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Career Corner: Preparing to Switch Careers
Sometimes you just realize the career you thought you wanted isn’t working out, and other times the decision to make a change is forced on you by factors like the economy. Regardless, switching careers midstream is stressful, but certainly not impossible. Courtesy of Business Matters there are some basic steps any candidate thinking of going…
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Wiser Wealth: With Taxes on Capital Gains Expected to Increase What Should You Do to Prepare?
With it looking likely that the government will be increasing taxes on capital gains, it has quite a few people questioning what they should do to get the most out of their investments. Would it be better to sell off those investments now rather than wait and have to pay significantly more in taxes? Some…
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Career Corner: What to Do if You Have Employment Gaps on Your Résumé
Given what the world has dealt with ever since the pandemic started, many people likely now have unemployment gaps in their work history. A lot of people don’t know how to handle discussing this with a hiring manager, as periods of unemployment can carry a lot of not favorable connotations. In writing for Forbes, Caroline…
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Wiser Wealth: How Individual Investors and Underserved Communities Can Help Each Other
While corporations typically have more resources to help with a project, there is truth in the common adages about individuals being able to be the change they want to see. That holds true in the case of communities in need finding some of their help can come from any one person. And for individuals who…
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Career Corner: How to Avoid Looking Overconfident in Your Résumé
Your résumé is not just a glimpse into your career history, it is also a portrayal of your personality. Your font choices, formatting choices, and words that you use all paint a picture of what you are like. And if you were unaware of that, you might be depicting yourself as someone you don’t want…
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Don’t Let Your Outdated Résumé Ruin Your One Chance to Make a Good First Impression
Your résumé is typically the first impression you get to make on an employer, so you want to make sure it’s a good one. If you haven’t tuned yours up in a while, you might be damaging your job prospects by neglecting doing those updates. Fortunately, Allison Pohle of the Wall Street Journal recommends some…
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Wiser Wealth: Using Opportunity Zone Funds To Revitalize Distressed Communities While Minimizing Capital Gains and Estate Taxes
As proposed changes begin to come down the pipeline for how capital gains taxes and estate taxes are handled, it has many wondering what they can do to mitigate what they will be paying. As explained by Matthew Erskine of Forbes, some of the ideas being considered by the government could wind up claiming up…
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Career Corner: Finding Passion for a Job that Has Grown Boring
You have been employed with your current job a long while, and you know what to expect in each workday. With nothing new left to learn, you’re having trouble staying engaged. Before you hand in your resignation to seek more exciting prospects, maybe all you need is a different perspective on your current position. Dan…
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Career Corner: Considering a Career in the Classroom? Are You a Good Fit to be a Teacher?
Nobody wants to invest in a career only to find they aren’t passionate about it, or they lack the traits to be successful in it. Maybe you’re good with kids and you like helping people so you’ve considered becoming a teacher. But what other qualities will you need once you start your career? Writing for…
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New Guide Provides a Trail to Montgomery County’s Ice Cream Shoppes, Parlors, and Stands
Everyone loves to enjoy the nice weather during the summer but it’s still important to slow down every now and then so you can have a chance to cool off. Indulging in some of Montgomery County’s best places for ice cream is the perfect way to do so. If you are near King of Prussia,…
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Wiser Wealth: Trading Up to a Bigger House is Challenging in Current Housing Market
While many business areas have been hurt by the pandemic, that has not been the case for the housing market. In fact, it is so competitive among buyers that many properties are receiving offers exorbitantly above asking price. This has a lot of people thinking that it might be a great time to try selling…
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Career Corner: How to Pick What to Wear for Your Zoom or In-Person Job Interview
By Chris Isaac Maybe you’ve finally landed your first big interview in your career, or perhaps you’ve just been doing things virtually for so long that you’ve grown rusty at discerning the right interview attire. Regardless, appearances are the first impression people are going to have of you, so you need to make it count…
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Wiser Wealth: How to Navigate Buying a Home in a Competitive Housing Market
If you thought more than a year living remotely would make people less inclined to search for a home, you couldn’t be more wrong. In actuality, so many people are looking for houses right now that properties are receiving far more offers than they normally would. This competitive market has home-buyers wondering, how do you…
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Career Corner: What Are the Job Prospects for Nurses in Pennsylvania?
By Chris Isaac They say there will always be work in the medical field, and with the demand for medical care thanks to COVID, you would believe that must be particularly true for this last year. But does the data support that the nursing field is doing well in 2021? With this week being National…
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Wiser Wealth: When is the Right Time to Let Your Family Have Their Inheritance?
By Chris Isaac Oftentimes when people think about distribution of an inheritance, they picture the whole family assembled around a lawyer reading out a deceased person’s will. However, nothing is stopping a person from giving out their inheritance while still alive. So if that money could make a big difference for a relative now, should…
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Wiser Wealth: Protecting Your Jewelry When You Travel
Everyone wants to enjoy themselves while traveling, but it’s impossible not to be conscious of the fact that you’re more likely to lose your belongings when you’re away from home. For people who wear jewelry, this could result in losing items with a lot of financial or sentimental value. Forbes recently shared some advice on…
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Wiser Wealth: Should You Ever Invest in an Idea Nobody Else Believes In?
By Chris Isaac With how reliant we have become on technology it can be bizarre to think back to a time when the things we depend on were not yet commonplace. It can also make you look forward to the future with excitement and wonder what innovations are coming. And for investors, that speculation can…
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Career Corner: Free Grants You Should Be Looking into for Help Paying Off Your Student Loans
By Chris Isaac Getting a good education is essential to many career paths, so graduation should be a happy time that marks new opportunities. Unfortunately, the reality is that it can also mark the beginning of being in debt thanks to student loans. In a recent Forbes article, Kat Tretina and Rachel Witkowski share grants…
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