May 26, 2013

Useful Articles

Applicant Tracking System: The link below gives students and others applying for jobs  information on the applicant tracking system. It’s designed to filter resumes based on keywords and formatting.
Please visit the following link and learn more about the Applicant Tracking System:

http://workplaceinsights.lhh.com/2012/08/13/prevent-screening-software-from-eliminating-you/

Also, see how companies use social media tools to evaluate potential employees:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/04/new-infographic-shows-how-companies-target-unemployed_n_918816.html.

 

Consumer Campuscovers the consumer challenges confronting students everyday. Whether you’re a college or graduate school student, now is the time to learn your rights, and to understand how the spending decisions you make today will affect your future.

Please visit the following link to learn more about Consumer Campus:

Consumer Campus Website

Substitution – The First Step To Having More Money

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By Dr. Rosilyn H. Overton, CFP®   You are in college. It costs lots of money. You may only be responsible for yourself or you may have kids that you have to support. Whether you are single or married, male or female, you probably have bills to pay, and not much in reserve. You know you should [...]

Getting Started On The Path To Financial Success, Part 1

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By Rosilyn H. Overton, Ph.D., CFP® Before people will trust you to manage their organization, whether it is a store, a museum, or a theater, you have to demonstrate your competence by managing your own life well. In addition, having control over your money gives you freedom. If you are in debt, you are imprisoned because [...]

Getting Started On The Path To Financial Success, Part 2

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By Rosilyn Overton, Ph.D., CFP® You have decided that you want financial success and that you are willing to do whatever it takes to get there. Financial success is not really a goal unto itself. Financial success is defined differently by differently by different people, but it usually means being able to do what you want to [...]

Major Steps to Financial Success

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By Rosilyn H. Overton, Ph.D., CFP® Here are some steps that you can take, regardless of your income, to move forward on the pathway to financial independence and success. Look for specifics on how to do each step here on the FLEX site.  If you don’t have debt, don’t create any.  If you do have [...]

Help! I messed up and now have a bad credit rating. What can I do?

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Help! I messed up and now I have a bad credit rating. What can I do?   You get a bad credit rating because you were late in making payments or maybe, didn’t pay at all.  This usually happens because you wanted something and it was so easy to buy it with a credit card, [...]