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• Don’t Wing It: Tips to Help Prepare for Your Next Interview
• Risks and Rewards of Sudden Wealth
• Keeping Kids Safe Online

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Don’t Wing It: Tips to Help Prepare for Your Next Interview

Ricardo Estevez

Career Services Director

The Art institute of Washington. a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta

So you put together a stellar resume, wrote a winning cover letter and landed an interview for your dream job. The hard work’s done, right? Wrong. There’s no substitute to being prepared for your next interview. Says Estevez: Research, research and research. The more you research the more prepared you are. Without research, it’s hard to realign the interview and get out of uncomfortable spots.

Estevez can also offer tips for dealing with tricky questions, including, Tell me about yourself: Usually, at the beginning of an interview, you really should keep it about the job, about your past experiences in relation to the job you’re applying for. Keep it hyper-focused on the position you’re interviewing for.

Media Contact: Mandy Wilson. manwilson@aii.edu

Risks and Rewards of Sudden Wealth

Bijan Golkar. CFP

Vice President/Senior Advisor

FPC Investment Advisory, Inc.

After the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals just squared off in the World Series, it’s worth mentioning that both teams’ players are winners — at least when it comes to their bank accounts. The teams’ combined payrolls are a whopping $238 million. That means many of the players have the kind of financial security that most Americans can only dream of. Says Golkar: As I look on, I can only hope their financial success continues, but I know that for many, it won’t. The truth is, professional athletes are often as bad at handling money as they are good at sports. They spend too much. They make bad investment decisions. They fall prey to fraud. Too often, they end up in worse shape than if they had pursued a more ordinary career. The stories are endless, unfortunately. And they underline how critical it is for athletes to receive objective financial advice. Just as athletes have agents to negotiate contracts for them, they need trusted financial advisors to help navigate the risks and rewards of sudden wealth.

Media Contact: Steve Garmhausen. Steve@AdvisorCopy.com

Keeping Kids Safe Online

Stephen Balkam

CEO

Family Online Safety Institute

Keeping kids safe from harm is different than ensuring an avoidance of risk. In certain circumstances, risk can be good. Being exposed to some danger or the possibility of something bad happening and overcoming that situation leads to a wonderful sense of achievement, builds confidence and most importantly, resilience in ourselves and in our kids. If we are to create policies and pass laws, let them be on the basis of actual harm. And let us craft legislation or rules that are based on quantifiable evidence and not the latest headline or magazine survey. While it is important to protect our kids, it is as important to empower them to report abusive comments or bullying, to be an ‘upstander’ and not a bystander to hurtful behavior online.

Balkam is the founder and CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), an international, nonprofit organization which works to make the online world safer for kids and their families. Through global events, specialized initiatives and the creation of original research, FOSI strives to convene the top thinkers and practitioners in government, industry and the nonprofit sectors to create a culture of responsibility in the digital world. As a veteran of the online safety space, he is able to provide expert commentary on issues surrounding young people, families and technology. This includes topics in modern digital parenting such as online safety, privacy and reputation, and the role technology now plays in education. Benefiting from the perspective of FOSI’s 30 industry members, he can also provide insight and analysis on best practice from the standpoint of industry and corporate social responsibility and the public policy implications in the U.S. and overseas. He is a member of the Facebook Safety Advisory Board and the Comcast Safety Advisory Committee. He is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, and a LinkedIn influencer. He has been interviewed as an expert in the field of online safety for nationally syndicated TV and radio programs on networks such as MSNBC, CNN, NPR and the BBC, as well as major print outlets including the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

Media Contact: Emily Mulder. emulder@fosi.org

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