by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2021 | Featured, Finance, Gig Workers, Tips, U.S. Economy
No matter what you call it — gig work, side hustle, freelance — if you earn income of $400 or more in a year, you’ll have to pay federal taxes on those earnings, along with contributions to Social Security and Medicare. Figuring out what you owe can be...
by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2021 | Management, Tips
Think there’s a correlation between a candidate’s years of experience and subsequent job performance? Think again. Skim any list of job postings and nearly all will expect candidates to meet an experience requirement. For example, one study of over 95,000...
by dankeelan | Mar 30, 2021 | Remote Work, Tips
As the workforce has become more centered around remote work, many individuals are looking for ways to optimize their work-from-home space. Working from home can be simple and efficient when you have your own designated workspace setup. We’ve gathered some tips and...
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...
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