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Post-Pandemic, Longwood Gardens “Reimagines” Its Future
Staff at Longwood Gardens, Chester County’s top tourist attraction, were optimistic when 2020 started, projecting that it would be their biggest year yet. Instead, they and everyone else was met with a crisis felt across the world. Not all companies have been able to survive COVID, but Longwood Gardens is poised to bounce back bigger…
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Career Corner: High Paying Jobs You Can Get Around Philadelphia with Just an Associate’s Degree
Many people view earning an associate degree as nothing more than a stepping stone towards an even higher degree. But an Associate’s Degree absolutely has value on its own. Don’t be fooled into thinking you can’t get any good jobs if you can’t invest those extra years into schooling yet. In the summer, Stacker released…
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Career Corner: Where are the Jobs? Delaware Valley Industries Hiring the Most People
Beyond the personal and health issues caused by COVID, it has also massively altered what industries are in need of workers. If you work in a field that has been damaged by the pandemic and have been thinking of making a change, you no doubt want to know what industries are doing well now. An…
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Career Corner: The 10 Most Common Jobs in the Delaware Valley
If you want to know where you have the best job prospects, it helps to look at what the current trend in careers is. If lots of other people are being hired in a certain field, that’s a pretty good tip that career is in demand right now. A recent article for Stacker compiled a…
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Philly Tech Tips: How to Protect Your Organization with Zoom Events’ Security Features
In July, Zoom officially unveiled its newest tool for assisting with virtual communication, Zoom Events. As the name suggests, this is a tool that lends towards the virtual functionality Zoom has become synonymous with, but is now specifically catered towards organizing events. That could mean a virtual concert, long-distance weekly art classes, or corporate events…
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Career Corner: Can a Mentor or Career Coach Accelerate Your Career
While you are in school you have teachers to instruct you, and at work, you typically have an orientation period where an employee with more experience shows you the ropes. But after that, society kind of drifts away from people who can offer you advice being a part of your daily routine. The assumption is…
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Career Corner: How to Take Smart Risks to Advance Your Career
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Wiser Wealth: Want the Freedom to Invest in Hedge Funds and Startups? Become an Accredited Investor
In August of 2020 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) narrowly approved a vote to expand its definition of who qualified as an accredited investor. Previously, an investor needed to be an “Accredited Investor” which is to say they needed to have $1 million in net assets, not including their primary residence, or more than…
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Career Corner: Finding Career Satisfaction and Happiness Is Possible
Despite what you might assume, most people feel satisfied in the work they do. In fact, according to a recent poll from Gallup, even during the start of the pandemic last year, 89% of people reported being satisfied in their careers. With how many people were losing money, that statistic might shock you. However, as…
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Career Corner: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Shares Why Success is Doing Both What You Love and Hate
To say Janet L. Yellen is accomplished is putting it mildly. She was the first ever female chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, she was the head of the team of economic advisors for Bill Clinton during his Presidency, and she is now the first female secretary of the United States Treasury. So she knows…
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Wiser Wealth: Not an “Accredited Investor” Yet? Four Steps To Take to Earn the Designation
Despite their best efforts, many people never wind up rising higher in their income bracket and thus never achieve the “accredited investor” status. It’s easy to attribute that to expenses going up, but another reality is many people get tunnel vision on a career that isn’t getting them where they want to be. That doesn’t…
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Career Corner: Are You Joining the “Great Resignation”? Do it With Grace
The pandemic has had a major impact on careers, with many employees receiving a wake-up call that they need a higher salary than they thought or more flexibility at home. And for jobs that aren’t accommodating, they are seeing a mass exodus. A survey from Bankrate found that 55% of employees plan to change jobs…
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Wiser Wealth: Outside the Box Investments Opportunities Available to Accredited Investors
The most common ways to be considered an accredited investor are to either have a net worth of more than $1 million or to have an annual income exceeding $200,000. Meeting that criteria will give you the status to make exclusive types of investments. But maybe you are still new to learning about accredited investors…
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Career Corner: Do This One Thing to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever felt like you can never really enjoy your moments of triumph because you are always waiting for the other shoe to drop? This could be related to what many people deal with known as impostor syndrome. Impostor syndrome is a feeling where despite whatever success or accomplishments you achieve, you wind up…
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Wiser Wealth: You May Be Savvy But Are You An “Accredited Investor”?
Whether you are new to investing or have been involved in making investments for years, the term accredited investor might be unfamiliar to you. That’s perfectly normal, as being an accredited investor is privileged and most people actually might never be eligible to become one. But maybe you are curious if you do fall into…
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Career Corner: The Wall Street Journal Describes New Career Positions Colleges May Create to Meet Evolving Student Needs
With technology and culture constantly in flux, the jobs that are in demand are always changing. Sometimes you might not even realize that an area you specialize in is becoming desirable in a sector. That’s especially true for colleges and universities, where the needs of the modern student continually shift. Benoit Morenne delves into this…
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Wiser Wealth: Tax Breaks, High Returns Are Why You Should Consider Oil and Gas Investments
As your income grows, it is only natural that your investment opportunities will begin to expand. There are some areas that are only going to open up to you once your value hits a certain threshold, and oil investments are one of them. You might figure you have gotten along fine with your investments so…
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Career Corner: Working Remote? Make sure You’re Not Overlook
Whether you have health concerns or have just accepted a non-local position, many companies are now much more open to having remote employees. But how do you develop a good rapport if you’re one of the few remote workers and everyone else is in the office? If you worry about becoming an afterthought, Dorie Clark…
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