Monthly Archives: February 2012
Introducing our newest guest blogger: Terence! Terence is a recent graduate of Georgia Tech‘s Civil Engineering program and he now works as a Construction Engineer for Bechtel Corporation. He writes an entertainment and sports blog and he will share some insights about college life and transitioning from school to post-grad life. —– Now that I am in the real world, there are a few things I want to get a handle on, and none more important than making sure my finances are in order. I did an ok job of managing my money in college, but as a working individual (and no longer under my parents’ financial support) there are many more items to keep track of: – Bills – Paychecks – Travel expenses – Food – Miscellaneous items (Movie Festival Tickets, Baseball Games, St. Patty’s Day Bar Crawls, etc.) With all of that in mind, I want to make …
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Posted in budget, finance, goals, guest blog, planning
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Photo Source I admit it. I am a boomerang kid. I graduated, got a job, moved to a new state for two years, and then decided to move back home and apparently I’m not alone. Listen to this: According to a study conducted by Twentysomething Inc, a consultant firm that specialized in young adults, roughly 85% of college grads from the class of 2011 will move back home with their parents! I don’t know about you, but that figure completely astounds me. At a time when most young adults are looking to expand and begin their lives, many are being forced to move back home primarily due to financial obligations (student loan and credit card debt) or a lack of employment opportunities right out of school. It has been four plus years since you left your parent’s home and so much has changed since then. You grew up and learned …
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I have written and helped manage two blogs in my life. The first was about writing (ha) with a focus on publishing and the other is this wonderful blog here about college and career advice. One of the biggest lessons I learned from writing my first blog is that it is the newest way to publicize EVERYTHING that you’re working on. Most major media websites now are simply blogs with a flow of information instead of the old standard, rigid formats of websites. If you aren’t a media conglomerate and you are an entrepreneur or a solopreneur, a blog can be used as a starting point to a career by getting the word out about your products and services, establishing a following of fans and customers, and sharing thoughts and insights with your readers. One of the best aspects of a blog is that you can post …
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Our first ‘Acing Midterm Exams’ article gave you some advice on how to get started studying by remaining healthy before exams, getting organized, and listening to tips from successful students. Now we have some more guidance for you to follow. We know that Spring Break is only a few weeks away but you can’t start daydreaming about the beach now! Will from ‘The Fresh Prince’ shows us how he keeps his focus: Just kidding (unless rap music helps you memorize concepts). Seriously though, we have some more direction for you when it comes to studying for midterms. 1. Stay Focused, Develop A Strategy: Staying Ahead Of Your Peers 2. Listen To Successful Students (It’s so important, we mentioned it twice!): Kerry, 3rd Year, Industrial and Systems Engineering Major, Georgia Tech I do as many practice problems (homework and practice tests) as I can. If I have experience which each kind of problem …
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Photo Source Before we get started, yes ‘Bath’ is spelled incorrectly in the picture to the left. These are the details one should be paying attention to before signing a lease. Okay, back to the regularly scheduled programming… For many of us, getting an apartment is our first taste of freedom. It can be a fun and exciting time finally getting to live on your own. Spending your days on sites like apartmentratings.com and apartmentfinder.com is how many of us start the search. Even though getting an apartment is the next step for most of us in our early adult lives, there is very little that is explained about the pre-rental experience. Sometimes not asking the right questions about renting an apartment can lead to a costly mistake in the future. Everyone tends to ask about the cost of rent and the square footage of the apartment, but here at …
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