Financial Literacy

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Financial Literacy

Financial literacy http://www.moneyinstructor.com/ http://www.foundationsu.com/high-school/

lessons and videos on financial literacy http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/about-us

Youth Central is the Victorian Government's website for young people aged 12-25, filled to overflowing with great information and articles about:

 How to find a job  Your study options  Moving out of home  Getting your drivers license  Travelling around Australia or overseas  Managing your money

 American Center for Credit Education: a variety of financial calculators. · Bankrate.com: a variety of financial calculators · Employee Benefit Research Institute’s Choose to Save: a comprehensive choice of calculators · Practical Money Skills for Life: a comprehensive choice of calculators · FINRA: a variety of financial calculators · American Institute of Certified Public Accountants: credit card payment optimizer · Nerd Wallet Education: an excellent student loan repayment calculator tool because it prompts the user to enter all federal direct loans (unsubsidized and subsidized), private loans, and loan consolidation; the website also has other financial tools, e.g. comparing credit cards, debit cards, checking accounts · Mapping Your Future: student loan repayment calculator (good for a single loan, not entering multiple loans) · Edmunds.com: car loan calculator http://www.gcflearnfree.org/

math, reading, computer, everyday life, money resources http://www.jumpstartcoalition.org/resources.html

a coalition for financial resources http://janj.org/about_janj

Junior Achievement brings business, economics, and life skills to young people http://www.juniorachievement.org/web/programs/resources

Junior Achievement website https://s3.amazonaws.com/education-production/life-scenarios/Life_Scenarios_TeachersEdition.pdf life scenario; students sign up for a website for free http://www.bloomberg.com/

great business website, everything from videos to articles on stocks and news articles http://www.moneyasyoulearn.org/what/

lesson on financial literacy https://www.ftc.gov/

federal trade commission website http://givespot.com/

How to donate http://lifesmarts.org/resources/resources-by-type-top-level/resource-links-by-type-consumerman- videocasts/

videos and topics on financial literacy http://www.careeronestop.org/JobSearch/job-search.aspx

Career Exploration

Resumes/Cover letters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYaXN8j7rL8

top 5 resume tips to get you the interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAthQKLhBTs

How to write a great resume and cover letter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHDrj0_bMQ0

How to ace an interview from Harvard advisor

Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95lhtBc53f8

5 min interview clip http://www.careeronestop.org/JobSearch/Interview/common-interview-questions.aspx

common interview questions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVF5SGusPH4

mock interview

password: Careers: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm

Occupational Outlook handbook-search careers http://www.onetonline.org/find/

Job center network Can learn about career, jobs, industries; can research by “data, people, things” category http://studentcenter.ja.org/Pages/default.aspx Junior Achievement website- Career clusters with job pathways; videos https://www.collegeboard.org/

Typing and Microsoft: http://www.howtogeek.com/t/office/

Microsoft Office help http://typingweb.com/ online typing program www.freetypinggame.net typing tests/games

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