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Sunday, June 21, 2009

How Can You Invest Your Student Loan to Make Money? By James Buchan

For the majority of students, a student loan is vital to fund university life. For the majority of us, it will cover the necessities such as rent, food, book, socialising but with not much left over. However some savvy students are investing their loan in specific products and turning a profit. Clever eh? Remember that you will need to live off your loan so if it all backfires you could be left with a red face. However think smart and use it in a clever way and you will be on top of the game and making money before you have even graduated. Some students have even gone on to building up a whole business after graduating. It's all about starting small but thinking big.

Research the products you want to sell and make sure you will be able to make profit from them. However factor in the cost of your time. Trawling for hours around charity shops trying to find unusual, rare products to sell can be counterproductive. Most charity shops have caught on to this craze and have hiked their prices accordingly. The easiest way to research products and source them has to be eBay. Its simple to use, millions of people use it and if you want rare items it has to be the easiest place to start to source them. Be careful though, again factor your time in and don't just jump into eBay with no focus. Find a niche that you either know a lot about or are at least interested in. This should mean you will end up having a better idea of where there is money to be made. For some inspiration look at this article for examples of real people putting this action.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/feb/23/workandcareers.graduates2

James Buchan is the Founder of http://www.extrastudentcash.com

http://www.extrastudentcash.com focuses on providing resources and information to help students at university or college make money using eBay.

Friday, June 5, 2009

How to Find a Quality Truck Driving School By Dave Ferrara

When you decide to get into the business of trucking you are taking a big step. reading this article will ensure that you do not take a step in the wrong direction.

When you do an Internet search for trucking schools or truck driving schools you will find search results filled with hundreds of websites offering something related to truck driving schools. Then you have to wade through dozens of websites that seem to provide mostly advertisements for other truck driving schools. If you take the wrong course you end up bouncing back and forth between advertisements. This will most likely leave you feeling lost.

Well, Let's make it easier than ever before!

First answer this question:

* Are you committed to making this a new career or are you just looking to improve your skills for a job you already have?

If your looking to make this a new career, than you should focus on the stability of the company doing the training, the quality of the training, their reputation in the industry, and your total costs. When it comes to proper training your life depends on it!

If your just looking to improve your skills for a job you already have then right off the bat you should look for a local training company. Try searches that include your city or state. For example: "Riverside Truck Driving Schools" That can eliminate a lot of the junk out there.

All Right, Your Ready To Start A New Career:

First and fore most training should be the most important piece of the puzzle to you. If your not trained properly you could end up in a bad accident or a very short driving career. That is why we say your life depends on it! As far as the training goes, someone who is well experienced when it comes to truck driving and truck driving training should train you on recent equipment.

Next consider the training time.
Are you about to attend a license mill, or is the company going to give you plenty of time behind the wheel?

After training you should of course consider your costs. If you can't see prices for tuition, fees and everything else, you might want to walk away now or in your case leave that website. Just think what else is going to be negotiable? Tuition, fees, your safety?

Now that you know how much it costs for tuition, you should also consider other costs like financing, room and board or hotel stays, transportation to the school, amenities etc. Be conscious of the numbers game. It might be $5000 for one school all-inclusive and $4000 for another but you still have to pay for hotel. That makes them the same. So you really have to evaluate the schools and do your due diligence.

Lastly and most commonly where people are taken for a ride, is the promise of employment. Your making a career move so you most definitely need to have a job lined up for when you complete school. Here is a simple fact. If they're not a "School to Hire" organization, then it is not a job guarantee! "School to Hire" refers to a situation where, not if, but when you complete school you have a job with the company who trained you or with another company via a contractual agreement between the school and a carrier.

For example you might go to school A, and upon completion, you'll be working for company B. You'll know before you even start school who your going to work for. The other option uses another very common term. "Guaranteed Job Placement" or "Lifetime Placement Assistance", or something along those lines. The long and short of it, they guarantee they will be helping you apply for jobs.

The Hard Fact:

The fact is there are Truck Driving Schools out there that have no intention other than taking your money, getting you a license and sending you packing with a hand full of applications.

Now that you have a little more information about what you should look for than your ready to begin your search to find the school that is going to work for you. We hope this short article is helpful in navigating the truck driving school maze and wish you the best in your endeavors.

Written by BIG rig Dave
Truck Driving Schools