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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Should you buy extra insurance from the boss?
MarketWatchAs more companies slash health benefits, employees are increasingly paying for supplemental coverage out of pocket.Companies have long offered workers the option of buying so-called voluntary benefits, which run the gamut from life ...
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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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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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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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Holidays at the Office
WSJ.comThe holidays at the office can be a time of celebration for some and anxiety for others. And the anxiety can be especially acute for younger workers with little or no knowledge of a company's gift-giving and party protocol.
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Men at Work—As Caregivers
WSJ.comAgencies and private firms are rolling out new tools and services to help the growing number of men taking on the role of family caregiver—many of whom are still trying to hold down their day jobs.
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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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When Severance Pay Is Subject to Payroll Tax
WSJ.comDo laid-off workers and their former employers owe Social Security and Medicare taxes on severance pay?It is a huge question for taxpayers and companies, and two federal appeals courts disagree about the answer.
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Must-Have Job Skills in 2013
WSJ.comEven as employers remain cautious next year about every dollar spent on employees, they'll also want workers to show greater skills and results.
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Can classes give older workers an edge?
MarketWatchEncore: Figuring out which training courses matter most in this job market.Older workers come to the table with experience, maturity and dedication, and unemployment rates for those 55 and over have been lower than the overall average for ...
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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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Networking on the Job
WSJ.comJoel Deitch has never had to look far for work.After getting laid off from a security software firm in Atlanta, Mr. Deitch immediately received offers for contract work through his professional network.
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