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The savings rate in America is pretty abysmal. Fifty-seven percent of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts, according to a 2017 GOBanking Rates survey. Without savings, people can be forced to take on debt when they lose their job, get sick or have major car repairs. Fortunately, there are some easy ways to trick yourself into saving money, whether for retirement, college, a new car, vacation or a rainy day. Here are five: Automatic Transfers Having money automatically moved from your paycheck to a retirement account, or from your checking account to savings, can be a painless way to save money without realizing you’re doing it. It’s called “Pay yourself first” and it is meant to pay into your retirement or other savings accounts so that you pay your future self first. Otherwise, it’s money you’re likely to spend. Hide It Automatic transfers are one way to hide your money and keep it out of your sight so you don’t spend it. There are other ways to hide...

Speaker 1: (00:00) Prices at the gas pump and the supermarket are bringing home the big headlines about inflation and those headlines have been screaming about the highest inflation rate in 30 years, a 6.2% jump in the consumer price index and price hikes are even higher on individual items like gas, groceries, and automobiles. The truth is right now, many Americans have more buying power than there are goods to buy. So inflation, the question is, did bad policies create that situation? And can it be turned around any time soon? Johnny is Alan gin, economics professor at the university of San Diego and professor gin. Welcome to the program. Thanks for having me. Where are San Diego and seeing the biggest consumer price increases Speaker 2: (00:48) Food at home is up, uh, nationally, uh, over 5%. Um, if, if you're looking at the individual components of that index in particular, what I would call the proteins have been up considerably. So in the category, meat, poultry, fi...

The lack of digital skills and access to digital networks slows efforts to re-build safe, healthy and efficient social and working environments and exacerbates the world's existing, stark digital divide, say international experts in the 2021 edition of Digital Skills Insights, released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today. Digital Skills Insights 2021 provides expert insights to equip policy-makers and regulators for informed decision-making, encourage further research on the impact of COVID-19 on skills development, and help anticipate rapidly evolving digital skills requirements. Among the latest key recommendations:- Countries need to collect data and evidence, take stock of current skill levels, and identify local gaps and needs before initiating policy measures or embarking on new initiatives. - + National digital skills frameworks must be adapted to reflect each country's labour market and skills gaps. + Digital skills and digital access are...

If you’ve ever reminded your sales and marketing employees that you’re “all on the same team here,” you’re not alone. This sort of thing happens all the time. It’s easy for team members to zero in on a specific task and lose sight of the bigger picture. That’s why they need you to create collaboration between your sales and marketing teams. Left unaddressed, the tunnel vision that all too often accompanies the completion of skill-specific tasks can lead to open conflict between team members. And that’s the best-case scenario! At least the various grievances are being aired. A far more damaging scenario unfolds when team members grumble silently to themselves and resentments invisibly pile up. As a manager, you know your business needs marketing and sales to work hand-in-hand. Part of your job is to figure out which side of that equation you tend to unconsciously favor — most of us have a bias one way or the other — and take steps to counter it in your approach to build...

Editorial Note: e-Life and Work may earn revenue on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn't affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. A good video conferencing service is all but essential these days. Even if your team is back in the office, you probably have contractors, vendors and other associates who still insist on chatting over popular solutions like Zoom and Google Meet. And to take advantage of the communication features offered by these platforms, you will need the right hardware. When it comes to video conferencing equipment, everyone needs a camera, microphone, speakers and a screen. But the video conferencing equipment market is so vast. Selecting the right equipment is tricky. Ultimately, the “right” answer is a function of what you do and your budget. The right fit for a home office is not going to suffice in a boardroom. Here’s what you need to know about some of the equipment you’ll need Common User Stories For this exercise...