BA.8 They Don't Teach Corporate in College – navigating your career in
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Life AFTER College Congratulations, graduate! You’ve learned a tremendous amount of important information in the last four (or 5, or more) years & now you’re ready to join the real world. Sort of. NOW is the time to educate yourself on managing your new salary, your new career, & new life. The resources below will help you get started.
Career Library Resources BA.1 A Car, Some Cash, & a Place to Crash – Chap. 3 covers cars – from selection to care BA.2 Backpack To Briefcase Step To A Successful Career – Handling Work Related- Challenges chapter shows how to handle reprimands BA.6 Life After School. Explained – Seminar 4 answers the retirement plan & tax questions BA.7 Creating You & Co. – career management for life BA.8 They Don’t Teach Corporate in College – navigating your career in corporate America BA.11 Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms – Chap. Thoroughly explains office politics BA.14 The Gradspot.com Guide to Life After College – Chap. 5 explains investing & health care plans BA.15 No More Ramen – Chap. 7 clarifies many of the money issues of new grads
Other Print Resources: The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke / Suze Orman – learn how to manage your new salary You're So Money: Live Rich, Even When You're Not / Farnoosh Torabi – advice from a PSU alum, available for checkout at PSU Libraries HG179.T67 2008
Online Resources PSU Cashcourse - http://www.cashcourse.org/psu/Default.aspx - personal finance basics Federal Student Aid - http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/repaying.jsp - guide to repaying loans Bankrate – http://www.bankrate.com/ - debt calculators, credit card rates, & more Education Cents - http://www.educationcents.org/ - the Psychology of Money course helps you understand your money behaviors Kiplinger basics - http://www.kiplinger.com/basics/ - budgeting worksheets & investment basics Young Money - http://www.youngmoney.com/ - personal finance & entrepreneurship advice Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO credit scores) - http://www.myfico.com/ - these scores determine your creditworthiness to banks, credit companies & others Annual Credit Report - https://www.annualcreditreport.com/ - the ONLY absolutely FREE credit report available Gradspot - http://www.gradspot.com/ - advice on everything, from housing to lifestyle Salary.com – http://www.salary.com – get salary data for 1000s of job titles & cost-of-living info Payscale.com – http://www.payscale.com – similar to salary.com, not as extensive Cost of Living - http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html - see how your salary stacks up against your new city National Foundation for Credit Counseling - http://www.nfcc.org/ - free or low-cost credit counseling Money Management International - http://www.moneymanagement.org/ - financial information & planning for life
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