I've only been a recruiter for about 8 years. Prior to that, I was in sales for 25+. I used to get lots of calls from recruiters. My suggestion. Recruiters are like employers. There are good ones and bad ones. The best you can do is to talk around and check on their reputations. Some are simply paper pushers only…

Buy, but don't keep going back and taking equity out of your house. That's what caused a LOT of people to go belly up during the economic downturn.

We own our house free and clear. Sure we've got maintenance, taxes, etc., but if you were renting, those costs would be built into the cost of your rent or your landlord…

I'm a recruiter.

A couple of remarks.

If you are working through a recruiter (you don't have to), the recruiter should KNOW what the salary range they are working with from the employer. If they don't, they're not doing their job. There are some exceptions, such as when the employer doesn't know what the market is for…

Not trying to give you a hard time.

If you look at the pictures, the "planks" have edges on all four sides. She had to have put the paper on something to get those four edges. Even if she had cut the paper into "planks", if she put them on a concrete floor, there's no reason that she'd get that edge.

Look at the…

With Apple I have had exemplary customer service on everything we've ever bought from them. Even on two items that were out of warranty. Others might have problems, but I can't sing their praises enough. They've saved me close to $800.00.

On the other side, I've recently had one of the worst experiences ever with a…

"Um, as a scientist I have to say there is no such thing as a non "GMO" food."

Um, as someone with a degree in chemistry, one in biology and who has worked in the food ingredient industry, I totally disagree.

I was expecting you to make some sort of comment about evolution essentially causing genetic modification,…

Had a friend a long time ago. He GOT the job. This was a CPA slot as second in command in the accounting department. 4 weeks after getting the job, he and a bunch of other people got fired in a company wide layoff.

He turned around, sued, and won. The ruling was that the company absolutely knew that there were upcoming…

Had a friend a long time ago. He GOT the job. This was a CPA slot as second in command in the accounting department. 4 weeks after getting the job, he and a bunch of other people got fired in a company wide layoff.

He turned around, sued, and won. The ruling was that the company absolutely knew that there were upcoming…

Another trick for any cheaper wine. Have something very high in fat, even if it's a pat of butter. Coats your mouth and therefore makes tasting water soluble things harder.

This is also a good trick at a party. Serve appetizers with things such as cream cheese, etc. in them.

For people redoing their resume. Many people make their resumes additive. They simply add their most recent job and ignore all of their previous jobs.

Many times, you have evolved from those early jobs and you need to revise those parts of your resume to reflect the new jobs that you are applying for.

Agreed. Working in the food ingredient industry, I'm not especially keen on recycling oil that has been used to cook other things in. Especially things that can carry salmonella. You can also throw them into a ziploc bag and do sous vide. But, why bother? Poaching eggs isn't all that hard.

And you do what with the olive oil that you use?

iPod Classic that died after about 3 years. For about $100.00 Apple gave me a refurbished one with a year warranty. Any other company would have said tough luck.

iPhone 4S. Developed a hardware problem 45 days after the warranty ran out. Apple replaced it for free and the refurbished unit got another 1 year warranty.

My…

The thing that you have to ask yourself, and what happened to the person I knew, if another company (bigger) comes in and buys the company, is whether you'd have a job. Hopefully, you can answer that. Not if they'd demote you and you'd have a job, would you have a job.

I literally have played guitar for 40+ years. I've referred many people to this site for guitar lessons.

One of the disadvantages of things such as RockSmith, is that you don't learn the proper techniques of the physical aspect of playing. You then sit there a year later trying to correct bad habits.

Go a bit down the…

One other caution about putting yourself in this type of position.

Be VERY careful to not put yourself in a box where you don't have an identifiable job.

I watched a co-worker put himself in a position where he was the only one doing multiple tasks. That was great until the company got bought out by another company. He…

We can quibble about getting interest through you bank being the best deal, but any money you get is more than you get by taking the money out of an investment.

So if you got a "deal" on say a 2006 Ferrari, you'd turn it down. ;-)

Since I've spent a lot of my career as a sales person, I probably have had a lot more new cars than most. Typically I'd get a new business car every other year. Add to that the cars for my wife and myself.

A huge part of buying any car is emotional. Hence the sales of Corvettes. Some people just need that new car fix.

W…

It wasn't shoehorn. With their parameters, I knew that I'd spend a LOT of time getting nowhere. My time is what I sell. I'd probably have worked 40-60 hours and probably not have found someone. Spent on other things, I could place someone making 3 times that amount, ie. 3 times the money for me, and actually be able…