Sarah Shemkus is an award-winning freelance journalist, marketing enthusiast, accomplished baker, occasional globetrotter and total nerd (with a particular fondness for spreadsheets).  Most recently, she reported on business and real estate for the Cape Cod Times, covering issues that ranged from health insurance reform and immigrant labor to entrepreneurship and tourism.  

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Articles By Sarah Shemkus

• How Much Money Do "Green" Jobs Really Pay?

  Recycled. Upcycled. Eco-friendly. Sustainable. Organic. Everywhere you look signs, labels, and headlines make it clear that the country is going green. But how – if at all – does that translate into jobs? Read more...

• Home Ownership Rates Decline While Student Loans Soar

  The teens and 20s are always a tricky time for young adults trying to launch careers, move into their own households, figure out their finances, and generally establish themselves as grown-ups. And when an economic crisis hits in the middle … Read more...

• Take Free Online Classes at the World's Top Universities

  Less than a year after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University first united to launch a free online education initiative known as edX, the program has gone global. Read more...

• Older Workers Are Delaying Retirement

  The stock market is thriving and the rest of the economy is slowly strengthening. But despite this good news, the number of workers planning to delay retirement is soaring, according to a new report by The Conference Board, a business … Read more...

• Unemployment: 2013 Looking No Better Than 2012

  The first unemployment report of the 2013 showed the jobless rate lingering just under 8 percent for the fifth straight month, even as the country's employers add jobs. Read more...

• Why Everything You Know About Saving Money is Wrong

  For 30 years we’ve been dealing with stagnating income -- income inequality, plunging net worth. The role of personal finance has been to tell us that we can save and invest our way out of it: We will be financially virtuous, we will cut … Read more...

• Should I Go to Work with the Flu?

  The flu has arrived, delivering its gifts of body aches, fevers, and nausea earlier and more generously than usual. And it's especially costly to workers. Read more...

• Women Negotiate Salary If They Know It's Negotiable

  When specifically told the salary for job offers is negotiable, women actually became more likely to negotiate than men. But why? Read more...

• The Importance of Reserves

  The United States isn't the only country hoarding valuable resources and petroleum isn't the only substance being squirreled away for a rainy day. Read more...

• Unemployment Is Up, But So Are New Jobs

  Election Day has arrived. As a campaign dominated by concerns about the economy draws to a close, the latest numbers show the unemployment rate at 7.9 percent in October, a slight increase from the previous month's 7.8 percent. Read more...

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