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How much life are you planning for?

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Image9 courtesy of Stuart Miles at freedigitalphotos.net

Hopefully retirement comes to those who want it. But are you ready for it? According to the Social Security website a man and woman who reach 65 today can expect to live on average until 84.3 and 86.6 years respectively.

Check out the website to calculate your own specific life expectancy using the life expectancy calculator. This is an important number to ensure there are sufficient funds to help you live your life comfortably. Start planning when you would like to retire and deduct your life expectancy age. Then you know how many years to plan for.

Carefully project your income from all potential sources, like social security, pensions, and 401K plans etc. Also hopefully there are some other assets in your portfolio, including some sort of real estate, business or stock holdings from which you can drawn on if needed.

After this analysis, are you ready? Or do you have more planning to do? Please comment.

Search the field

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What career are you in search of? What area do you want to work in? What is the potential income in the career field in your target area?

How can you find answers to these important questions? Click the follow link to find the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics website.

These are all very important questions that need to be answered for your long term financial success. What if your chosen field in your target area wouldn’t support your family’s life style? Please seek the answers, BEFORE you make that life altering decision. Take a few minutes and search the field, you will be glad you did.

Please share a high paying career field and the location in the comment field.  Thank you!

Dress for success

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Are you looking for a promotion?  Are you dressing for the position you want or the position you have?  Think about it.  It will be much easier for your boss to picture you in a higher position if you are already dressed for it.  It might mean a little extra time on the ironing board or more elbow grease to polish those shoes.  Also carefully look at the person who has a job you would like to have.  Do they typically wear a suit or dress slacks and a top?  Dress similarly  and you are on your way!

What are some of the best shopping spots for business attire you have found?  Please comment.

Time for a raise?

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If you think it’s time for a raise, start preparing your information and go get it!  Do research in your career field to figure out how much your job is worth from a site like salary.com.  If your research reveals you should be earning more investigate in a delicate way, what others in your company are receiving for compensation and benefits.  Then honestly consider your worth and contribution to the company.  Were there special jobs or projects that made you stand out from the rest?  If so be sure to include those in your pitch to your supervisor.  Be sure to carefully practice your dialog and role play to gain confidence for your meeting.  Then when the time is right, go get it.

Do you feel you deserve a raise?  If so, click the like button.

A very important question…

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Image courtesy of Image courtesy of Stuart Miles from freedigitalphotos.net

A job interview can frazzle your nerves and keep you guessing how you performed long after it is over.  Why not ask your interviewer a question that can help clear your mind and let you know right where you stand before you leave the interview?  Ready for it?  Here it is…“Is there any reason you wouldn’t hire me?”  The answer to this one question will give you a ton of information.  If there is any doubt in their mind and they express it, it will give you the opportunity to further explain your position and eliminate their doubt.  Of course if there isn’t any reason, you can expect a follow up call with a start date!  Make sure you ask this question!

What are some other questions you might ask an interviewer?  Please comment.

 

 

Would you like a job in healthcare or IT? 2015 could be the start of a great career!

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According to US News article, “The Best Jobs of 2015” the top jobs of 2015 will be in healthcare or IT.  To give yourself the best chance, focus on health care.  Seven out of the ten top jobs are in healthcare.  As the baby boomers age, it only makes sense that jobs in healthcare expand.  It has great prospects with huge growth potential.

If you aren’t a touchy, feely, people person, the IT field might be for you.  Again the growth potential is huge. The job flexibility can be great and salaries just keep going up.  Keep in mind computers aren’t going anywhere and we will always need them.

Maybe a job in IT for the healthcare industry would be ideal by combining the two industries! 

Please comment your thoughts on the HOT jobs for 2015.

 

Games are fun, right?

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We recently came across this quote from Coco Chanel: “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different”.  It is so true, but of course in a positive way.

If you blend in with everyone else, you will get what everyone else gets.  Focus on what your job is. Work on how to do it faster and better than everyone else.  Make it like a game.  Play against yourself and your previous performance.  If you finished a certain task within 5 days, next time maybe you can improve your performance and finish in 4 days.

Always meet your deadlines. If there is a reason why you cannot, be sure to explain why prior to the deadline.   This will show that you are a professional and can be counted on.  Be irreplaceable!

What have you done to make yourself irreplaceable?

If you don’t love it, make a plan to leave it.

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Angry Businessman Crushing Paper by imagerymajestic from freedigitalphotos.net

If dislike your career, start making a plan to find one you can be positively passionate about.  Our work can generate strong emotions and the amount of time you spend each week working is substantial.  It is very possible your negative emotions will carry over to your relationships and job performance.   It will be very difficult to be a top income earner if you are not in the proper mindset.  Also, you owe it to yourself and those around you to be happy most of the time.  If you don’t love it, make a plan to leave it.

What career are you passionate about?  Please comment.