College Seniors Stumble; Few Know How to Find First Job, According to New Career Planning Guide

La Jolla, CA (PRWEB) January 11, 2009

"Networking is the killer job search technique," says "LAUNCH!...Get That First Paycheck In 90 Days." This career planning guide for students explains how to network, step-by-detailed-step. The book includes a career assessment that compares their job skills with college seniors nationwide.

The career planning guide is now available at Launch-Your-Career.com to help college seniors and recent graduates successfully begin their careers. It offers job-finding secrets that too few students know about - because no other career planning guides reveal them. LAUNCH! includes:

A career assessment quiz that shows how the student's job skills and attitudes compare to college seniors nationwide, and what career paths their unique traits suggest.
How to find job openings before they're advertised.
How to triple resume responses.
Proven networking tactics.
How to interview better.
Why Monster.com and Craigslist are time traps for recent graduates.
How a weekend project can make the student a top candidate for their chosen position.
Finally, LAUNCH! outlines a 90 day schedule for getting that first job.

If downloaded from the website in PDF format, this 339 page career assessment book costs $ 8.63 -- less than the price of a pizza. It's also available as a paperback book (for $ 16.23 - free shipping), an audio CD set (for $ 21.33 - free shipping), or a downloadable MP3 audio book ($ 11.74). An unusual money back guarantee is included -- if any college senior doesn't discover a new job search tactic, boost their resume responses, or learn something about themselves that they didn't know before; they get their money back plus one dollar.

"Unlike those fuzzy lectures and expensive textbooks or seductive student loans, this helps graduates actually find that first job," says LAUNCH! author Gary Sutton, a retired CEO who's been involved in advising, hiring, and firing countless employees during his lengthy career.

"This may be the most important book a college senior ever reads," added Dr. Linda Charles, clinical psychologist and former UCLA staffer.

Anxious students and their nervous parents can even sample the guide before buying by reading a few pages or listening to a brief audio clip at Launch-Your-Career.com.

The career assessment quiz in LAUNCH! can also be taken online at WhoAreYouAnyway.com. It tells college seniors if they'll do better in large or small organizations, among other things. The quiz ranks students' energy, ambition, ethics, status needs, social abilities and fifteen other vocational traits. Results are translated into the best career path.

"Wow! That job quiz nailed me. Without those insights, I'd be waiting tables again," said one Drake grad.

About Career Planning Guide "LAUNCH!...Get That First Paycheck In 90 Days":

LAUNCH is a career planning guide aimed at college seniors and recent graduates, with more practical, hands-on advice than offered in other books. It's available in paperback book, downloadable PDF, audio CD set, or downloadable MP3 audio book format at Launch-Your-Career.com. The guide includes an assessment designed to help college students who may be wondering how to choose a career. The assessment may also be taken as an online quiz at WhoAreYouAnyway.com. The author of both the book and creator of the quiz, Gary Sutton, is a retired CEO. He's mentored seniors at several colleges and found a disturbing level of confusion and unreal attitudes about the world of work.

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Planning To Make Your Money Last Forever

(PRWEB) September 27, 2004

It’s true that you can’t take it with you, but many are becoming more concerned about what happens to what they leave behind. Thanks to some recent changes in estate laws, strategies that were once only doable by the extremely wealthy are now more accessible by those of more modest means. Read on to see if you can take advantage of these estate planning tools and create a living legacy for your family.

Wealthy families have long used various trusts to increase their fortunes and help shield their assets from excessive taxes. States limited how long these trusts could last, making the managing of these fortunes costly and difficult. But thanks to the actions taken by several states to remove time limitations, now you can create a dynasty trust that can last forever.

Dynasty trusts have several main advantages. Primarily, they keep your hard-earned nest egg from being eroded by estate taxes. Normally, wealth transferred from generation to generation is subject to estate taxes. Over time, large portions can be lost to taxes. This money is preserved in a dynasty trust.

They also protect your assets from creditors, bankruptcy and divorce proceedings. For instance, let’s say your son is a doctor and you leave him a large inheritance. Should he be sued by a patient, those assets couldn’t be touched by the plaintiff if those assets were in a dynasty trust. The same would be true if that son got a divorce. His ex-wife wouldn’t be able to demand a share of the assets in the trust.

We’ve all heard of the problems with trust-fund kids, where the vast wealth left to them takes away their incentive to achieve their own success. That is easily prevented using incentives to encourage your heirs in ways that match your morals and values. For instance, you can withhold funds until a grandchild has earned a college degree.

Dynasty trusts are best suited for those who have at least $ 500,000 to $ 1,000,000 in excess of what they need to continue living comfortably. They cost between $ 5,000 and $ 10,000 to create and professional trustees usually charge about 1% a year to mange them.

You don’t have to have a million bucks in cash lying around. Real estate, such as rental property, personal residences or vacation homes can be put into these trusts. When planned in advance, they can be set up at your death which allows the use of life insurance to fund the trust. The use of life insurance places these trusts within the reach of many people.

These trusts can last for hundreds of years, so it’s important to write them as carefully as possible. These trusts cannot be changed so they need to be carefully planned. Provisions to change trustees and end or split the trust should be included to allow future generations flexibility to deal with changing laws and situations.

The income from the trust can be paid to beneficiaries each year. In that case, the income is taxed based on each beneficiary’s tax bracket. Any income not distributed from the trust each year is taxed at the trust level where tax rates could be higher.

Dynasty trusts can benefit heirs in many ways. For instance, the trust could own personal residences or vacation homes for the heirs. This provides them a financial benefit, but since the properties are owned by the trust they are beyond the reach of the heirs creditors. This protects those assets for future generations.

If your own children don’t have a need for your assets and you want to pass them on to your grandkids and beyond, dynasty trusts allow you to do that without being subject to generation skipping taxes. If you don’t want to see your hard-earned wealth eaten away by Uncle Sam, a dynasty trust could be just the ticket. So even though you can’t take it with you, you can help provide for generations to come and even pass on some of your values as well.

An Estate Planning Attorney who has experience designing Dynasty Trusts should be consulted. He or she will be able to answer specific questions and help you decide if a Dynasty Trust is right for you.

Questions? Concerns? I’d be happy to provide clear, unbiased advice free of charge.

Mr. Voudrie is a Certified Financial Planner and the President of Legacy Planning Group, Inc., a Private Wealth Management firm in Johnson City, TN. For more information call 1-877-827-1463 or email jeff@guardingyourwealth.com.

Looking for an energetic expert who is passionate about financial and wealth management? Mr. Voudrie is an excellent speaker who will excite and inspire your audience. Mr. Voudrie is available for a limited number of speaking engagements, television appearances and radio talk shows. For booking information, contact Christine Lavender at (877) 827-1463 or email christine@guardingyourwealth.com.

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