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How to Choose a Health Care Plan
The right health insurance plan can both save you thousands and keep you from having to skimp on care
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How to Buy a Life Insurance Policy
Many people are so confused about buying life insurance that they never buy it at all.
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How to Manage Important Documents
Given how scattered our digital lives have become, it’s important to have a good system for storing and managing your important papers.
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For Second Careers, A Leap of Faith; Growing numbers of people see retirement as a chance to "do good" and are turning to divinity schools and a more spiritual life
WSJ.comCall it a midlife epiphany.After decades of pursuing money, titles and ever more stuff, baby boomers are coming to a big realization: Success and security just aren't enough anymore. They want something more fulfilling out of life, ...
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'Soft Skills' Can Help You Get Ahead
WSJ.comAfter working five years as a regional director at a large health insurer in Oakland, Calif., Daniel Eddleman felt ready to move up the ladder. So he found a mentor within the company who agreed with Mr. Eddleman that his performance and ...
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Why dads pass on paid paternity leave; 88% of new fathers declined perk, one study found
MarketWatchSince Yahoo announced last week that it would begin offering new dads eight weeks of paid paternity leave, and twice as much maternity leave for new mothers, consumer groups and media outlets alike have lauded the policy as “generous.”
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B-Schools Know How You Think, but How Do You Feel?
WSJ.comForget what you know. Business schools increasingly want to know what you feel.Schools are trying to choose from a crowded pool of well-qualified applicants and get a sense of the human being behind the application by adding personality ...
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Tap Your School for Job-Hunt Help
WSJ.comIt wasn't until after Christopher Morel graduated from Pennsylvania State University that he realized how helpful the school could be in his job search.
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Illinois House Backs Overhaul of State Pensions
WSJ.comThe Illinois House of Representatives passed a pension-overhaul plan Thursday that would cut retiree benefits and increase required employee contributions, in the biggest move yet toward addressing the nation's worst state-pension crisis.
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Limited Relief in Foreclosure Pact
WSJ.comThe vast majority of borrowers being compensated for mortgage-related abuses will get $1,000 or less apiece.About four million borrowers will share $3.6 billion in cash as part of a settlement between federal regulators and banks accused of ...
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Fears on Teamsters Pension
WSJ.comSome companies are pushing to withdraw their workers from a giant Teamsters pension plan that faces a deep funding shortfall and questions about its long-term viability.
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Union-Employer Proposal Would Hit Some Retirees
WSJ.comA coalition of unions and employers is proposing changes to the federal law that governs the pension plans of about 10 million people, including reducing benefits paid to retirees, the first time in four decades that such cuts would be ...
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Why It Pays for You to 'Manage Up'
WSJ.comWhile working as a general manager for Thomson Financial in Southington, Conn., Mike Slemmer got a new boss who had an inflexible management style that conflicted with his own.
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Hire your kid, get a tax break; Commentary: There are many tax advantages to child labor
MarketWatchBy now, your tax return for last year has probably been filed, and it’s time to focus on cutting taxes for the rest of this year. So here’s an idea for those running a small business as a sole proprietorship or husband-wife partnership. ...
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'Keywords' May Unlock a New Job
WSJ.comAfter sending out dozens of résumés with little success, an experienced senior executive turned to résumé expert Wendy Enelow of Coleman Falls, Va., for help. The executive had been at his old job for more than 25 years and was looking for ...
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The Benefits of Moving Back Home
WSJ.comMany college graduates won't be scrolling through Craigslist ads and Facebook posts for new roommates this spring. That's because they already know theirs—Mom and Dad.
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Jobless Benefits Shrink—Unevenly
WSJ.comWorkers across the country are seeing the length of their jobless benefits pared back, a shakeout that is playing out unevenly and pinching people in states still struggling with unemployment above the national average.
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Want health insurance? Get on the scale; More company health plans now require physical exams
MarketWatchThe Affordable Care Act requires employers to offer health insurance, but some companies are making workers jump through new hoops to get it.
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At Last, the Job Market Shows Signs of Life
WSJ.comIf you're one of the millions of Americans who have been unemployed, underemployed or just languishing in a job you hate ever since the financial crisis, there were plenty of reasons last week to think you may finally be out of the woods.
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Retirement Planning; Job Hoppers: Don't Forget Saving; As 20-something workers move around, focusing on the long term can be tough
WSJ.comSometimes it's graduate school. Sometimes it's restlessness. Sometimes it's simply layoffs.Whatever the reason, millennials tend to hopscotch between jobs early in their careers. And that can pose a challenge to retirement savings.
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Take Your Search for a Job Offline
WSJ.comWhen Jessica Rodrigues moved to New York after four years of doing AIDS health work in Mozambique, she mostly relied on the Internet to look for work.
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Even Texas Taxpayers Get Those Underfunding Blues
WSJ.comTexas Comptroller Susan Combs's "Debt Excess Even Lives in Texas" (Cross Country, Jan. 19) fails to acknowledge that the root cause of the pension shortfall is the pension governance established by the Texas legislature.
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Make a Second Job Work for You
WSJ.comNew York actor Dan Kohler wanted to earn extra income after wrapping up a show. But rather than taking on bartending or catering stints—jobs he'd held before—Mr. Kohler decided to focus on his ideal career as an entertainer.
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Revoking the Federal Free Pass on Pensions; Congress can help fix the irresponsible fiscal promises of state and local governments.
WSJ.comAs if fiscal cliffs and debt ceilings weren't exciting enough, Congress today is ignoring a gathering financial tsunami—the unaffordable pension promises of state and local governments.
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Holiday Job Hunting
WSJ.comIt was the end of the year and Diana Tigani needed to fill several jobs for three new offices that were opening in South Florida.At any other time, the area director for Regus—a company based in Luxembourg that provides virtual offices for ...
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In Charge. Now What?
WSJ.comWhen Samantha Black was promoted to manager for the first time in 2009, her new direct reports were mostly older than her, and some were personal friends. One made it clear that she was unhappy about Ms. Black's new role at a clothing ...
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Surviving as a Specialist
WSJ.comLee Martin was a search consultant who found job candidates for companies in commercial construction and real estate. But the recession sapped 2.2 million jobs out of construction, forcing the Dallas recruiter to refocus his niche or look ...
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Off-Season Job Hunting
WSJ.comWhen Neha Gupta prepared to graduate from college last December, she faced a difficult job search since many large companies weren't recruiting for winter openings.
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Americans Rip Up Retirement Plans; Nearly Two-Thirds of Those Between 45 and 60 Plan Delays, a Steep Rise From Two Years Ago
WSJ.comThe American workplace is about to get grayer.Nearly two-thirds of Americans between the ages of 45 and 60 say they plan to delay retirement, according to a report to be released Friday by the Conference Board. That was a steep jump from ...
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Job Offer? Check It Out.
WSJ.comWhile working as a financial consultant in Miami, William Kaiser was offered a full-time job in the compliance department of one of his bank clients. The pay was fine but Mr. Kaiser had other potential concerns.
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How to Survive a Merger
WSJ.comWhen Pittsburgh-based Alcoa, a manufacturer of aluminum, and BHP Billiton, a mining company in Melbourne, Australia, decided to merge their money-losing distribution units, Jack Smith was contracted to help with the human-resources ...
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Five Holiday Don'ts at the Office
WSJ.comTo maintain peace in the office this holiday season, experts say there are a few all-too-common behaviors employees should avoid.Here's a look at five:
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Deals on TVs for the Big Game Go Long
WSJ.comSports fans looking to upgrade their television sets before the Super Bowl can expect to see bigger sales on bigger setsthis year.It has become cheaper for manufacturers to make large flat-screen TVs. As a result, prices have steadily ...
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Sue Shellenbarger answers readers' questions
WSJ.comQ: I have had several jobs as a live-in nanny and housekeeper, and my employers refused my requests to pay me on the books and file payroll taxes. Now I am 63 and my Social Security payments will be next to nothing. Do I ...
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Expect Early Dividends
WSJ.comFaced with a possible tax increase on dividends next year, company boards are approving bigger payouts and cutting checks faster to avoid 2013 rates.
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How to Rollover a 401(k)
To get a clearer picture of your money, consolidating old workplace accounts to an IRA or your next employer plan makes a lot of sense.