Your Other 8 Hours: Why it’s okay to lie on your resume

I’m a big fan of lying on a resume. In fact, I think everyone should do it. It’s beneficial for your career and nobody needs to know about it. Ideally, if you do it correctly, you’ll land your dream job and nobody will ever know you completely fabricated your education, skills and experience. With a record number of people out of work, a little (or big!) white lie or two can be just what this country needs to get back on track.

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Jill on Money: Long term care update; “Is 90 the new 70?”

Americans are getting older. A new U.S. Census Bureau report projects that roughly one in five Americans (about 21 percent) will be 65 years old and up by 2050, compared with just 13 percent in 2010 and less than 10 percent in 1970. Taking a longer view, the numbers are startling.

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Interpersonal EDGE: 13-10

  Q. I often see better choices I could have made after a crisis at work has passed. Is there a way I can pay more attention before and during a predicament?

  A. Even the most successful business men and women in history constantly faced adversity. The difference between them and their competitors, whom history has forgotten, is that successful people look for the opportunity in a problem.

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News Spotlight: Lansing Has a New Cold Case Website and Detective

 

 Lansing Police Department has established a website page for cold cases. Cold cases are homicide cases that have not been solved within one year of the date of the crime.

Right:  New cold case Detective Lee Mc Allister

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News Spotlight: Accidental Death

  On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at approximately 10:30 p.m. the Lansing Police Department was dispatched to the 2900 block of S. Washington in regard to a male subject stuck in the opening of a large metal donation bin located in a parking lot.

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Top 10 beach activities and where to do them

 

For many travelers, a vacation is only a vacation if there is a beach on which to sunbathe. For others, activities are a must. With this in mind, members and editors of travel website and community VirtualTourist.com prepared a list of the Top 10 Beach Activities and Where to Do Them.

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