I got laid off from my job in February 2008 as a legal secretary. Since then, I have found it difficult to find a more “steady” and “permanent” job in this bad... Read more >>

Student loan defaults are on the rise, but your continuing education does not always require borrowing big bucks. There are plenty of skills you can learn right now, free of charge. MainStreet... Read more >>

Ok, so you have finally landed an interview with a top company for a great job. Now the nervous energy starts to flow in your veins … you realize you have to sit down with another human being,... Read more >>

If you asked me about several things that I could not do properly, then bargaining is one of them … According to my mom, I was really lousy at this. She reminds me about the first time I... Read more >>

Last night’s Hell’s Kitchen was borderline unbearable. It seems more and more each week the show relies on the yelling and theatrics and less on actually determining a winner. That's... Read more >>

Even in the midst of the recession, Portland, Maine, has a bank that’s generating an unusual amount of wealth. It’s a time bank called Hour Exchange Portland (HEP) and the wealth is an... Read more >>

By the time my yard was filled with football-throwing boys, I had given up on taking a shower. I’d worked out first thing yesterday morning, but came home to conference call after appointment... Read more >>

I recently realized, during a conversation with one of my closest friends, that I’ve unknowingly surrounded myself with people who compliment me. I’ve been lucky enough to meet these women... Read more >>

All my closest cohorts say I should give up this performing arts thing and, “just go to culinary school, already!” Ha, there’ s no way that the thing that relaxes me the most is... Read more >>

Change is the only unchanging features in this changing world. Everything surrounding us changes with the passage of time to be in line with modernization. The ongoing business environment is no... Read more >>