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Your Diploma Guarantees You Nothing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you have a full “Experience” section on your resume when you graduate, you’ll be receiving far more offers than your video-game playing friend. When I graduated from college, I lived in Michigan and had very little opportunity for employment (at the time, I think unemployment in our state was above 16%).

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Adult Children Living At Home – How To Approach It

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

While there are many reasons why adult children could be living with their parents, right now most of the blame falls on the economy and the recession. Not much would upset parents more than to see their adult child sleep late and play video games all day long. View living at home again as a privilege and not a right.

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