Job & Career: Love Your Work & Hope The Money Follows
How are you developing your career? In a volatile economy, finding a job can be a challenge. It’s even tougher if you’re a new graduate or have been unemployed for a while. And while most of the unemployed are feverishly scouring the classified ads and online job boards looking for work, few are taking the time to understand how to make themselves more marketable.
Here at The Digerati Life, we touch on a wide variety of job related topics like whether or not it pays to go back to school, where to find those elusive high paying jobs, how to start a home based business, and to try out of the box methods to catch the eye of employers. We strive to arm you with practical, usable knowledge in order to increase your chances of finding your dream job in a market where just about any job will do.
Everyone in the workforce has been affected in some way by the economic crunch. Our contributors are no different. We share with you our stories based on personal experience. We share with you what works for us and what doesn’t, giving you the opportunity to create a more efficient and effective job search strategy. We also offer plenty of money management tips and tricks designed to help you weather your current employment situation.
If you just got laid off, you may be asking: what’s next? Here’s what to do if you lose your job unexpectedly. There was a time when job losses were across the board and piling up weekly. Things may not seem as bad today, but I’ve got a friend who recently called me with the [...]
Every so often, I find myself checking out the pulse of unemployment. While thinking of the appropriate theme for this year’s Labor Day post, I decided to take a different turn away from the usual summer holiday banter about family and barbecue grills. After all, this site is here to give continued visibility and commentary [...]
While many businesses across the nation are hesitant to give salary increases this year, there’s still a chance for some workers out there to receive fatter paychecks. What are some ideas you can try in order to secure a higher salary? There are some ways to do it creatively. Some people have tried some extreme [...]
I was one of those people who transitioned from being a full time employee and having a day job to being an entrepreneur. I still recall the thoughts that would go through my head while commuting to my old job: imagine all that free time I’d have if I didn’t have to travel to and [...]
I’m really being facetious here by posing the question and bringing up the possibility of earning a six figure income online. Is it possible to do? Well YES and NO. As far as I know, it is entirely possible to make a living off the web and replace your job income on a consistent basis. [...]
Which is better: working for yourself or working the 9 to 5? Many self employed people wouldn’t be dragged back into a salaried job unless they had no other choice. And by contrast, many employed people like knowing they have a fixed schedule and specific hours to work, and a boss who makes all the [...]
Today, we welcome a guest post by a fellow Silicon Valley resident, Gal Josefsberg who’d like to share with us his thoughts on getting an MBA. This is a short and quick guide that we hope will help you determine whether it’s a goal you’d like to pursue. Sooner or later in the course of [...]
I’m pleased to present a great video to you today care of Christine Hassler, American Express’ money and life coach for the AmEx ZYNC Quarterlife Project. I had written about the project in my earlier post, where I asked readers to offer a question (on job and career topics) that can be answered via video. [...]
Money begets money, but let’s not have the little green-eyed monster eat us. It’s an age old question: how do the rich get richer? Here are some reasons (beyond the rather predictable power of compounding) that may explain this economic phenomenon: A Few Basic Reasons For Why The Rich Get Richer The rich have started [...]