FAP443: Top 11 Tips for finding a job using LinkedIn, Light news day, Discover Card scholarships, Beatrice Ericsson

Student Financial Aid News
+ The European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve may have to raise interest rates once more to keep inflation in check, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato was quoted on Monday as saying.
+ “It is possible they should introduce new increases to keep inflation in line with objectives but this will have to be done after evaluating the pace of the economy,” he told Spanish newspaper La Razon.
+ Robert Nuranen handed the local librarian a book he’d checked out for a ninth-grade assignment — along with a check for 47 years’ worth of late fees. “I figured I’d better get it in before we waited another 10 years,” he said after turning it in Friday with the $171.32 check. “Fifty-seven years would be embarrassing.” The book’s last due date was stamped June 2, 1960.
+ FAFSA filing is now – file online at FAFSAonline.com
+ Second semester Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com
+ Act Education Loans for private student loan second semester funding

Scholarship Update
+ Discover Financial Services Tribute Awards Scholarships
+ Up to $1 million in scholarships is available annually to high school juniors nationwide.
+ Any current high school junior who meets the following qualifications is eligible:
+ Is enrolled in an accredited public or private high school in the United States
+ Has at least 2.75 cumulative grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale for the 9th and 10th grades
+ Demonstrates accomplishments in Leadership and Community Service and has faced a significant roadblock or challenge.
+ State Scholarships
+ Up to 300 Awards—$2,500 each
+ National Scholarships
+ Up to Ten Awards—$25,000 each
+ State and national scholarships can be used for any type of post–high school education or training—certification, licensing, two or four year trade and technical school, or two or four year college.
+ The deadline for the 2007 program is a postmark date of January 31, 2007.
+ Details at our free college scholarship site

JobCast
+ Leveraging LinkedIn
+ LinkedIn is a nice way to get in general contact with people
+ Search gives you the ability to locate movers and shakers
+ The best time to look for a job is when you don’t need one
+ How do you grow your LinkedIn network?
+ DO attend networking events with directories of participants that include email addresses and add them to your LinkedIn account as a text file
+ DO brand your invitation
+ DO join and participate in online communities with email addresses
+ DO NOT send spam
+ DO NOT solicit recommendations from people who haven’t worked with you in some way
+ DO NOT pay for it if you don’t have to
+ DO publish a chicklet or link on your blog or podcast site
+ DO send invitations to link up
+ DO solicit recommendations from customers including audience attendees
+ DO update your profile
+ DO use other networks you belong on to populate your LinkedIn

Podsafe Music
+ Beatrice Ericsson, Through the Night
+ Music via the Podsafe Music Network

Reminders
+ Private student loans
+ Stafford loans | Other federal student loans
+ Student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ FAFSA form online filing at FAFSAonline.com
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com.
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.

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