Education
Underemployment for 2019 Graduates at Highest Post-2002 Level
A regular topic for discussion is the US employment rate, which is near a historic low. But a new article on Yahoo! Finance by Sibile Marcellus reports that United States underemployment for recent grads is worse today than it was in the early 2000s. How is the underemployment measured? Since 1940, the bureau of Labor…
Read MoreThe truth about Caribbean medical schools
I graduated from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada and now work as an emergency medicine physician at a trauma center in Northern California. To some, that may seem like an extreme jump or a rare success story. The stigma of a Caribbean medical school education is built on rumors — and they’ve…
Read More16 Tips to Financial Fitness
16 Best Tips to Financial Fitness! Hey, you’re getting physically fit for summer, but are you financially fit enough for that summer getaway? There are some minor lifestyle changes that can turn around your debt cycle and deliver their own R&R. Say goodbye to your Barista. You may be passionate about that incredible first cup…
Read More7 steps to Homebuying
I love Spring in the US. The Temperature rises, the leaves and flower buds come out and bloom and the new homebuying season heats up too! If you are figuring out where to start in the search for new home here are 7 (seven) steps to a more productive homebuying experience. What do you need?…
Read MoreWhat Will Mend the Education Rift?
In the wake of privileged education scandal, student loan defaults and struggling public schools, U.S. students continue to lag behind other rich nations. Why? NYTimes said: “The perennial debate about the state of public education starts with a single, seemingly unassailable fact. American students sorely lag their peers in other rich nations and even measure…
Read MoreStudent Loan Debt: The Next Crisis in America?
An estimated two-thirds of United States’ college loan debt is held by women. Some of this debt was generated by women taking out student loans for their own education which they were unable to repay later and others when one or more parents co-signed for their children or grandchildren’s student loans. According to CNBC, 56…
Read More3 things That Control When you Retire
Today, a friend of mine lamented how she wished she could retire now, but can’t afford it. Neither can I retire today, unless I can live on much less than I do now. The conversation made me think. How ready are most of us to retire when we want to retire? This is just a…
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