Readers of Canadian Finance Blog have heard about the importance of a diversified portfolio that should include stocks from Canada, the US and internationally, plus bonds to reduce the volatility of your portfolio. What many don’t consider is how their house and career could effect the diversification of their investments.
How Your House Effects Diversification
Borrowing from [...]
More and more, the amount of time that people dedicate toward work has increased while the amount they spend at home or pursuing personal interests has decreased. Canadian Social Trends published a study that found that “on average workers spent 45 minutes less with their family during workdays in 2005 than they did two decades [...]
In Canada, maternity benefits are paid to the mother for a maximum of 15 weeks, then there are additional parental benefits. Paternal benefits are available to either parent, or split between them, to a combined maximum of 35 weeks. So if the father remains at work, the mother could receive 50 weeks of payments.
The maternity [...]
Writing a great resume to use for your next job search will help to get you noticed and hopefully get you an interview. While you need to be qualified for the job, a well written resume can get your foot in the door.
If you have at least five years of relevant experience, put it first on your [...]
When trying to save money, eventually you’ll come to a point where you have cut as many expenses as you can and there are no additional steps you can take to free up money from your current income. The next step to saving more could be to look for other sources of income. These are [...]
Ipsos Reid recently released a poll from their Build a Better Workplace study that showed 22% of those polled expressed decreased loyalty to their employer. More concerning is that the number of employees feeling less loyal increases to 31% at companies where salaries have been frozen. Even worse at organizations that have recently had layoffs, [...]
Familiar with MySpace, Facebook and Twitter? There’s another social-networking site that you might want to join. LinkedIn is a career and business networking site. Setting up your profile is similar to creating a resume and adding someone as a “connection” is the virtual equivelent of exchanging business cards. Similar to Facebook, there are also groups. [...]
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