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How your Minor Can Land You A Job
A minor course of study could well be the most underrated university activity. But with the job market becoming tighter and more specialized, you may find that a solid minor can land you a job. It may be that extra dimension that makes your resume and job candidacy...
What Kind of Job Can You Get With a Political Science Degree?
Political science is one of those degrees that makes you wonder what kind of job you can land after graduation. After all, only an extremely small number of people actually ever go into politics – and a lot of those are lawyers. So what kind of job can you get with...
University Majors for the Would-be Self-Employed
If often seems as if most university students are preparing themselves for life in the corporate world, or perhaps even for a job in the public sector. But many students today will eventually find themselves seriously considering self-employment – it’s just the...
Converting Your English Major Into a Career
It’s become something of a cliché that you can't get a job with an English major. In point of fact, you can, but you just might have to be a little bit more creative. There are many real world industries and applications that need people who can communicate in clear...
MMFBT 018: Tom Drake – The Godfather of Canadian Personal Finance Bloggers
Tom Drake enters our studio headquarters on this week’s edition of The More Money for Beer and Textbooks Podcast and lays down some insights in regards to hustling on a side gig in order to get your feet wet in the world of entrepreneurship. We half-jokingly refer to...
Five Ways of Making Homework Easy
One of the most difficult tasks for a student is finding a way to get homework assignments done in a timely fashion, and without stressing over it. But since homework is so relentless – coming from virtually every course you’re taking – it can be overwhelming. There’s...
Turning Your Social Media Skills into a Career
A lot of university students spend a great deal of time of in the social media, but probably give very little thought to the career potential that it has. Many businesses are discovering the virtues of the social media, and the ability it offers to reach out to large...
Keeping Your Non-Student Loan Debts Under Control
The current common obsession with university students is student loans, which is completely understandable. Student loans tend to be by far the largest debts that students carry. But they’re hardly the only ones. Generally much smaller, but still potentially...
Should You Move Back Home After Graduation to Payoff Student Loans?
By the time you graduate from university, you’ll be biting at the bit to get started on your life in the post-university world. That will include having your own place to live – perhaps even in a distant city – and having all the trappings that go along with being an...
6 Ways to Raise Quick Cash
Whether you work a part-time job at university or not, there will always be times when you will need extra money for some purpose. You might need money for concert tickets, a weekend trip, a trip back home, spring break, or summer vacation. It’s often hard to come up...
Those Music Classes You Took in High School Could be Worth More than You Think
A lot of students completely abandon the music classes that they took in high school, once they enter university. For some it was just a form of entertainment while they were in high school. For others, it was a resume decoration intended to help improve chances of...
5 Reasons to Take Summer School Courses
Mention summer school courses, and all lot of university students get defensive. After a full school year, why would anyone want to take summer school courses? Actually there five reasons why you might consider it. To Make Up For Past Sins If there any courses that...
MMFBT 017 – Case Study: Sandra the Mature Student
It’s been really cool and rewarding to see our podcast steadily gain a following over the past few months. We’re now at the point where people have heard enough of us and our all-star panel of guests, that there is enough trust to reach out with specific situations. ...
Part-time Jobs Have Benefits Beyond Making Money
Most university students think of part-time jobs mostly as a way to make money. That certainly is the main thing, as well as the most obvious one, that they do. But part-time jobs have benefits beyond making money. Here are a few that you probably haven’t thought much...
How to Avoid Always Being Broke
Does it often seem as if being a university student requires taking an oath of poverty? Income is limited, and expenses - well, they’re not. Ever. But despite the financial imbalance that is an entrenched part of being a university student, you can learn how to avoid...
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