Today you will be responsible for not only finding a college and major you are interested in, but finding your first job after college. YOU MAY NOT FIND A JOB IN PHILADELPHIA OR THE REGIONAL AREA. You must find an "ENTRY-LEVEL" job outside the Philadelphia Area (Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, and Chester Counties are off limits).
Start your search by imagining that you are a student at any college in the United States that you wish to attend. Go to the following website https://www.aftercollege.com/ and look on the right side of the opening page. You will see a box that says "Get Started Today". Select a College you are interested attending (SCHOOL). Enter a (MAJOR) you are likely to study. Set the (GRADUATION DATE) for MAY of 2013 and click EXPLORE NOW.
You may have to SIGN IN (Create A Free Account). Use your class GMAIL and select a password you can remember.
Now you must choose a job that you are interested in. Once you find the job you must research where you will be working. Look up the company that is hiring for that position and where the office is. You will need to find an actual, accurate address to use. You must also copy the Job Title and Job Description for use later.
Everyone in class will start with $36,000/year in base pay. This will be your pay after taxes and deductions so you can spend that money on living expenses and anything else you need to buy to survive. We will discuss your purchases in more depth next week. For now, once you know what you are doing for a living and where you are working, you are now ready to find an apartment. You need to find a place to live near where you work, or someplace that will not cost a fortune to commute from. Everyone must live outside the Philadelphia Area. You may not live with family, but if you and someone from Crossroads have chosen the same place to work in (Same City or Area), you may share an apartment or living arrangement. This will help your overall budget. You must still keep separate budgets, but you can share the costs. Depending on where you live, you will have to decide how much to spend on transportation for work. You may use Craigslist or other Real Estate and Apartment Finder websites to find places to live.
Once you have found all the information above and written it down on paper or a Word/Google Doc to save, please fill out and submit the following form completely (The more accurate and complete your answers are, the easier it will be to do additional tasks for your budget):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1p7xEGjupnxhzFprOUWFTwsKDHD43kPXer55wIKe9-0A/viewform
I was going to assign cities for you to find jobs in, but this is more realistic. If you take this project seriously, you will be surprised as what you will learn about how much things cost and how keeping an accurate budget will save you money, time, and aggravation. Previous students who complete this project correctly have enjoyed it and learned a lot about their future. I hope you have fun working on it too. You will present to the class your final budgets, so be careful and accurate.
Good Luck!
- Mr. S
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