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Career Resources |
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| Resume Center – Our Resume Center is outstanding. It is a world in itself providing a 6-step resume writing process, scannable resume design, and sample resumes (functional, executive, entry). The center also provides guides and examples on cover letters, follow up letters and thank you letters. |  |
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| Resume Service – If you want to save time and frustration, use our professionals for personalized resume writing with cover letters custom designed for you. |
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| Resume Blaster – Effective job hunters get their resume to as many hiring authorities as efficiently as possible. Winning a job can come down to this simple strategy. Save time by putting your resume in front of 1.5 million employers and recruiters on the web's top job sites in one blast. We HIGHLY recommend this over self-posting! |  |
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| Monster – Monster is one of the kings of the online job posting world. |
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| Yahoo - HotJobs – Get posted on this online job board. |
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| CareerBuilder – Yet another popular job board. |
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| Job.com – One more online job board to look at. |
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| Interview Center – The Interview Center provides information designed to prepare you for that though job interview you face. Information on establishing rapport, researching your employer, answering interview questions, negotiating employment, and selling yourself will guide you to a more successful interview. These are great interview tips. | |
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| Mock Interviews – Not sure how well you are coming across in a job interview? We will provide mock job interviews over the telephone and provide you with feedback so you will ace your next interview. |
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| Internship Center – Quality information on finding, applying and capitalizing on internships is hard to find. Our Internship Center will help you get hired. | |
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| Letters of Recommendation – If you were asked to prepare a letter of recommendation or if you need to guide someone in writing a recommendation letter, this section gives you the information you need from asking for a letter to writing one. | |
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| Networking Advice – We all know that most jobs are filled through networking. Learn how to build and conduct effective job networking and how to use informational interviews to get hired. | |
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| Career Search – Our free career search tool provides information on thousands of careers, each of which has information such as detailed descriptions, earnings estimates, working conditions, and job requirements. |  |
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| First Job Guide – Here you will find information specifically for finding your first job. | |
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| Franchise/Small Business Advising – Don't limit your career to just job hunting. Explore your options as a small business owner. With many models it is easier than you think. Get a free coaching session to learn more. |  |
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| Health Insurance for Uninsured – If you are without employment and need health insurance, this is a good place to look. |
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| JibberJobber – Tool to track your job search. Get organized and networked here. | |
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College/University Resources |
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| Admissions Essay Guide – Techniques, tips, and examples on writing admission essays to help you get in your chosen college. You can also have your essay edited/critiqued. | |
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| Term Paper Help Center – Struggling with your term paper? Get ideas, examples, and tips here. Even get your paper edited/critiqued. | |
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| How to Study – Hopefully it isn't too late to learn good study habits. |
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| Test Prep (Act, SAT, etc) – Your scores have a critical influence on both the schools that will admit you and the financial aid you will receive. Make sure you are using up-to-date information like this. Also, definitely take the time to learn tips to increase your scores! | |
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| Price shop for used textbooks. – Great site to shop for used textbooks and other school supplies. |  |
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| Free College Courses – Many Colleges and Universities are now offering OCW - Open Courseware. THis is basically free access to their course material for certain courses. This link is an example for what MIT is offering. This is a good way to learn about material without having to pay the price. You don't get credit but you get knowledge! You can also search on Open Courseware and find more schools doing the same. | |
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| College Comparison – Here you can find great comparison information about college campuses everywhere. |
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Financial Aid Resources |
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| FAFSA – Complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This is the only form needed for most Federal Financial Aid. |
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| CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE – The CSS PROFILE is a form used by many private schools to determine financial aid. You can apply here or see if your chosen school uses this service. |
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| Financial Aid Calculators – Figure out how much school will cost, how much you must save, and how much aid you'll need. Lots of tools for selecting loans and calculating payments. Not just calculators, lots of advice here as well. |
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| Student Loan Consolidation – Consolidating your student loans may save you over 50%. Also, apply for other student loans at competitive rates. | |
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| Plus Loan – Plus loans are very popular loans. Parents are eligible to borrow up to 100% of the estimated cost of their child's attendance, including tuition, room and board, books, transportation and additional expenses, minus any other financial aid awarded to the student. Interest rates are very low (as low as 2.2%) and payback terms are favorable. |
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| Scholarship Essay Guide – Learn from the most comprehensive essay-writing guide on the Internet. Includes tips, techniques, strategies, and samples of the most common college, business school, law school, and medical school application essays. | |
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| Scholarship Matching – A great tool that gives you 12 months of access to match qualifications with over 2.3 million awards worth over $14 billion. Better than most scholarship searches, as it is quite up-to-date and protects your privacy. | |
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| AFL-CIO (Union) Scholarship Listings – Search for an available scholarship from a listing provided by AFL-CIO along with Union Plus. |  |
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| Scholarship Scams – Review this free guide on avoiding scholarship scams. |
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| Extensive Financial Aid Information – We could recreate all this information, but why do it. This site has about all you could need. |
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| US Dept of Ed Financial Aid – This is the US Government's official site for information on Federal Financial Aid. In addition to the tools, there is a lot of good information. |
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| State Higher Education Departments – Part of your research on Financial Aid needs to include exploring what your state has available. | |
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| Financial Aid Help Forms – Here you will find the most common forms you may need in applying for Federal Financial Aid. |
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| Financial Aid Fast Track – If you want professional help maximizing outside funds to pay for college, get it here. Get more money with one-on-one help (via 800 number, email or fax) on critical items like application assistance, award reviews, SAR updates, grant opportunities, loan availability, maximizing your eligibility, award appeals and more. Also included is FAFSA and CSS/PROFILE registration. Financial aid is a complicated science and investing in expert help can make an unbelievable difference! |
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| 529 Plans – 529 plans have become very popular ways to help fund college. Find out all about them here.
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| LEAP Program – Leveraged Educational Partnership (LEAP) Program. Learn more about this State-based form of financial Aid |
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| Federal Pell Grant – Information on the Federal Pell Grant program. |
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| FSEOG - Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants – FSEOGs represent another form of federal grant for education. |
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| Federal Work Study Program – Work-study jobs can be a very helpful form of financial aid. Many jobs are on-campus. |
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| Federal Perkins Loan – Make sure to explore these low-interest loans for education. |
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| Stafford Loan – Find out if you can qualify for these federal education loans. |
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| PLUS Loans – Informational site on these educational loans taken by parents to pay for college. |
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| Americorps – Americorps provides great financial aid in exchange for community service work. |
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| Free Scholarship Search – Here you will find a free service to search across hundreds of thousands of scholarships worth over $1 Billion to find out for which may give you money for school. | |
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| Financial Aid Forecaster – Find out whether you qualify for financial aid with the "FAFSA4caster" on this site. | |
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Other Resources |
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| Legal Protection Plan – We love this service as it has paid for itself many times over for us personally!It is amazing how much legal help we all need but think we can't afford. Ever been ripped off on a service contract, store return, repair, security deposit or fee? Ever get a speeding ticket? Need help with contracts? Would a letter from a law firm help you resolve some problem? Do you have a will? Get help with these problems and more for less than $1 per day. A must for individuals and small business owners. | |
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| Mind Scan – For a complete assessment with additional life skills direction contact us for our ?Mind Scan? - the ultimate cornerstone for self development. | |
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| Personal Coaching – Rapid Guide has experienced personal coaches ready to give you direction and motivation in all areas of your self achievement. |
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| Identity Theft Protection – Free book titled "Identity Theft Survival Guide" and other tools teaching you how to avoid having your identity stolen. This is the fastest growing crime in the US - make sure you read this. | |
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