Tricks of the Trade

14
Mar

Itโ€™s not just you. Your Sunday scaries are getting worse…

๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ I came across this fascinating article from the team at Morning Brew about a recent study that explained the results of a joint LinkedIn and Headspace survey of 2,000 US-based workers. They found that a whopping 75% of respondents said they experience the โ€œSunday scariesโ€โ€”a feeling of dread that settles in as the weekend draws to a close. Some 37% of respondents blame their Sunday

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6
Mar

Preparing Yourself Financially for a Recession

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป The world is facing an unprecedented economic crisis due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and many other factors. Now more than ever, itโ€™s important to be financially prepared for any potential recession. Here are 7 tips on how to prepare yourself financially in the face of a recession. 1. Start an Emergency Fund Having an emergency fund can help you weather any financial storm that comes your

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1
Mar

More Americans are working part-time by choice…

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜-๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ I came across this fascinating article from the team at Morning Brew about a recent study that showed 1.2 million Americans joined the part-time workforce in December and January. Over a million Americans joined the part-time workforce in December and Januaryโ€”and most of them chose the temporary grind over a full-time hustle, according to Labor Department data analyzed by the WSJ. Key word: chose. As of last month,

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24
Feb

Anyone Going to Watch Outer Banks This Weekend? You’ll See Me!

๐ŸŽญ ๐™ฐ๐š—๐šข๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐™ถ๐š˜๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š†๐šŠ๐š๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐™พ๐šž๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐™ฑ๐šŠ๐š—๐š”๐šœ ๐šƒ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š†๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š”๐šŽ๐š—๐š? ๐šˆ๐š˜๐šž’๐š•๐š• ๐š‚๐šŽ๐šŽ ๐™ผ๐šŽ! ๐Ÿ“บ That’s right! I’ll be in episode 5 of the newest season (Season 3) of Outer Banks! It dropped yesterday on Netflix! I play a train engineer. Hey, who said you needed to learn to drive trains to actually simulate driving a train? Filmmaking, baby! And with all of the excitement comes some more exciting news to get, at least, my agent excited!

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22
Feb

No, ChatGPT Will Not Takeover the Resume Writing Process

๐™ฝ๐š˜, ๐™ฒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š๐™ถ๐™ฟ๐šƒ ๐š†๐š’๐š•๐š• ๐™ฝ๐š˜๐š ๐šƒ๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šœ๐šž๐š–๐šŽ ๐š†๐š›๐š’๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐™ฟ๐š›๐š˜๐šŒ๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ ๐Ÿค– I came across this fascinating article from the LA Times about using AI, specifically ChatGPT, to create your resume and/or cover letter. I will have to immediately stop and say… …for your cover letter? Sure. Resume? Hell no! Why? Because your resume is like a Lego set. Every build is different from the other sets. You are using the same blocks and colors as other

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