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There seems to be an illusion around what is happening in the economy. For various reasons many are quitting their jobs (the great resignation) with ambitions of becoming an entrepreneur or starting work in the gig field.
Consumers are spending less money and companies have started layoffs. Two signs that you have be very wise with your financial decisions.
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When most people apply for a job it is based on credentials (qualifications), and the pay rate offered. Which makes total sense. But it’s very common for that excitement of having a new job to disappear sooner than expected.
You get in the door and you realize:
These examples may be spot on, or they may be exaggerated depending on your personal situation. But one thing is for certain more and more people are leaving their jobs with what has been called the “Great Resignation.”
Article By Aura Bea Carter
What did you discover you were most knowledgeable on during the pandemic? Over the last two years many people turned to freelance (entrepreneurial) work due to several reasons.
Layoffs, from being a non essential worker, and the “great resignation” where people have discovered the truth behind the American 9-5 dream.
Personally, I learned how to monetize my knowledge during the pandemic even more than before. From this list I can check off 4 items.
✅ Tip: Write down your skills and learn how you can get paid for what you know.
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A six-figure salary and the option to work from home? It sounds too good to be true.
Job openings are rising, while workers continue to quit. The number of vacant jobs hit 10.9 million in December, up from 10.6 million the previous month, the Labor Department said this week. The job openings rate was steady at 6.8%.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made people reassess the role of work in their lives. Workers are burned out and looking for better benefits, shorter commutes, higher salaries and — critically — a more accommodating work-life balance.
If they spend eight hours a day at work, they don’t want to be unhappy and stressed out. Some workers, some polls suggest, are even fed up with how their employer treated them during the pandemic, and told their boss they had enough.
“Wages aren’t keeping up with inflation, so the only way for most employees to either get a step up in salaries is either to find a new firm or have one foot out the door,” Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James, told Barron’s.
On Wednesday, the careers website Glassdoor released its annual 50 Best Jobs in America for 2022. With so many workers on the move as we enter Year 3 of the pandemic, it makes particularly timely reading.
Once again, tech workers came out on top. Enterprise architects were No. 1 on Glassdoor’s list. They have a median base salary of $144,997 a year, 14,021 job openings and a satisfaction rating of 4.1 out of 5.0, according to the report.
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