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The Savvy Scot

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Viewing posts tagged with: job

How to change career like a boss within your current company

By Pauline

When every day at the office feels a little too much like the worst day of the week and you’re feeling a little stale, bored and/or out of options, it’s time to seriously re-assess your work and career (or lack of it!). Perhaps you’ve already found yourself spending a little too much time on Linkedin,… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: career, change career, job

Unemployed people have more disposable income than zero-hour and part-time workers

By Pauline

  We have talked previously about how disposable income, which is basically the money you have left at the end of the month, after all your bills are paid, is on the rise in the UK. More than a good news about the state of the economy, I think it may reflect more that people… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: accounts, contract, disposable income, job, market, part-time, savings, UK, unemployed, zero-hour

Are contractors worth their rates?

By Pauline

  I am always impressed when I see contractors’ rates, compared to someone doing pretty much the same job, but full time. For example, in IT, you can easily charge £800 and up per day, which is what an average IT professional might make in a week or more. As a matter of fact, a… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: contract, contractor, earn more, freelance, Insurance, it, job, liability, rates, taxes, work

Scotland is so much more than Braveheart!

By Pauline

Think of Scotland and you think of… what, exactly? Braveheart, the 1995 Hollywood Oscar-winning Mel Gibson film that’s about as far removed from actual Scottish history as it’s possible to get? Maybe it’s tartan you’d be thinking of, or clans, mist-covered mountains and mysterious glens, castles, the Edinburgh Festival, Robert Burns and Auld Lang Syne,… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: company, economy, find a job, job, oil, relocate, scotland, search, work

New Year Lifestyle Checklist

By Pauline

New Year’s resolutions are a tradition, but sometimes trying to complete them can seem like a challenge. Use a lifestyle checklist like the one below to get your affairs in order.

  New Year’s resolutions are a tradition, but sometimes trying to complete them can seem like a challenge. This year, why not take on some easy resolutions that are achievable and could make a big difference to your future? Use a lifestyle checklist like the one below to get your affairs in order. Finances After… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: diy, Finance, income, job, lifestyle, list, Money, New Year, resolution, to do, will

How to Find Ways to Love Your Job

By Pauline

      For many of us, our job is an integral part of who we are and can have an impact on other areas of our lives. It’s not simply a way to keep ourselves financially stable but it can play a part in our personal fulfilment and our drive in life. As such,… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: career, enjoy, job, love, passion, stress, work

London rents are so high it is cheaper to commute from… Barcelona

By Pauline

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I read an article recently in the Daily Mail that covered the story of a young professional who ran the numbers and concluded it was cheaper for him to live in sunny Barcelona and take a FLIGHT to work four days a week than it was to rent a one bed flat in London!  … Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: buy, council tax, job, london, oyster, real estate, rent, tfl, tube, UK, Young professional

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