5&10¢ Worth of Job and Career Headlines

The numbers 5 and 10 were prominent in today's search for career enhancement articles so I decided to make it this week's theme in regard to the value of advice offered. 5¢ today buys what 2¢ bought in 1980, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Inflation Calculator, and 10¢ is the equivalent of 2¢ in 1970. The idiom about "adding my two cents worth" of opinion or advice goes way back to Biblical times, but the Inflation Calculator only reaches back to 1917, at which time 2¢ would buy 48¢ worth of goods. You can see in the above chart how wildly inflation extremes have swung in the U.S. all the way back to 1666 (the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620). Note that when a person adds his 2¢ worth, it is usually unsolicited. Can you remember the old 5&10¢ stores? I can.

Here is a list of current engineering jobs listed on RF Cafe.

Here are a few more useful articles:

α - 5 Types of Bosses and How to Deal with Them

- U.S. News & World Report

β - 10 Things We Hate About Bad 'Leaders'

- LinkedIn

γ - 5 Cs That Keep You Going Back to Work Everyday

- Employment Clinic

δ - 10 Job Skills You'll Need in 2020

- The Muse

ε - 5 Internship Lessons from the Rich and Famous

- The Savvy Interns

ζ - 10 Things That Bother Young Professionals

- Employment Clinic

η - 5 Elements of a Job Offer You Can't Refuse

- U.S. News & World Report

Posted October 15, 2014

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