401(k)
Options
If you permanently leave your job, what happens to your 401(k)
account?
Am
I Entitled to Severance Pay?
If you are laid off, fired or forced to quit, are you entitled to
severance pay?
Baby
Boomers Rule in New Millennium
Baby boomers are the fastest growing group in the US labor force.
Counteroffer
Should you stay or should you go?
Internships: Working for
Peanuts
Internships help you find out what you want and don't want to do in
your career.
Job Fraud: Tip-Offs to
Rip-Offs
Don't become a victim of job scams.
Job Outlook 2000
Facts, figures and projections for the US labor force into the new
millennium, including the 10 fastest growing occupations.
Job Tips for College Grads
A six-part series covering everything from focusing on your career
to acing the interview.
Preparing for New-Hire
Orientation Day
Don't be caught off guard. Download or copy examples of details
you'll likely have to provide on the first day of your new job.
Preparing
to Leave Your Job
Plan ahead to resign, and be prepared if you happen to get laid off
or fired from your job.
Salary,
Benefits and Perks vs Hourly Pay
Thinking about becoming an independent contractor or reverting back
to employee? Here are tips for converting employee salary, benefits
and perks into equivalent contractor rates, and vice versa.
Surviving Layoffs
Tips for predicting and dealing with job loss and negotiating a
better deal.
Surviving Lame-Duck Employee
Syndrome
If you quit your job and have to stay through your notice period,
how do you handle it if your boss blatantly resents that you quit,
and coworkers avoid you for fear of being associated with The
Quitter?
Tax Time Again
A virtual, deep-link tour inside the IRS site for taxes,
credits and deductions related to your job. A recurring feature
updated for US tax year 2000.
Telecommuting: A Matter of
Trust
Learn how to avoid the scams and become a genuine telecommuter.
Temping
If you're a recent grad, between jobs, thinking about changing
careers, independent or adventurous, then temping might be right for
you.
What are Your References
Saying about You?
How to rehearse your references, so they say the right things.
Includes sample questions.
What Constitutes Wrongful
Termination?
Just because an employee was unfairly fired or forced to quit
doesn't mean that he or she suffered wrongful termination; at least
not according to law.
What's in a Severance Package?
Here's what you might expect to receive (or try to negotiate) in a
severance package.
Women's Career Resources
Organizations and career sites that help women break out of
traditional job roles and right through the glass ceiling.
Work-at-Home Job Scams
Work-at-home job scams rip off thousands of people annually. Here
are tips for avoiding them.
Work for a Profitable Company
If you wouldn't risk your investment money in a company, should you
risk your career investment?
Working as an Independent
Contractor
Tired of being a wage slave? Read about the pros, cons, and how to
get started.
Workplace Privacy
Is your employer spying on you? More than 40 million employees will
be subjected to electronic surveillance by the year 2000.
Your Rights as an Independent
Contractor
Are you classified as an IC but treated as an ordinary employee? Not
allowed to be your own boss as you'd like to be? Here's how it's
supposed to work and what you can do about it. |
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