The Inforium

Lining your pockets with some extra cash while you're in college isn't as difficult as you might think. In this episode, we'll look at how to find a part-time job on or off campus, the hierarchy of "job desirability", and how to balance your schedule.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

12 Great Part-Time Jobs for College Students (via Lifehack.org)

51 Side Jobs for College Students (via Once Cent at a Time)

How I Landed an Internship Without an Interview

Snagajob - part-time job search engine (your campus job board will likely be better)

More info on work-study

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Credit cards are stupidly confusing, and your credit score... doubly so. If you're unsure about how you should use credit cards, this Listen Money Matters crossover episode will help you. Probably.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Listen Money Matters

Here are the original show notes for this episode

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Plus, I've got 7 tips from my experience getting hired that you can use to increase your own chances of getting a great internship or job.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

TechRepublic

BOFH series

The Four-Hour Workweek

The Internship Experience - a journal of sorts I kept on the blog during my internship

97 Actions You Should Take to Become THE Person Companies Want to Hire

Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.

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Thoughts on how habits deaden the pleasure of certain experiences. When you notice this happening, should you change your habits?

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Episode 63 - Habit-Building Strategies for Different Personalities with Gretchen Rubin

Better Than Before - Gretchen's book

Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.

You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter.

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Building habits is not an exact science. As Gretchen Rubin reveals in her new book, people with different personalities should go about building new habits in different ways. How should you build yours?

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Better Than Before - Gretchen's new book

Happier with Gretchen Rubin - Gretchen's podcast on happiness

Follow Gretchen on Twitter!

Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.

You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter.

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I went to Japan twice - both in 2012 and 2013. For both trips, I used numerous resources and travel hacks to save lots of money; in this episode, I'll show you them!

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Listen Money Matters - Burnout episode

Tofugu

Wanikani

Textfugu

Japan-Guide

Wikitravel

Kayak

Hipmunk

Skyscanner

Clever Layover

Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.

You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter.

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Today we're wrapping up my video-creation process with an overview of how I edit and publish each video.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

How I Create Videos – Part 1: Research and Filming (Ep. 60)

My upcoming video course - sign up to get notified when I create it

Watch my videos on YouTube

DIY Video Guy

Video CoPilot

Indie Mogul

Lynda.com

Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.

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Want to know my process for making videos? In this episode, I'll go through the first part - starting with research and ending with filming.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

My YouTube channel

The video-creation course I'm building

How to Adult

Crash Course

How Did You Get Into That? with Grant Baldwin

Part 2: Editing and Publishing

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Want to become a more productive person? Chris Bailey has spent over two years immersed in mountains of research on habit-building, mindfulness, and other techniques for helping you do just that. He's got a pretty sweet beard too.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

A Life of Productivity

Chris' upcoming book, The Productivity Playbook

Follow Chris on Twitter!

100 Time, Energy, and Attention Hacks to Be More Productive

The Zeigarnik Effect

Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.

You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter.

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Need a way to force yourself to build or break a habit? In this episode, I chat with the founders of Beeminder - an app that makes you pledge real money towards your goals.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Beeminder

IFTTT channel for Beeminder

Hyperbolic discounting

Pomodoro Poker

The Motivation Hacker - one of my essential books for students

etc/hosts ("etsy hosts")

Momentum

Strict WorkFlow

StayFocusd

RescueTime

My Beeminder Goals - content creation and sleeping in

Here's how Beeminder helps me wake up early

Follow Beeminder on Twitter!

Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.

You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter.

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