Personal Finance
"This Is The Time To Look For A Job": Here's Why Recruiters Are Saying The "September Surge" Is Coming
"The first week of September after Labor Day up until about Halloween is one of the best times to look for work."
Megan Liscomb
I'm Obsessed With Too Good To Go, The Food-Waste Eliminating App. Here's How I'm Making The Most Of It And Saving Money
Basically, the app partners with local restaurants, bakeries, and coffee shops to sell you "surprise bags" that are day's-end leftovers. You're getting a heap of food for a fraction of the price, and each bag usually goes for about $5 to $8.
Jackie Lam
"Pay Secrecy Contributes To Pay Gaps": This Woman Has Interviewed 500 People About Their Salaries, And Her Takeaways From It Are So Important
"I realized how pay secrecy significantly contributes to pay gaps that marginalize women, minorities, workers with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community. I came up with the idea to ask complete strangers on the street how much they make, and Salary Transparent Street was born."
Kailey Hansen
I Just Found Out The Average Cost Of College In Every State, And I'm So Scared For Gen Z
The average cost of public tuition in Mississippi is around $28k while California public tuition sits around $43k for all four years.
Megan Liscomb
If You've Been In The Housing Market This Year, Tell Us How It Went For You
We want to know what it's really like in the housing market right now.
Megan Liscomb
Frugal People Are Revealing The Must-Have Items That Save Them So Much Money They Basically Pay For Themselves
"I cut my food waste by at least half when I got one of those."
Megan Liscomb
People Are Sharing How Much They Paid In Rent For Their First Apartment And, Man, Inflation Is Wild
"I"m in my mid-40s, and my first apartment was a two-bedroom, one-bath for $650. At the beach. In Southern California. In the late '90s. I had one roommate. We both worked mall retail. It was a different time."
Kailey Hansen
Everyone Seems To Be Talking About "Lazy Girl Jobs" Right Now, But A Lot Of What They're Saying Is Wrong
So what exactly is a "lazy girl job"? Allow me to explain...
Megan Liscomb
This Woman Posted Her Salary For Every Job She's Ever Had On LinkedIn To Make A Point About Salary Transparency
"Salary transparency might feel like a taboo topic, but companies are already talking about our salaries behind closed doors. Let's continue that conversation with the doors open so everyone can participate."
Megan Liscomb
This Woman’s Boyfriend Wants To Put Her On A “Payment Plan” So She Can Pay Back What He’s Spent On Her During Their 18-Month Relationship
"My boyfriend and I have been together for 18 months and are generally happy. There’s just one issue that keeps coming up: our finances. He has expensive taste and likes for us to do things that are often way out of my budget. He recently suggested that once I graduate and am earning a full-time salary, we will need to set up a payment plan for me to eventually pay him back everything he's spent on me since we first got together."
Megan Liscomb
How Old Are You, And How Much Was The Rent On Your First Apartment?
Oh, to be Carrie Bradshaw and pay $700 for a New York City brownstone in the '90s.
Kailey Hansen
Here's What You Need To Know About Student Loans Since The Supreme Court Said No To Forgiveness
"Everyone is struggling right now, and this renewed payment will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back."
athenavalentine
People Are Choosing Staycations This Summer Because Everything Is Expensive, So I've Ranked The 6 Best Ideas
A whopping 62% of Americans aren't traveling this year due to inflation, and honestly, same.
Kailey Hansen
People Are Sharing The "Unspoken Rules" Of Work In 2023, And These Should Be Etched In Stone
"The chatty self-proclaimed expert knows nothing. The one Gen X'er that doesn't talk to anyone, ever, unless absolutely required — they know everything."
Megan Liscomb
23 People Disclosed How Much Debt They Carry And How They're Handling It, And I Love The Transparency
"When I finished graduate school more than a decade ago, my student loan balance was $82,000. After all those years of payments totaling more than $60,000, I can now proudly say that my balance is...$76,000."
Megan Liscomb
This Woman Shared Her Credit Score On Hinge As An Experiment, And The Reactions Are Pretty Surprising
"Added my credit score to my Hinge profile and here's how it went."
Megan Liscomb
People Are Sharing Their Summer Side Hustles, And Honestly, Some Of These Gigs Are So Incredibly Easy
"My husband and I just got hired at our local water park. We will be working around our full-time jobs but are excited to do so to earn some extra cash and receive free park admission for us and our son!"
Kailey Hansen
Job Interviews Are So Stressful, But This Woman's AI-Powered Interview Prep Hack Is Genius
"This is the easiest way to prepare for interviews, and it will work for every single job."
Megan Liscomb
Cottage Cheese, WaterTok, And Other 2023 Food Trends That This TikToker Says Are Red Flags That We're In A Recession
"If that doesn't signify an impending recession, I don't know what could."
Megan Liscomb
"At Least I'm Saving Some Money": This Woman's Wishlist Project Is Turning Her Urge To Splurge Into Art
"I am taking myself through the entire journey of desiring something, researching it on Google, skimming through user reviews, finding the best deals and even picking colors, ending in adding the product to an imaginary cart. By embedding the product in my journal I get to feel that it is mine."
Megan Liscomb
How Much Debt Do You Have, And How Are You Handling It?
This is a shame-free zone.
Megan Liscomb
15 Expensive Mistakes You're Probably Making At The Grocery Store And What To Do Instead
Do you actually believe the brand name tastes better than the generic? Um...sorry to disappoint, but they're all manufactured from the same production line as that recognizable national brand you've been paying a premium for.
Shonnita Leslie
Working Moms Are Revealing Exactly What They Spend For Monthly Childcare, And The Costs Have Broken My Brain
"I’m currently pregnant with twins and have a toddler. Once the twins start daycare, it will cost us $8,000 a month. It is physically painful to type that out."
Megan Liscomb
"It Is Stupid Expensive Brand New": Frugal People Are Revealing The Everyday Items That They Only Buy Second Hand
"I have gotten incredibly good deals on them from people who were moving or downsizing. They have typically not been used much so I have never had serious issues with them."
Megan Liscomb
"Just Because It Didn't Cost Money Doesn't Mean You Saved": People Are Calling Out Common Money-Saving Tips That Don't Really Work
"So then the question is, How much time am I willing to give up to save $2?"
Megan Liscomb
Apple Card Has A Savings Account Now, And The Interest Rate Is Better Than Most Banks'
The new account offers a 4.15% APY, a rate well beyond what you can get at most banks.
Pranav Dixit
Here’s What Paying Off Your Student Loans Can Do To Your Credit Score
Closing out student loans should only have a minor impact on your credit score, but it can be more noticeable if you don’t have a good mix of other credit accounts, experts said.
Stephanie K. Baer
I Thought I Wasn't Good At Saving Money, But Doing These 10 Things Changed My Mind
Rising gas prices and inflation in my grocery budget left me with a spending plan that was way out of touch with reality and no money left over to put toward emergencies.
Shonnita Leslie
If You've Made Small Changes When Preparing For A Job Interview That Have Made A Huge Difference, I Want To Hear What They Are
Teach us your ways!
Fabiana Buontempo
These 7 Well-Paying Jobs Actually Don't Require A College Degree, And I Never Would Have Thought Of Them
Some of these jobs I definitely did not expect to see on this list.
Fabiana Buontempo
