Why You Need to Network Before You Graduate
As a student, you are probably participating in the social media. Maybe it is an important part of your social life, and provides you the ability to stay in close contact with family and friends back home. But you might want to give serious consideration to extending...Good Networking (Relationship Building) vs Ineffective Networking
Networking is one of those overused clichés that teachers, self-help gurus, and personal finance bloggers like to throw around. I think what happened was that someone took a pretty straight-forward premise – the idea that human beings are social animals and like to...The Fastest Way an “Average Joe” Can Build Wealth Today
There are always ways for geniuses to make money. Go ahead and re-watch the famous Steven J Jobs’ graduation speech again and get all inspired, but let’s be honest here – blindly following your passions might create success for you if you are ultra-elite, but if...Is Ontario Teachers College Still a Good Investment?
As a teacher I am often asked by some of my friends (many of them with liberal arts degrees and fascinating careers as baristas and bartenders) if I think it is a good job. This is basically an impossible question to answer, and on any given day my responses could be...How To Become a Railway Conductor In Canada
As someone with B.A. I’ve written about the benefits of getting a liberal arts degree, and the challenges it presents for people who see a B.A. as a direct route to employment. In the final chapter of our new book: More Money for Beer and Textbooks – A Financial...Why You Might Want to be an Entrepreneur after Graduation
Universities don’t usually provide much guidance on becoming self-employed. Let’s face it – they mostly train students for life in organized structures. Yet being self-employed is becoming more common with each passing year. And there are certain undeniable...Improving your CV to land that career-boosting job
If you are currently out of employment you will know that trying to get a job is pretty hard work. Every position seems to have tens if not hundreds of other people applying for it too, meaning that you probably have to get through two or three interviews in order to...Honorable Media Mentions
