No Debt Plan » Economy http://www.nodebtplan.net A personal finance blog teaching you how to live debt free and use credit wisely. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to Maximize Your Severancehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2012/01/19/how-to-maximize-your-severance/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-maximize-your-severance http://www.nodebtplan.net/2012/01/19/how-to-maximize-your-severance/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:30:16 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=5087 Long gone are the days where you got a good education, made good grades, got a good job, and retired 35 years later with a gold watch gift from the company for your decades of service. The new world economy is constantly changing and most of today’s graduates can expect to hold 5-15 jobs depending [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2012/01/19/how-to-maximize-your-severance/feed/ 1 How to Get Get Hired in the Job You Wanthttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2011/12/31/how-to-get-get-hired-in-the-job-you-want/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-get-hired-in-the-job-you-want http://www.nodebtplan.net/2011/12/31/how-to-get-get-hired-in-the-job-you-want/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:30:03 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=5081 If you are lucky enough to be employed in this somber economy, you might think it crazy to consider a job change. Perhaps you just came off months of unemployment and are just happy to be working for a check once again. But if we’re really honest with ourselves, we might not think our current [...]

How to Get Get Hired in the Job You Want is a post from No Debt Plan

]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2011/12/31/how-to-get-get-hired-in-the-job-you-want/feed/ 0 How to Prepare to Be Laid Offhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2011/12/15/how-to-prepare-to-be-laid-off/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-prepare-to-be-laid-off http://www.nodebtplan.net/2011/12/15/how-to-prepare-to-be-laid-off/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:30:50 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=5076 Hearing the whispered rumors throughout your corporate campus that layoffs are coming is a terrifying experience. No one that has the facts — upper level management — is talking. Your departmental coworkers don’t know if the rumors are true or not, but everyone is scared. Could your department be skipped over and not lose anyone? [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2011/12/15/how-to-prepare-to-be-laid-off/feed/ 0 How to Survive and Thrive During Layoffshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/06/09/how-to-survive-and-thrive-during-layoffs/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-survive-and-thrive-during-layoffs http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/06/09/how-to-survive-and-thrive-during-layoffs/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:44:56 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=3042 Yesterday our small office was sadly surprised as two of our co-workers were laid off due to a lack of business. Two seems like a small number until you realize it is 10% of our office headcount. Add onto this the three other people we’ve lost since the beginning of the year (one voluntarily) and [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/06/09/how-to-survive-and-thrive-during-layoffs/feed/ 5 General Motors Isn’t Going Anywherehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/06/02/general-motors-isnt-going-anywhere/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=general-motors-isnt-going-anywhere http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/06/02/general-motors-isnt-going-anywhere/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:20:52 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=2980 Sure General Motors is filing for bankruptcy. Sure some journalists are lamenting the end of an era. Oh, please. Give me a break. If it’s the end of an era, it’s the end of a horrible era filled with cars designed to fail and a megacorporation that lost touch of its customers while ignoring economic [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/06/02/general-motors-isnt-going-anywhere/feed/ 10 How Much More Do You Need to Make Up for Being Unemployed?http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/04/16/how-much-more-do-you-need-to-make-up-for-being-unemployed/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-much-more-do-you-need-to-make-up-for-being-unemployed http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/04/16/how-much-more-do-you-need-to-make-up-for-being-unemployed/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:04:51 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=2534 One of the 7 reasons you are still unemployed is your salary expectations are too high. Today we’re going to dig into this a bit further. I’ll show you why waiting for that high paying job may end up costing you a ton of money in the long run. Let’s assume you make $20 per [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/04/16/how-much-more-do-you-need-to-make-up-for-being-unemployed/feed/ 6 Calculating the Per Person Cost of the Bailouthttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/04/13/calculating-the-per-person-cost-of-the-bailout/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calculating-the-per-person-cost-of-the-bailout http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/04/13/calculating-the-per-person-cost-of-the-bailout/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:35:53 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=2516 (Photo by AMagill) How many of you have received an e-mail forward from a friend or co-worker recently telling you how much money you would have received if we just split up the bailout? Go ahead, raise your hands. Yea, that’s what I thought. Quite a few of you. I’ve overheard people in coffee shops, [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/04/13/calculating-the-per-person-cost-of-the-bailout/feed/ 23 7 Reasons You are Still Unemployedhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/03/30/seven-reasons-you-are-still-unemployed/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seven-reasons-you-are-still-unemployed http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/03/30/seven-reasons-you-are-still-unemployed/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:00:10 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=2222 I work in the staffing industry and see a lot of resumes every single day. I talk to a bunch of folks looking for jobs whether they are unemployed or just looking for that next career move. Today I thought I would address unemployment as it has hit 10% in certain areas of the country [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/03/30/seven-reasons-you-are-still-unemployed/feed/ 18 Are You Ready for the Recession to End?http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/02/24/are-you-ready-for-the-recession-to-end/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-ready-for-the-recession-to-end http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/02/24/are-you-ready-for-the-recession-to-end/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:27:47 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=2010 I promised that we would take about more peer-to-peer lending today, but I ran out of time last night after my MBA class to write the next article. We’ll talk about that tomorrow. This is a guest post by Dave from Do You Dave Ramsey?, a personal finance blog featuring entertaining and thought provoking articles [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/02/24/are-you-ready-for-the-recession-to-end/feed/ 1 Recessionary Customer Service Expectationshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/02/20/recessionary-customer-service-expectations/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recessionary-customer-service-expectations http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/02/20/recessionary-customer-service-expectations/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:21:11 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=1971 The economic bad news just keeps on coming. The government is trying to borrow its way out of the problem (sounds like the personal finance ideas of some people I know!), and the stock market continues the death march down the drain. We’re in a recession. But I think you knew that. That having been [...]

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