Phoenix, Arizona is home to Grand Canyon University, one of the fastest growing colleges in the United States. Located in the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix receives over 300 days of sun each year, which gives students many opportunities to enjoy the great outdoors. Grand Canyon's 90 acre campus features numerous buildings and plenty of greenery, including cactus. Between the main campus and its online program, GCU enrolls approximately 25,000 students.
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Posted by William F on February 9, 2010 at 10:04 AM | Leave a Comment (0)
Graduating from college is a big adjustment for most students as s/he has to trade-in an insulated, academic, environment for the so-called "real world." The transition from student to working adult is critical, especially in regard to getting your personal finances off on the right foot. The foundation a recent grad lays in the 2-3 years after graduation often predicts how s/he will lead the rest of their economic life. If the recent grad is interested in a flashy new car, eating out, and living in an expensive city, for example, then s/he often delays saving money, paying off student debt, finding the right career, and being financially independent overall.
Here are some practical steps the recent grad can take to ensure that their personal finance life gets off on the right track (after all, you don't want to be worrying about credit card debt by the time you're 25, right?):
1. Begin paying off your student debt as soon as possible. It's tempting to pay the minimum amount each month (especially if you have a low rate), but debt (outside a home mortgage) is a bad thing, so focus first on paying off your student loans (do this at all costs, no one wants to be paying off student debt at the same time they see their first gray hair!). Continue reading ...
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Posted by Candice Arnold on February 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM | Leave a Comment (0)
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Wouldn't it be great to crack the first page of Google results for a search of your name? Or, if your links already appear on the first page, wouldn't you like to add yet another result? Your Google Profile is the simplest, most sure-fire way to add another opportunity for searchers to find you.
Once published, a preview link to your Google Profile will appear at the very bottom of Page 1 search results for your name - which can be extremely beneficial if you have a common name (and others have not yet claimed this space).
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Posted by Candice Arnold on February 9, 2010 at 8:44 AM | Leave a Comment (0)
Located in Spokane, Washington, Gonzaga University is a private university in the beautiful pacific northwest on the Spokane River. The downtown area offers shopping and fine dining, just a short distance away. Gonzaga has a scenic 120 acre campus, which it is looking to expand. The university enrolls over 6,300 students, and about 4,100 are undergraduates.
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Posted by William F on February 8, 2010 at 4:50 PM | Leave a Comment (0)
New Grad Life recently traveled to a few Universities in San Diego. We picked the most interesting responses and want to share them with you. Due to the nature of the questions most students asked to for us to leave their last names out and schools they were affiliated with. Read on to see what College seniors are thinking!
NGL: "Let's talk about the various services your University offers. What do you think about the career fairs?"
Ashley: "Useless....I mean it's usually a bunch of companies that have all these entry-level sales positions. Then there's like, agencies; the police, highway patrol, sometimes I really don't get what they're doing here. I think it's even worse for our University - it makes our school look bad, you know?"
Omar: "A lot of the job fairs I've been to on campus are great. I'm not saying I got a job offer or anything on the spot, of course not, but I did get a few contacts and leads. You just need to weed out those ones that are not useful to you."
Sonia: "I think it depends on what school you go to, because better schools have better companies who visit. I've been to a few other career fairs, and some were worse, some were better." Continue reading ...
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Posted by Candice Arnold on February 8, 2010 at 9:52 AM | Leave a Comment (0)
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What does your Twitter personal brand communications plan look like? Do you have a plan, or do you spend a lot of time tweeting about what you had for lunch or what movie you saw last night?
Along with creating on-brand original tweets that will resonate with your target audience, consider building a re-tweeting strategy to fully leverage the value of Twitter.
In fact, if you do nothing else on Twitter, posting relevant re-tweets can be a powerful way to build brand evangelism, a quality Twitter following, and get on the radar of people you want to rub elbows with, such as subject matter experts in your niche and hiring decision makers at companies you're targeting in your job search.
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Posted by Candice Arnold on February 8, 2010 at 9:28 AM | Leave a Comment (0)
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Social networking is the new way to get a job, and it will be for the foreseeable future. Bold statement, but it is true. Your connections are extremely valuable and are often privy to positions you don't know about but definitely want to.
You are building your connections on any social networking platform (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, etc.) for the future. If you are only looking at "collecting" connections then you are approaching this thing the wrong way. By just lurking in the background, you are missing excellent opportunities to engage.
Your connections add value to your career every day, not only in what they have to share with you but in who they know. The cool game is no longer the six degrees of Kevin Bacon but it is the six degrees of you! Who do you know? Who knows you? How can you elevate yourself to Bacon status?
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Posted by Candice Arnold on February 5, 2010 at 3:22 PM | Leave a Comment (0)
