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Ask For A Raise At The Right Time
Personal finance blog Free Money Finance suggests that employees can improve their incomes by asking for a raise, but you have to make sure to time it right.
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the interview
8 Things You Shouldn't Say In A Job Interview
Most of us know that looking for a job can be a job in itself, but there are few things in life more dreaded than the job interview. Even if you remember to spit out your gum and offer a firm and confident handshake, there is a myriad of conversational land-mines which must be avoided. CNN in partnership with CareerBuilder has assembled 8 things that you shouldn't say during a job interview. The list, inside... More »
unemployment
Four Ways To Make The Most Of Unemployment
With unemployment rising to 5.5%, more Americans are finding themselves with more time to catch up on their daytime TV or put in some serious time on World of Warcraft. Others see unemployment as an opportunity to begin a new career, take a mini retirement, invest in yourself, or find other sources of income. Their perspectives, inside. More »
jobs
10 Jobs That Pay $20 An Hour
The nation's unemployment rate has reached 5.5%, a half-percent increase from last month, which is the largest increase in 2 decades. If you are "between gigs" or simply looking to upgrade, CNN Money in partnership with Careerbuilder, has put together a list of 10 jobs that pay $20 an hour or more. Check out the list, inside... More »
surveillance
Want To Spy On Comcast Subscribers? Comcast Has The Job For You!
If you'd like to help Comcast eavesdrop on its own subscribers, you're in luck: Comcast has posted a job listing for an "intercept engineer" on a headhunter site, according to Wired. Want ad for position of The Man, inside. More »
retirement
Instead Of One Big Retirement, Take Mini-Retirements!
Personal finance blogger JD Roth at Get Rich Slowly has been interviewing Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, about a new concept of retirement: the mini-retirement. Ferriss suggests that instead of working and saving during our careers to eventually retire and enjoy life, that we instead plan regular times of "retirement" throughout our lives. He deems these "mini-retirements." Mini-retirements seem like they could be the same as either sabbaticals or vacations, but they differ in the following ways: More »
jobs
Make More Money by Working at Night
Here's another idea to add to the list of how to make more money: start working the night shift. Yep, simply by changing work time from 8 am to 5 pm to evening hours, you can add a significant amount of money to your annual income: More »
jobs
Intern For Consumerist.com
It's time to get some fresh slaves in here. Ideal candidates for email internsare college student who, in order of decreasing importance:
- Love The Consumerist.
- Can commit 1-3 hours every other weekday, without fail.
- Enjoy asking strangers for followup information.
- Are adept at sniffing out the one good needle in a pile of haystacks.
- Are a Gmail master.
- Live for labeling.
- Rock Gmail macros.
- Loves The Consumerist.
- Is already active in the comments section.
- Is slow to anger.
- Can facilitate group discussions.
- Is frequently online.
- If playing Dungeons & Dragons, character would be "Neutral Good"
We're also looking to rotate in a new comments moderator. An ideal candidate :
Send 2-3 paragraphs on why you want the job to jobline@consumerist.com. No resumes or attachments, they will be deleted unread.
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leaks
If you, like so many grade-school children, dreamed of one day working at Taco Bell, but worried whether you had the technical aptitude to master their complex procedures and delicate processes, study this Taco Bell insider document, snagged by ANIMAL, and possibly the most scintillating of all the leaked materials we have ever posted, and you'll have a leg up on all the former i-bankers clamoring for the same position. Flowchart in full glory, inside...
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Secret Document Reveals How To Be A Taco Bell Superstar!
If you, like so many grade-school children, dreamed of one day working at Taco Bell, but worried whether you had the technical aptitude to master their complex procedures and delicate processes, study this Taco Bell insider document, snagged by ANIMAL, and possibly the most scintillating of all the leaked materials we have ever posted, and you'll have a leg up on all the former i-bankers clamoring for the same position. Flowchart in full glory, inside...
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jobs
Make More Money by Getting Plastic Surgery?
Without a doubt, your career is your most important financial asset. As such, most financial experts will suggest you should do all you can to make the most of it and maximize your compensation. But is there a limit to what you can and should do to make more money? Blogger Penelope Trunk cites a new book that says good-looking people make more money than not-so-good-looking people. And well they should. The facts suggest that good-looking people make more for their companies and thus deserve higher pay... More »
economy
What Should We Do With 125,000 Out Of Work Mortgage Bankers?
Today CNNMoney profiles an out of work mortgage banker who has been sending out 10 resumes a day since he was laid off in Feburary. He just got his first interview. More »
economy
AT&T Says It Can't Find Enough Skilled US Workers To Fill 5,000 Jobs
Here's some depressing news. AT&T's CEO says his company is having trouble finding enough skilled workers in the United States to fill the 5,000 jobs he promised to bring back to this country. More »
scams
Allen & Associates Promises Professional Career Help, Delivers Questionable Results
Jeff sent us the following story of how Allen & Associates, a subsidiary of Workstream, Inc., sold him a comprehensive job-placement service package last fall, then short-changed him on the actual services. For example, their "targeted mailing" to former A&A customers turned out to include random people who had never heard of A&A, they didn't offer detailed target companies or enough of them to meet the minimum mailing requirement, and their consulting services for job placement amounted to cold call techniques. When Jeff asked his contact to cancel the remainder of the agreement and refund him the difference, she delivered him to the "Director of Client Relations" at A&A who told Jeff they would not be reimbursing him anything and to stop asking. After the jump, Jeff gives his full story as a warning to anyone looking for job placement help.More »
jobs
How To Recession-Proof Your Career
With the economy on the brink of recession, many folks are concerned about their jobs. Will the company downsize or have temporary layoffs? Will employees be asked to forego raises or (gasp!) take pay cuts? The Wall Street Journal addresses this issue head-on and lists eight tips for recession-proofing your career. They offer some good suggestions, but here are two we especially like: More »
scams
12 Signs Of A Mystery Shopping Scam
Common sense will go a long way in protecting you from scammers masquerading as mystery shopping companies, but here's a list of warning signs just in case you're feeling especially gullible the next time you come across a mystery shopper ad and think, as you stare across the cubicles at all the assface jerks you work with, "This might be my ticket out of here." More »
subprime meltdown
86,000 Mortgage Related Jobs Cut In 2007
A new study says that 86,000 mortgage related jobs were cut due to the weakening housing market, says CNNMoney. Diabolical mustache-twirling evidence-forging lender Countrywide unburdened itself of the most workers, cutting 11,665. More »
employment
Job Ideas For 2008
If you're looking to increase your salary, change or start a career, or just get a new job now that your old one has dried up and blown away, MarketWatch has a list of job growth areas and trouble spots for 2008. More »
jobs
12 Signs Of A Mystery Shopping Scam
If you've ever been curious about becoming a "mystery shopper," a person paid by a company to check in on a store's performance, you should know there's lot of fraudulent mystery shopping companies out there. Bargaineering has 12 warning signs to look out for if you think one of these jobs is a good way to pick up extra cash, like:
"An application fee is a sure sign that your mystery shopping company is a fraud. What job would ask you to pay an application fee? The answer is none."
In general, you should beware of an "opportunity" requiring anything in the advance payments. And anything that looks too good to be true, like promising lots of money for very little work, is also highly suspect.
12 Signs of a Fraudulent Mystery Shopping Company [Bargainnering]
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