The Glam CV: 15 Tips to give your Resume a Makeover
Featured Stories, Money, Work
Look at your current resume and answer these questions:
a. Do you still list your high school activities (Prom Queen is not a skill by the way)?
b. Are you using a comic sans font?
c. Is your resume three pages long?
d. Does every sentence…
10 Last-Minute Summer Family Getaways You Can Actually Afford
Money, Slider, Traveling
Procrastinate much? Have you procrastinated booking your family vacation this year? Um, we did, but mostly because we thought we couldn’t afford it. Now that summer is here, of course we’re having second thoughts. We long for leisure,…
Textual Healing: 20 Rules on the Art of Texting
Featured Stories, Money, Technology
We know. We get it. We’re guilty. Texting is the new talking. A 2011 PewResearch Internet Project study revealed that young adults (between the ages of 18 and 24) exchange an average of 109.5 messages per day. This translates into more than…
13 Ways to Stop Living with “Time Poverty”
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Is your calendar filled with endless deadlines and commitments? If you’re like most of us, you’re finding that you have less time to do the things you really want to do. In his book, Overcoming Time Poverty: How to Achieve More by Working…
The Brain Train: 15 Apps that Sharpen Your Mind
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We’ve all heard it before: the mind is a terrible thing to waste, right? Well, we’d like to take it a step further and say, not only should we not waste it, but we should also do our very best to make sure our brain fitness is as tight…
15 Things to Consider Before You Launch a Startup
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You’ve dreamt of the moment that your name appears as owner/founder/CEO of your own business. You envision mentoring others and sharing your inspiring stories. TLC is on the phone to discuss a reality show based on your life. Hold it. Daydream…
7 Life-Hacks That Will Cut Your Back-to-School Expenses in Half
Dollars and Sense, Featured Stories, Money
Before you know it, summer will come to a close. You’ll not only feel it in cooler days, but also in the school supply lists that start piling into your mailbox. We all know back-to-school expenses can take a large chunk of money out of…
5 Ways Travel Just Got Even Cooler
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Oh, to sojourn. That delicious feeling of knowing you have a trip booked, bags packed and a hotel room mini-bar with your name all over it. That amazing feeling you get as you step onto the airplane, knowing that you are just hours away from…
5 Ways to (Safely) Have the ‘I Need a Vacay’ Chat with Your Boss
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Ladies, we know just how hard it can be to ask for time off. It can be daunting to ask your boss for a day—much less a week—no matter how much you need it. It’s especially difficult if you’re just starting a new job or it’s a time…