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Set, Graduate: Seniors Prepare for the rat race by learning money and life
strategies Hamilton College Spectator by Amy Kopriva, Features Editor March 12, 2002 Thesis. Finding a date to the senior formal. Fielding questions from your parents / neighbors / 3rd grade teachers about - insert sigh here - your future. Realizing that the bed you now sleep in actually belongs to Hamilton. The life of a senior is no picnic, as any of us will tell you. Blood pressure continues to rise amongst our posse as the en of our Hamilton career become visible, and yet we're not sure where we're going next. So, cast that issue of Maxim aside and replace your bedside table with life after school. explained. It's worth a read. Produced by Cap & Compass, a company founded in 1999 by "two young professionals" (i.e. what we can call ourselves in six months), this guidebook answers all those questions that have compounded into a second semester sweat. The premise of the book is that although school bestows on us the knowledge of right angles, the physics of baseball, and how to write a ten page paper in 2 hours, it tends to be a little light in the practical skills department. In additional to authoring this book, Nicole and Jesse Vickey, along with the rest of their staff, give seminars nationwide to fill in these gaps. They also offer starter kits for graduates moving to the big, bad cities. Taking a humorous approach to serious concerns, the book is very reader friendly, accompanied by cute computer graphics, comics, and a layout that allows you to skim. The introduction does offer a disclaimer, which is aptly included, "We do not intend this book to be a substitute for the advice of professional accountants, financial advisors, apartment brokers, and so on. Rather, it is designed to help you get a basic understanding of the concepts and the lingo. This foundation will help you have meaningful conversations with professionals to make the best decisions for you." From there, their seminar topics form the following chapters: Avoid Looking Stupid at Dinner, Love Your Money, Getting Your Apartment, W4401kHMO: Translating Day 1 at Work, and the The Least You Need to Know about Taxes. The book informs you of the unfriendly nature of checking accounts, persuades you to buy your new work clothes after the first day so that you can evaluated office expectations and trends, and gently reminds you that "if you think you could go dancing right after work without changing your clothes, you probably want to rethink your outfit." |
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