Career

Is This a Compliment or a Cop Out?

May 23, 2012

Good Morning DINKS. Today we are discussing the possibility of making moves in our career. I personally have mixed feelings about my career at this point in my life.  I like working in personal finance, but I have been doing it since the year 2001. Although nothing is ever guaranteed in life, I am grateful [...]

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Helping You Get a Promotion!

May 10, 2012

Good Morning DINKS.  As a dual income no kids couple our first love may be our spouse and our second love may be our career.  Every day we go to work in hopes of succeeding in our career and we hope that our hard work is noticed by our boss.  I don’t know about your [...]

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Would You Quit Your Job Without Any Prospects?

May 7, 2012

Good Morning DINKS.  Let me ask you a question, do you like your job? I was recently talking with one of my co-workers who told me that her husband is currently out of work.  Almost instantly I offered my condolences for him being laid off. She quickly told me that he was not laid off, [...]

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What is Your Ideal Income?

April 23, 2012

Good Morning DINKS.  As dual income no kids couples we all have jobs and we all earn an income.  We recently discussed why we all work so much; maybe we all work so much in order to save money, maybe it’s because we really love our job, or maybe we all work so much just [...]

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Do you consider yourself to be “Working Class” ?

April 9, 2012

Good Morning DINKS.  Yesterday a colleague of mine at our bank branch made a comment about “working class” people.  I wasn’t personally offended by the comment, but it did make me start thinking about our society and how people view each other in different professions. Is it possible that in 2012 we are actually still [...]

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Why Do You Work So Much?

March 26, 2012

When I am not busy earning a secondary income as a Financial Blogger, I have a regular 9-5 job as a Financial Planner at a Bank Branch.  After I get home from my regular 9-5 job I continue working for a few hours every night as well as on the weekends. The funny thing about [...]

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Do You Like Your Boss?

February 7, 2012

The first quarter of the fiscal year is over and that means it’s time to fill out our quarterly employee evaluations. As every fiscal quarter comes to an end the hungry sharks, aka bankers in business suits, become a little more aggressive as everyone struggles to boost their sales before the end of the quarter. [...]

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5 Steps to Help You Start Your Own Business

January 4, 2012

Good Morning DINKS.  Some of us work a 9 to 5 job, some of us have a second job (or a side hustle) that provides us with extra income, and some of us are self employed.  For those of us who currently work for a boss our dream may be to eventually become our own [...]

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I Don’t Count Because I am a DINK?!

November 30, 2011

Last week at my office I heard a comment from two employees that really bothered me.  I am not sure if I should be offended by it, but I am offended and I would really love to know what you think about my co-workers hurtful comments.  We are getting ready for the holidays at my [...]

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I Quit… No Wait I’m Pregnant!

June 28, 2011

There is a new trend among young women who are unhappy at their jobs to get pregnant and go on maternity leave, rather than quit their job or transfer out of their current position.  Yesterday I was talking with my friend and co-worker who is extremely unhappy at our bank branch.  She has been working [...]

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