by dankeelan | Mar 30, 2021 | Career, Tips
Throughout my decades-long career as a wealth manager, I’ve read thousands of resumes, many of them from young job seekers. Almost all of them are plain and boring: Education, work experience and skills — that’s it. The vast majority of them get tossed in...
by dankeelan | Mar 23, 2021 | Benefits, Tips
One year after the novel coronavirus pandemic began crippling the U.S. economy – especially the job market – the numbers remain discouraging: 18.2 million Americans were still filing for weekly unemployment benefits as of late February; 770,000 workers...
by dankeelan | Mar 16, 2021 | Career, Tips, Tools, U.S. Economy
A refreshed mySkills myFuture website, www.myskillsmyfuture.org, from the U.S. Department of Labor’s CareerOneStop, aims to help laid-off workers and other job seekers identify their best career options. (Graphic: Business Wire) At MySkillsMyFuture.org, job...
by dankeelan | Mar 16, 2021 | Finance, Future of Work, Tips
Fiverr was a clear winner in 2020. The stock has had a massive run for investors lucky enough to invest last year. FVRR stock rose close to 10x from a May 2020 price of roughly $25 to a high of more than $300. Compare FVRR stock returns with the S&P 500...
by dankeelan | Mar 2, 2021 | Gig Workers, Jobs, Tips
Freelance writers are in high demand. But landing new clients can be the hardest part of the job. For each project, you might be vying with dozens of other candidates, which puts the onus on you to prove that you’re better than the competition. The solution: Post a...
by dankeelan | Feb 23, 2021 | Jobs, Tips
Freelance writing jobs do pay people good earnings if they provide their sweat and blood to the field. As a beginner, writers face the most difficult task of finding clients, especially the good-paying ones. Finding your first client might take huge efforts....
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