Have you recently decided to go to school? Maybe you’re a first-timer with your sights set on grad school and then a corporate job. Or maybe you are returning to school after a long break and lots of real-world work experience along the way. Whatever your story, odds are financial aid will be a part […]
What I’m Reading This Week
I can hardly believe we are 9 days into 2009. On my weekly perusals of the blogs, I found a lot of New Year’s Resolutions posts — like the one I did here about job seeking resolutions on JobMonkey. It’s interesting to read about the goals others are setting for themselves. It looks like a […]
Want to work at home? Beware of scammers!
For many people, working from home seems like the ideal situation (and I work from home, so believe me, I get how great it can be!) Maybe you are a new mom and want to be home with your baby. Maybe you are sick to death of your boss and want some autonomy. Maybe you […]
Hot Jobs 19
Did you know that the JobMonkey has a cool job board? The center features job listings from every imaginable field, all 50 states and numerous foreign countries. You can run your own search by topic or location any time, day or night. But on Wednesdays, I make your search even easier by bringing you the […]
Career Tips for College Seniors
If you are a college senior, you are entering the most glorious semester of your educational career. You are riding high, about to graduate and start the next chapter of your life. And in the meantime, you get to enjoy enough collegiate-style entertainment to last a lifetime. Perhaps you know you are going to graduate […]
Distance Learning, Part 3: Financial Aid
Welcome to part 3 of our series on distance learning. You can check out past posts on whether online classes are right for you and what the significance is of accreditation for distance learners. Today, I am focusing on financial aid for distance learning. Here’s the good news: As long as you are attending a […]
Top 9 New Year’s Resolutions for Job Hunters in 2009
Happy New Year! With 2009 right around the corner (29 hours and counting), it’s high time to give some thought to your New Year’s resolutions. If you are looking for a job, no doubt finding gainful employment is right up there on your list. But are you doing everything you can to maximize your job […]
Graduate School Programs for a Career in the Gas and Oil Industry
I’ll be back next week with the final segment in my series on Online Learning Programs. This week, however, we’re taking a short break to look at the educational requirements of a career in the gas and oil industry. The field offers a number of high paying opportunities, and even with the current economic crisis, […]