After College
Moving Out on Your Own
Ah, summertime! If you’re relaxing, chilling, or just enjoying the freedom of homework-less-ness while working a cool summer job, I hate you. I managed to graduate, which means I have to start real life stuff now. Like moving out of my parents’ house and getting a job. Pssh – I don’t remember signing up for [...]
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Leveraging Social Network Tools in Your Job Search
The following post is part of a two-week-long series on Graduating From College During a Recession, presented by the members of the College Money Network. You can get all of the posts in this series and more by subscribing to the College Money Network RSS feed. As an internet savvy job-hunter, you’ve probably already found [...]
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Graduating College During a Recession Round-Up
The members of the College Money Network are in the middle of a two-week-long series on Graduating From College During a Recession. You can get all of the posts in this series and more by subscribing to the College Money Network RSS feed. But for your convenience, here are the posts in the series thus [...]
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Are Employers Having More Trouble in the Recession, Too?
The following is the first post in a two-week-long series on Graduating From College During a Recession, presented by the members of the College Money Network. You can get all of the posts in this series and more by subscribing to the College Money Network RSS feed. With unemployment up and record numbers of employment [...]
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How to Write a Resume, Cover Letter, and Find a Job
I’ve officially decided that the worst thing about graduating from college is the job search that immediately follows it, or immediately precedes it (because if you’re smart, you start before you actually finish classes). This is especially tough right now, because we’re competing with people who’ve recently been laid off in the tough economy. I [...]
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Graduating? Great (Free!) Financial Resources for College Grads
This article marks the end of the “Graduating?” series here on PoorerThanYou.com. I hoped you’ve enjoyed this series and maybe learned a thing or two. Here are all the posts in the series: Start the Job Hunt Evaluate Benefits for Job Offers Calculate Your Tax Withholding Plan Your Attack on Federal Student Loans Repay Your [...]
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Graduating? Top Ten Free Money Tips for Grads
This article is part of a series called Graduating? which focuses on personal finance advice for fresh college grads. This particular article is a guest post written by Pamela Grundy. Remember that scene in the movie “The Graduate” in which a bewildered Dustin Hoffman is poked in the chest by a martini-wielding know-it-all uncle who [...]
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Graduating? Make a Budget Without Hurting Yourself
This article is part of a series called Graduating? which focuses on personal finance advice for fresh college grads. I hate the word “budget.” Not because I think budgets are bad, but because of the images that the word conjures. A massive spreadsheet with dozens of categories, and the whole thing is just yelling at [...]
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Graduating? 7 Survival Skills Every College Graduate Should Know
This article is part of a series called Graduating? which focuses on personal finance advice for fresh college grads. This particular article is a guest post written by Jonathan of Master Your Card. So you finally finished college, eh? Nice one! Welcome to the real world™. The following tips should help to reduce the culture [...]
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Graduating? Repay Your Private Student Loans
This article is part of a series called Graduating? which focuses on personal finance advice for fresh college grads. This particular article is a guest post written by Miranda Marquit. With the federal government getting stingier with financial aid programs, and with education costs rising, it is no surprise that many people have to turn [...]
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