This week we honed our job interview skills, learned to deal with the IT department, coiled cables like a roadie, and upgraded our garages. Here’s a look back.
The Most Common Illegal Job Interview Questions You Should Watch Out For
Interviewing for a job doesn’t mean you have to give up all of your personal information and backstory. Whether you’re prepping for an upcoming interview, or wondering about a previous one, these are the questions you’re legally protected from having to answer.
Seven Things Your IT Department Wishes You Knew About Tech Support
Working in the IT department is often a thankless job. You’re like the invisible behind-the-scenes worker who is only noticed when something breaks—and then you’re blamed for it. Here are seven misconceptions about tech support reps and the IT department you should know so you can work better with the IT guy or gal.
Coil Your Extension Cords Like a Roadie with the Over-Under Method
No one understands the value of a properly wound cable more than concert roadies and TV crew professionals, who wrap and unwrap hundreds of feet of cord on a daily basis. Here’s the method they use to keep their shows running on time.
Top 10 Smart Ways to Organize and Upgrade Your Garage
The garage is often a neglected, messy space. With a little organization and a few handy projects, though, we can get much more use out of our garages and also modernize them. Here are our top 10 garage upgrade ideas.
Internet Health Test Checks to See if Your ISP Slows Your Connection
The FCC recently established new rules to prevent ISPs from selectively degrading your connection to certain services, like some have done in the past. This tool, from Fight for the Future, can check to see if this type of degradation is happening to you.
The Minimum Wage Required to Rent a Two Bedroom Apartment In Each State
If you’re not ready to buy a home, renting an apartment is usually your best bet. According to a new report, these are the minimum hourly wages you need to earn in each state in order to rent an average two bedroom apartment.
Learn the Six Key Principles of Persuasion with This Video
When you’ve mastered the art of persuasion, it’s easy to get people to do what you want. This video goes over six of the science-backed shortcuts you can use to start influencing others.
Turn on Tracking Protection in Firefox to Make Pages Load 44% Faster
Even if you don’t care about the privacy implications of tracking cookies and other technologies sites use to identify us online, you might want to turn on Tracking Protection in Firefox anyway for a potential big speed boost.
Beware of These Pricing Tricks Retailers Use to Fool Your Brain
Retailers are darn good at inventing tricks to separate us from our money. Whether it be through the price points they choose, how they market their products, or their discounting techniques, they are experts at getting inside our brains and influencing our buying decisions. Here are a few of the most popular pricing tricks retailers’ use, along with some easy ways to fight back.
10 Valuable Lessons for First-Time Home Buyers
In the summer of 2007, my wife and I purchased our first home. As a first-time home buyer, I knew we needed to spend a considerable amount of time researching our purchase. So that’s exactly what we did–we read as much as we could, educated ourselves on the local real estate market, and explored every aspect of the home buying process. But even then, we still made a few rookie mistakes.
A Huge List of Brands That Come With Lifetime Warranties
When you plan to have something for a long time, it makes sense to pay for quality. And it makes even more sense when companies will replace your item if it wears out or becomes unusable. GOBankingRates rounds up 32 brands with lifetime warranties.
Become a Stronger Leader by Asking Yourself These Three Questions
A good leader knows how to communicate, and more importantly, a good leader knows how to address communication issues. These three simple questions will always keep you on top of your game.
What’s Worth Buying at the Dollar Store?
Dollar stores can be very hit-or-miss. Sure, there’s plenty of stuff well worth a buck. But there’s a lot of junk, too. If you’re a dollar store shopper, tell us what’s worth buying.
How I Broke Out of My Social Comfort Zone by Saying Yes to Everything
Ever since I can remember, I’ve been predisposed to saying “no” to social plans. If something isn’t within my comfort zone, I tend to avoid it. But there’s a problem: when you don’t experience new things, life can get boring. Mine had recently landed somewhere between extreme doldrums and “what’s it even matter what day of the week it is?”