This article originally appeared on themuse.com  When I was a kid, my favorite movies led me to believe my boss would always be decades older than me. I thought she’d have her own office with a humongous desk and a hand-painted portrait of herself hanging on the wall. And to be honest, that was pretty much what …

Read the original article on WiseBread. You’ve worked hard to build up your savings, pay off your credit card bills, and boost your credit score. But how do you know that this hard work is paying off? There are several ways to tell if you are making the right money moves that will help boost your financial security, …

Read the original article on U.S. News & World Report. Ask a thousand people to name the top 10 things they like to do for fun. Few would list “looking for a new job.” No matter how good it feels to hear the words, “You’re hired,” the process of getting there is tedious at best. It’s also fraught …

Malala Yousafzai, education activist and the youngest ever Nobel laureate, has gained admission to Oxford University! The 20-year-old inspiration was targeted by the Taliban back in 2012 and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Malala had been writing about life under Taliban rule in blogs for the …

Read the original article on MONEY.  There’s no shortage of career advice out there and everyone from your favorite self help gurus to your least favorite in-law thinks they’re an expert on the subject. Good advice — useful, nuanced, and proven — is harder to come by. After all, it’s tough to suss out what employers value in …