College is an expensive time of life. While most people who are younger live with their parents and most people who are older have some cash they’ve managed to save up, college students are generally starting from scratch when it comes to their finances. While this is a good time to get one’s priorities in [...]
Your interview for a nursing position is an important step in landing your dream job. Interviewing is a challenge that can be overcome by practice and preparation. If you are starting at Human Resources be prepared to go through one to three interviews before being offered the job. Getting the initial interview is a challenge, [...]
In Daniel Goleman’s best selling book, Emotional Intelligence, the Harvard trained psychologist offers the story of a young elementary girl with a unique gift. During recess time, while the majority of tiny tots swing on the jungle bars and skip merrily through games of hop skotch and the like, the precocious girl would stand aloof [...]
I first met Sam Tarantino while tabling for The Entrepreneurship and Technology Club. Sam at that time was a long haired 19 year old Physics major who would end up creating an online company with over 25 million registered users. I could tell something was different about Sam when talking to him that February afternoon [...]
There are many startup career opportunities available for young entrepreneurs after college. You may have a job offer from a startup you interned for, of maybe you will just make your own start up.
As a very young entrepreneur, how do you make your own start up? Well, one way is by utilizing Venture for America help for young entrepreneurs after college. Venture for America is a new program that seeks to promote entrepreneurship in economically distressed U.S. locales by providing new career opportunities to college graduates.
The initiative is mirrored after the well-known Teach for America program, as it attempts to channel those looking for work after college into an entrepreneurial path.
Being an English major, I am always interested in the etymology of words. Recently I came across the history of a word that I knew well, but had never really studied: Amateur. The root of this word comes from the romantic languages. In French, the equivalent means “lover of” and comes from the Latin root [...]
When considering how much it will cost to go to college, you must consider expenses you will have to pay in addition to your tuition. These are your non-tuition costs. Depending on which college you go to, the area the college is in, and whether or not you live on campus, your non-tuition costs may [...]
Staying in state to attend a public university is a good option if you don’t have inordinate sums of family money to spend on college, and you don’t want to finish your undergraduate degree $100K + in debt. Of course, this may not be the optimal solution for many students who aspire to attain the [...]
It has become a semi-annual campus tradition, as stereotypically collegiate as fraternity houses, living in the dorms, football Saturdays, and cramming for finals. That’s right, the semester is over and you need some extra cash. Don’t worry, I am not implying that you should get a work-study job or start tutoring the basketball team in [...]
Ben Franklin once said the only certainties in life were death and taxes. As the filing deadline approaches many are expected to e-file which is why AVG Technologieswants to remind students that with proper security in place, filing taxes can be safe, fast and easy. If you plan to file your own 1040 online, follow [...]
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