astarot / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on SmartAsset.com. Are you retired but interested in going back to work? Unless you’ve developed some hobbies or have significant interests outside your career, retirement can be a lonely place. Suddenly, many of your social contacts are gone. Mental and intellectual pursuits could be missing. The […]
Category Archives: How to Build wealth
Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign
I’d like to introduce the concept of Career Seasons to you — which will help you find a job that’s perfect for you in this season of your life. At different points in our lives, we want different kinds of jobs: Growth: When we prioritize learning and earning more — and we’re willing to put […]
Denizo71 / Shutterstock.com The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently projected estimates on the fastest-declining occupations from 2020 to 2030, with many of them expected to decline by well over 20%. Here’s what that will mean: hundreds of thousands of lost jobs within a decade. At the same time, however, other occupations are seeing increased […]
fizkes / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on SmartAsset.com. For young professionals looking to kickstart their career, the current labor market offers many jobs, with companies taking steps to attract new workers into the fold. Keeping this in mind, SmartAsset wanted to look at the past few years to see which types of […]
SeventyFour / Shutterstock.com The job landscape is always changing, based on the needs of the market. The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics‘ jobs projections, for 2020 through 2030, show the U.S. gaining 11.9 million new jobs over that time. The BLS projections have the health care and social assistance sector adding the most new […]
OlgaOtto / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on SmartAsset.com. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, in January of 2021 the labor force participation rate for women dropped to 57%. This was the lowest it had been since 1988, when it fell to less than 58% (compared to when it reached above […]
By tsyhun / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Stessa. One of the COVID-19 pandemic’s most significant long-term effects on the economy could be rising wages. With widespread shortages in the labor market reported this summer, many employers — particularly those with lower-wage employees — have tried to entice workers with improved compensation […]
Steven Frame / Shutterstock.com A bill that would prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants based on age is moving through Congress. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protect Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act of 2021 on Nov. 4 by a vote of 224-200, with seven Republicans supporting the legislation. It heads to the […]
Student loans in America average near the $40,000 mark, and it makes it difficult to decide whether to invest or pay off student loans. Because, let’s face it, getting out of debt and saving for retirement is equally as important. Pay down debt or invest? Factors to consider There are three elements that determine which […]
When it comes to building the best investment portfolio, you’ll often hear that diversification is key. But what does that even mean — and why do you need to bother with it? After all, you already own a wide range of stocks, from that skyrocketing Amazon stock to your Apple and eBay stocks, and you’re […]