From the category archives:

Monday Meeting

The Monday Meeting: Budgeting

March 8, 2010

Has anyone seen Til Debt Do Us Part? It’s basically about couples who are living far above their means and are in serious debt. In one case, if they had kept living the way they were living, this one couple would have been over $1 million in debt within three years.
Gail, is a financial analysis/hard-ass who [...]

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The Monday Meeting: Focusing your job search

March 2, 2010

Well, March is upon us (I almost can’t believe it) and for a lot of senior college students the pressure to find a job is building and building.
I saw a line on Ms. Career Girl the other day that was very interesting.
Nicole Crimaldi, the writer and editor of Ms. Career Girl said:
Lack of focus in [...]

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TMM Featured Career: Event Planner

February 22, 2010

Hi guys! Posts may be few and far between this week while I wait for my shiny new laptop to come in the mail (hint: it’s white and very pretty. Oh, and not a PC!) Until then I’m on my mom’s ancient Toshiba and it took me about 45 minutes to do one blog post [...]

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The Monday Meeting: Olympic Edition

February 15, 2010

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So, if you’re anything like me, you spent the majority of the weekend watching the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games (Go Canada). I still cannot get over the fact that they’re not only being hosted in MY country but in MY province! Four hours south of me in a city I’ve been to several times! [...]

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The Monday Meeting: How to negotiate a raise

February 8, 2010

I had a reader request asking me to do a Monday Meeting post on negotiating a higher salary. Since I have no experience with this myself I decided to reach out to the interwebs to get some advice. Of course, they responded!
Here are a few tips that I’ve collected from around the interwebs - reader [...]

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TMM Featured Career: Software Developer

January 25, 2010

Hey guys, meet Carolina John from Smoke Training. By day, John is a software developer and by night he’s a father and athlete. In November, 2009 he completed his first Half-Ironman. He did all his training while working by day and being a father; pretty impressive.
So let’s find out what exactly it is that [...]

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The Monday Meeting: A Generation of Debt

January 18, 2010

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Generation Y has more debt than any generation before us. Tuition fees are higher than ever before and the average 20-something is graduating from college with $20,000 + in student loans and other debt and credit card debt is a major problem too.
According to this [...]

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The Monday Meeting: The Importance of Networking

January 11, 2010

I’ve asked Lisa from Lisa’s Yarns to do a guest post today on the importance of networking during your job search and interview process.

A few months ago Lisa began a new job that offered her a 70% pay increase over her last job as well as many new and exciting challenges. Her extensive networking helped her gain this [...]

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