Congratulations, class of 2016! You’ve graduated, and now you’re probably beginning to think about your new job and long term career plans. While you may not know what you want to do long term, your next job is very important to launching you in the right path. No matter the job, every new opportunity can […]
Becoming a Better Leader
While side hustles are great ways to make extra money, one of the best ways to earn more money without sacrificing time is making more at your job. However, if you’re just starting out or feel like you’re currently stuck in your job, it may be time for you to start thinking about becoming a […]
5 Productivity Hacks from Successful Entrepreneurs
If there’s one thing I still haven’t mastered, it’s productivity. For all the apps out there to help you manage your productivity, I still find myself occasionally mindlessly scrolling through Facebook, or Twitter, or even just watching TV. While we all need breaks once in a while, it’s easy to let a “break” slip into […]
8 Reasons to Turn Down a Higher-Paid Job Offer
For many of us, accepting a job that pays more money is a no-brainer. After all, if you’re working all day, might as well get paid as much as possible, right? Plus, for those of us with professional degrees and the stupefying student loan debt to go along with it, there’s really no reason to […]
How to Leverage Your Former Job Into New Business
In one of our last posts, we discussed the best ways to leave your job and prepare to start your own freelance business. While it’s great to get new clients for your business, there’s another, potentially easier, way to get clients for your business: your former colleagues. If you left your job on good terms […]
The 7 Perfect Jobs for College Students
As we get back into college season, it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to make money while in school. Whether you’re going back to school after time off, starting graduate school, or simply beginning college for the first time, it’s a good idea to have a part-time job. Part-time college jobs will […]
Are Online Classes All You Need to Get Ahead?
The other day I was listening to a podcast when I heard the speaker mention offhandedly “you can get a degree online just by watching YouTube.” In context, the speaker meant you can teach yourself a lot about web design by watching others on YouTube and by Googling things you don’t know. I agreed with […]
Money Advice for New Grads
When I graduated from college, I thought I knew a lot. I knew how to do laundry, how to feed myself and save money at the same time, and how to interview well. All very valuable things you need to know by the time you graduate from college, or so I thought. While I wouldn’t […]
How Perception Affects Your Earning Potential
Here on Your PF Pro, we discuss a lot of important things related to saving, spending, and investing money. However, in order to be able to do any of this, often we need a job to get started. Sounds pretty basic, right? Unless you’re independently wealthy (in which case, want to sponsor my wedding?), we […]
Why I Choose Self-Employment
Although my self-employment experiment only lasted for about four months last summer, I can relate to a lot of the issues that self-employed people face every day: loneliness, only getting paid when you work and so forth. I like doing a mix of both but in a few years who knows where my feelings will […]
My Favorite Time of The Year: Annual Enrollment
Fall is one of my favorite times of the year: the leaves start to change color, the temperature starts to drop…wait a minute, actually none of that is true since I live in California and it topped 90 degrees at the beaches last week! November is my favorite time of the year for a different […]
Why Everyone Needs a Side Hustle
Most people would consider my day job as an aerospace engineer as a very solid, money-making career. But I don’t. It only took a short time for me to realize that no matter how much money you make or how comfortable you get, there are some HUGE benefits to diversifying your income and getting a […]
Take This Simple Action to Access Countless Opportunities with Your Finances and Career
Today, PF Pro contributor Kali Hawlk tells us about one simple action that has helped her achieve immense success in a relatively short amount of time. I don’t know if Kali remembers, but she actually used this tactic to get hired with me too, so I can tell you it definitely does work! Would you […]
4 Unexpected Ways Self-Employment Changed My Perspective on Money
I spent 99% of my working career as an employee. I’ve worked summers at restaurants and summer camps, I was a bookseller at Barnes & Noble in college and then an administrative assistant, and I worked in operations for a small company after graduation. Only in May of this year did I finally achieve a […]
How to Negotiate to Get What You Want
Even if you’re not a corporate salesperson with strict numbers to hit, or a big-time lawyer with clients to get out of tight spots, you can benefit from becoming a better negotiator. We negotiate all the time in our day to day lives. We work to secure better prices and terms when we make big […]
Millennials in the Workplace: 5 Etiquette Tips for Success
Along with courses in personal finance, our education system seems to be largely lacking in a general course that teaches working Millennials about professional office etiquette. While business majors may get this information, the rest of us typically have to pick up on what’s appropriate and what’s not from our experiences. As Millennials, we’re probably […]
High Cost of Living vs. Low Cost of Living Areas
It’s amazing how much the prices of items and commodities can vary depending on the region in which you live. The cost of groceries, gasoline, and rent and utilities is highly dependent on geographical location, even within the same country. Knowing that living expenses exist on a scale of least expensive to most expensive begs […]
Financial Checklist: 25 Things to Take Care of Before You Turn 25
It’s never too soon to start thinking about money, and more importantly, your own personal finances. But the financial world is huge, and it can be overwhelming to know where to start. To make it a little easier, we’ve compiled a checklist that every twenty-something should be able to use. There are some money matters […]
Diversify Everything
Whenever I hear someone get really excited about their latest investment, I tend to think the worst. It’s not that I don’t want that person to succeed but I usually worry they’re making a big mistake. Any time I see a friend buy a house, I wonder if they spent more than they can afford. […]
Have You Thought About Becoming a Driver for Lyft/Uber?
Exclusively for Lyft Drivers! Sign up with Uber now and get $500 after your first ride and a guaranteed $30/hr until June 30. Sign up here using my referral code. Free Passenger Ride Codes Believe it or not, Uber and Lyft are still giving out tons of free credits to new drivers. If you’re a driver […]