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• 40 links for finding a new (and better) job

  Posted Jul 23 2008, 05:52 PM by Karen Datko
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  Filed under: clothing, The Dough Roller, Karen Datko, employment
  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  "Green Panda" at Green Panda Treehouse makes the onerous task of finding a job less like torture with "The best job hunt post: Top 40 links from the Web."

  Green Panda is unemployed. She quit her job after being asked to take on additional work she believes she couldn't have handled in the time allowed. Respect issues and no additional compensation also entered into her decision. We're all benefiting from it: Her list has a wealth of information about starting your search, building a resume, finding jobs online and elsewhere, interviewing, and negotiating pay.   Read More...

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• Bill collectors calling? Time to notify the phone police

  Posted Feb 12 2008, 01:03 PM by Karen Datko
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  Filed under: debt, credit, The Dough Roller, Karen Datko
  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  Our partner blogger The Dough Roller got a phone call from someone claiming to be a bill collector. He said Dough owed on a Capital One credit card. However, Dough and Mrs. Dough have never had a Capital One credit card.

  "The conversation quickly went downhill, and we asked him not to call us again," Dough writes. "His response was classic -- 'What are you going to do, call the phone police?'

  "Yes, that's exactly what I'm going to do," Dough writes, and he explains how.   Read More...

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• The 'brave new world' of peer-to-peer lending

  Posted Jan 17 2008, 01:05 PM by Karen Datko
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  Filed under: investing, banking, The Dough Roller, Karen Datko
  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  Call it "peer-to-peer" or "social" lending, the online enterprise of loaning money to others outside the confines of a brick-and-mortar bank is taking off. The Silicon Valley Blogger says this "brave new world" is expected to grow by as much as 800% in the next three years, and she plans to be a part of it -- on the lending side. Her post at The Digerati Life explains how Prosper.com, Lending Club and other P2P services work, and how investors can reduce the risk of losing money.   Read More...

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