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What College Doesn’t Teach You about the Real World

Posted by Ann Hartter on February 10, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

For all the time and expense involved and for all the talk about how a college degree will help you land a job and make a higher salary, there sure are a lot of important things that many college curriculum don’t teach you about how to excel in the working world. Here are a few [...]

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Categories: College, Education, Personal Finance, Work, job, job skills, school, work and school

Things I Wish I Had Known About Work When I Was Younger

Posted by Amy L. Fontinelle on February 5, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

When you’re a young adult preparing for a working world that you haven’t yet experienced, knowing what to expect is difficult. Here are a number of things I wish I had known about work when I was 20 that would have gotten me off to a better start. Why learn these lessons the hard [...]

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Categories: I wish I had known, Personal Finance, Work, big company, burning bridges, job, salary

How to Stay Busy When You’re Out of Work

Posted by David G. Mitchell on January 16, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

I have been out of work for a few months. At first, I enjoyed having a bit of stress free time. As I look back on the most tranquil times of my adult life, they were almost certainly the summer after I finished college, the summer after I finished my law degree and [...]

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Categories: Personal Finance, Work, job, looking for work, out of work, part-time work, take classes, unemployed, unemployment benefits, update resume