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Student Loans May Keep You From Buying a Home One Day
As if there weren’t already plenty of reasons why you should keep student loan debt to a minimum, there’s yet one more. One day you may want to buy a home and you’ll need to take a mortgage in order to do it. A student loan could cause complications! This is...
Using Social Media to Position Yourself for a Job at Graduation
In addition to the many background checks employers are doing on prospective employees, many are now investigating social media profiles. If you think about it, it actually makes sense. Your activity on the social media gives an employer a glimpse at what you’re...
Financial (Il)Literacy
Please forgive me in advance if any of this comes across as sarcastic or bitter, because it probably is. Election season is a time when I typically become a rather resentful individual mostly due to what I view as some of the biggest issues facing this great country...
Biggest University Mistakes You Can Fix Now
Even as a University student you could be making mistakes right now that could impact the rest of your life. It’s helpful to take a step back every now and again, to survey your situation and determine if there are any mistakes you have made or are making that you can...
Getting Work Experience By Volunteering
The conundrum facing many university graduates is trying to get a job without having any relevant experience. And of course, how can you have experience when you’ve been in school for the last few years? Well you might be able to, even if it isn’t paid work. You can...
Making The Switch To Tangerine
I will be moving to a new place at the end of the month and I'm re-evaluating my banking needs because of it. Currently I'm with CIBC and the only real reason why I'm with them is because they had a branch in the town where I grew up. Like many of you, I have to pay...
Young Millionaires – Will You Dare to Dream?
You’re graduating from university and decide that you want to be rich – at least a millionaire. Is it something you even want? Is it possible? Young millionaires – people who attain that financial level just a few years after graduation – do actually happen in the...
Financial Savvy – Why You Need to Develop it in University
Of all of the things that you learn at university – the many courses you take, making friends and social contacts, and learning more about yourself than you ever cared to know – it’s a good bet that financial savvy isn’t one of them. By financial savvy I'm not simply...
Making the Most of This Summer Vacation
Summer vacation is coming soon, and while we can all use a much-needed break from a long hard school year, you can also consider making the most of your vacation by doing something that will have a significant impact on your school career, or even on the rest of your...
Why University is the Perfect Time and Place to Reinvent Yourself
Are you familiar with the concept of reinventing yourself? It’s a common idea when you get to a rough spot in life. The idea is to change certain important behaviors, with the expectation that those changes lead to a better life. When you are a university student,...
MMFBT 020 – What To Consider If You’ve Considering University
We’re very pleased to welcome back to the podcast Dr. Ken Coates from the University of Saskatchewan. This is our first time inviting a guest to join us for a second time and the reasoning behind the bro-mance is because I think so highly of the material that Dr....
Not Sure What to Do After Graduation? Try Freelancing
Lots of students graduate from university, still not 100% sure what it is they want to do career-wise. Sometimes you have early success, and the first job that you take then defines the career path that you will follow. Many other times however, the career path...
MMFBT 019 – Doug Hoyes – Can Bankruptcy Erase Student Debt?
“I got it all figured out man… Sure I’ll be in school for a bunch of years, but I’ll live the good life off of student loans! The government is so dumb that they’re going to pay for me to become a lawyer/engineer/doctor and then when it’s done I’ll just declare...
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...
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