Five Tips for Thinking Like an Entrepreneur

By DANIEL PEARSON
Many people, at one time or another, have thought about running their own business. Being your own boss, setting your own hours and making all of the decisions sounds enticing, but it’s also one of the biggest challenges you will face in your career if you do decide to take the entrepreneurial path.
But [...]

Will 2012 be the year our economy gets back on track?

by Kirk Maltais

“It’s been a disappointing economic recovery since the end of the financial crisis in mid-2009” says a report published by Goldman Sachs in October. According to the report, written by Senior US Economist Andrew Tilton, the weak growth in the US gross domestic product (GDP) since the most dire times of the recession [...]

Job Offer: Still Working Contract

by Torski Dobson-Arnold
Hello, Torski!
I have applied for a position with the expectation that the job would not be offered for about 2 – 3 months after the interview. However, I got the job offer just a few days after the interview. While this may sound good, and it certainly is, I must fulfill the terms [...]

Start your student loan search now

by Jason Alderman
If you’ve got a high school senior, your household is probably knee-deep in senior-year activities – and expenses. Not to elevate your stress level, but this is probably a good time for you and your kid to start investigating how you’re going to finance college next fall. Seriously.
Loan application deadlines are right around [...]

Seeking a 2nd chance in Life

Dear Career Confidence Coach,
I am seeking information for a client of mine. He is 18 years old with limited basic labor experience in the construction field. He also is on probation and needs to find a way to answer, “Why?” in a pro-active way. The challenging part is that his probation is from a sexual [...]