Now here’s some sensible advice, for a change, on saving for retirement – instead of the usual lecture! 7 alternatives to saving for retirement – MarketWatch. Not too complicated, or sophisticated – but good to be reminded that ‘most problems have more than one solution.’ A little lateral thinking often comes in handy.
The savings and pensions crisis facing many of us baby boomers is positively scary, as the story of this 77-year old former corporate VP in the United States only too starkly reminds us. At 77 He Prepares Burgers Earning in Week His Former Hourly Wage – Bloomberg. After holding down perfectly good jobs, paying our
For those of you trawling the job sites, or wondering where to look, here is a list which was recently provided to me by a sympathetic recruiter. I haven’t checked them all out, and I’m not vouching for them (see my article, yesterday!) but you might find them helpful – if, that is, you are
Frustrated twenty-something baristas with Masters degrees; disillusioned PhDs roaming the streets; hordes of discontented unemployed university graduates weighed down with student loans and debt and without any prospects – there is something of a kerfuffle going on, at present, here in Canada, about these issues. This, of course, is an old debate – the supposed
