The day I graduated college was nothing short of the most frightening day of my life. I had an education and around $1,000 in my bank account, but no job leads. I had quit my part-time job as a pharmacy tech the summer before my senior year to pursue an internship at a television news […]
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I belong to a group of more than five friends from high school. After going away to college, I was immersed in the sea of eager freshmenhood (no, that isn’t a real word) and selfishly put my “old” relationships on the backburner. I began building a close relationship with my roommate and other girls in
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Graduating college is something many college seniors look forward to each year. After four years of hard work and tireless studying, it’s exciting to seize that diploma and head out into the real world. In fact, I remember how excited I was when I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin just four years
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Becoming a confident and self-assured individual is very much a product of time and age. For the most part, the first step to finding consistent self-confidence is maturing. This is not to say that younger individuals cannot find confidence in themselves. Of course, we are all able to find confidence in our own ways. But,
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It’s a pretty common story, one that thousands of recent grads have experienced. You finished school, and maybe you’re tired of the city where you studied. Maybe you were raised in a small town like I was, and you feel that it’s time to start your adult life completely anew in an exciting city filled
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Freelance work can either be the work-at-home dream that many people hope for or it can be a stop-gap measure as you struggle to find gainful employment. On the one hand, it allows you to work for yourself and to potentially make far more money on your own than you ever would working for someone
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The months leading up to graduation are wildly exhilarating. All that you’ve worked for the past four years is finally coming full circle: you’re about to walk the stage and head out into the real world. Congratulations! When graduation is three to six months away, it’s easy to think that you have plenty of time
So NerdWallet’s Turning It Into A Reality Show! We here at NerdWallet are launching the first personal finance reality show, So You Think You Can Finance. The show will follow five young people on the road to financial independence as they compete in financial challenges. Winner gets $1,000, and free sessions with a Certified Financial
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Setting off to seek your fortune abroad? Congratulazioni! Before you saunter off into the sunset, however, take a moment and run through this simple five-step checklist to make sure your financial bases are covered. 1. Make a budget It’s simple, but effective: creating a reasonable budget before you leave the country is personal financial management
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All throughout my years in college, I made a valiant effort to avoid getting into any kind of serious relationship. I wanted to have absolutely no attachments during college so I would be able to leave for New York – like I had always planned to – at the end of college. Unfortunately, love hit
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