Follow these steps for increasing your earning power. Provided by the Ozarks Alliance of Professional Organizations. STRATEGY KEY CONTACT ACTION TARGET DATE Job Performance Get employer expectations in writing. Ask for feedback between performance evaluations. Document your performance. Ask for evaluations and disciplinary actions in writing. Take criticism seriously. Work to correct problems. Pay Ask […]
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by Ginita Wall, CPA, CFP and Candace Bahr, CEA, CDS* Success In case you haven’t heard, women’s financial stars are on the rise. Women now hold almost 50% of all corporate management positions and control more than half of the private wealth in America. Are you a working woman ready to step up your progress
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Do You Want Your Own Business? By Candace Bahr, CEA, CDFA Do you dream of having your own business? More and more women each year discover the excitement of being self-employed. If it sounds good to you, the prospects have never been better or the resources greater to help you get started. Enterprising women across
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by Suzanne Morey Are your vacations so hectic that you need to get back to work to relax once you return? Are you still paying off your last vacation while booking your next one? Here’s a way to abandon the stressful vacation payment treadmill, and relax on the cheap this summer. Get away without going
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If you think budgeting is too much work, think again. It’s not brain surgery! These simple steps might get you back on the path toward your savings goals. Where does most of your money go? Trim just a small percentage from categories like food, wardrobe, entertainment and recreation, and you can save a lot. Pick
Did you know that women experience different warning signs for heart attack than men do? Women have only recently been included in large-scale medical studies, and guess what – we are not the same as men! We have mostly heard about men’s symptoms –like the crushing pain of a heart attack—which may be why women
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Don’t Smoke: Here’s How to Quit No ifs, ands or butts—just quit. If you smoke, quit. There are many tools available to help you kick the habit, such as smoking cessation programs, medications available through your doctor, and do-it-yourself willpower. Find a program that appeals to you and stick to it. Did you know that
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Research Shows Happy Marriages Are Good for Health, Especially for Men High stress levels were best predictor of divorce. 75% of those who died during sex were in an extramarital affair. Men in good marriages had fewer illnesses than wives did. Wives in bad marriages had more illnesses than husbands did. The notion that marriage
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Here’s an excerpt from a 1950s high school home economics textbook. If their mothers acted this way, small wonder they’re confused by us millennium women! Do you ever feel guilty because you can’t live up to this fantasy of the “Good Wife”? Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious
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Men aren’t born passive. Women aren’t born wild. We just have that effect on each other … too often. When and why does a conversation become one-sided, or dissolve into conflict? How can you turn it around and stay sane? Man’s Attitude At work… the man is often active, articulate, assertive, and usually successful in
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