Dr. Frank Doberman discusses the stress that is associated with losing your job, from good stress, which can be mobilizing, to bad stress, which can be unhealthy, as well as how to topple fears in order to make an accurate assessment of your possibilities.
Losing your job ranks among the highest causes of stress in a person’s life. We’ll introduce you to some women who have figured out how to cope with job loss in healthy ways, and we’ll hear solid advice from a licensed clinical social worker and a clinical psychologist. Plus, ‘Help Wanted’ discusses the importance of protecting your personal information with the usernames and passwords you select.
While Wall Street is celebrating a comeback, people struggling to find a job find that, so far, the ‘recovery’ does not apply to them. We explore which sectors are experiencing growth and those that haven’t improved. Also, we’ll introduce you to a family that offers an example of how to make a tight budget work, and we examine how to track one’s expenses and identify personal budget cuts.
Handling money can be intimidating at first. Top money managers and investors from the financial world join ‘Help Wanted’ to share their knowledge in order to help you protect your financial future. Whether you are planning for your eventual retirement, pondering investment decisions, struggling with credit card debt or paying for higher education, our featured experts offer practical advice.
After graduating college with a degree in industrial engineering, Heidi is treading water with a part-time job as an administrative assistant while searching for a job in her chosen field. As she focuses on networking, she lives in a basement apartment in her parents’ home and works on creating a very tight budget in order to pay off student and auto loans.
Heidi says: ‘They don’t teach you how to manage your budget.’ | • Watch Video
This comprehensive guide offers information on handling a job loss, conducting a job search, interviewing and many other topics of interest for professionals.
Use this worksheet from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (which has branches in Albany, Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica and Watertown) to determine your monthly balance or deficit. Then, use this worksheet in order to plan for short- and long-term goals.
