Although some families sock away money for a rainy day, medical care in the thousands can wipe out a family’s savings in an instant. At what point do healthcare expenses [...]

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The Employment Battle of Men vs. Women

April 20, 2011

Any reader of the news frequently hears that women earn 77 cents on the male dollar. Fifteen years ago, an organization called the National Committee on Pay Equity marked April 20 “Equal Pay Day,” because that is the day on which the average working woman will make her “full” salary (meaning it takes her 15+ [...]

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Will You Be Attending the 2011 Financial Bloggers Conference?

April 14, 2011

I’ve traveled the United States over the last few years, primarily because I worked for an affiliate network and attended all of the Affiliate Summit and Ad Tech conferences each and every year.  From New York to San Francisco and everywhere in-between (Las Vegas most notably) these conferences where a nice way to meet and [...]

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The DoughRoller Weekly RoundUp (Government Cuts $38 Billion in Spending Edition)

April 10, 2011

With one hour to spare, the government of these great United States was able to agree on a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that avoided a shutdown.  $38 billion in budget cuts were introduced, all of which seems to have come from cutting discretionary spending, a category which has no real function other than [...]

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10 Habits of Highly Effective Interviews

April 4, 2011

As today’s job market becomes increasingly competitive, job opportunities are getting harder to come by.  When you finally do get your chance at an interview, you don’t want to blow the job opportunity because of some silly faux pas that you could very easily avoid.  To help you put your best foot forward in the [...]

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The DoughRoller Weekly RoundUp (2011 Celebrity Apprentice Edition)

April 3, 2011

It’s no secret that I live and breathe the 80′s and two of the main reasons why are the creative works of Meatloaf and Gary Busey.  If you haven’t seen movies like Lethal Weapon, Under Siege or Point Break, then you probably  aren’t a Gary Busey fan.  Likewise, if You Wouldn’t Do Anything For Love, [...]

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Businesses Will Suffer Without an NFL Season

April 1, 2011

We are facing the realistic possibility that the most profitable sports league in the world, the NFL, will be without a season next year.  The owners of the 32 NFL teams and the NFL Players Association, the union that represents the players, are debating over how to split the estimated $9 billion in per year [...]

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