Academics find success as corporate trainers.
Academics in search of extra cash, or just keen for a change of pace, are taking their talents to the corporate sector. The critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills they developed inside the ivory tower are highly valued elsewhere. Academics straddling both worlds say the trick is to find [...]

Who cares if you have impractical knowledge?
If you are concerned that the time and money you spent pursuing a degree in “Colonialism and the 19th-Century Novel” or “Psycholinguistics” qualifies you for little beyond a teaching career, you can officially relax. Because of information technology and the tight economy, holders of marginal (some say ‘useless’) degrees [...]

A book encourages us to ask away.
Think about all the questions you ask every day, not to mention the questions that you’re asked. Over the course of a week, they probably number in the hundreds. Questions are so much a part of our conversations, we hardly give them a thought or consider their importance. Andrew [...]

When should you retire? The answer is simple: Whenever you can afford it. Retirement is fueled by four sources.

Pension plans
Social Security
Tax-deferred savings
Basic (taxable) savings

This is a good time to evaluate your situation and come up with a workable retirement plan of action.
Do You Qualify?
Retirement before age 65 is for a select few. For those who [...]

Even college students can afford to build their portfolios.
Finding extra investment money in college is not like struggling through advanced calculus or organic chemistry. It is nowhere near as difficult as perfecting your Spanish, nor is it as painful as studying for finals. An investing-friendly lifestyle could be compared to a class like Popular Music [...]

There’s something comforting and familiar about Casper haunting the Saturday morning airwaves. But there’s nothing comforting about the ghosts of your former workplace. Manifesting themselves as feelings of inadequacy, layoff threats or even fear of physical violence, ignored phantoms from your past are affecting you, whether you know it or not.
Physical Evidence
As we trek from [...]

You cannot put an age limit on career transition.
As the U.S. population grays, more Americans in their 50s are changing careers. After spending a decade or two working in the same field, many people are retiring early from one career–only to embark on another.
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), a non-profit dedicated to the [...]

Although we’ve all heard about corporate downsizing and the impact that’s had on the work force, far less has been [...]

When Jim, a former engineer, decided to start his own business he wanted it to [...]

Now is the perfect time to realize that dream.
Has the school calendar of your youth hardwired you into seeing this as the time for new beginnings? If you yearn for a new job, a career change, or maybe even a total life makeover, now is by far the best time to act. It’s possible to [...]