Tip 8: Passion's in fashion.
A passion is appealing--so find a hobby, fast. Sayles suggests antique cars. "When you go to the antique road shows, you are bound to meet the aficionados," she says, "and they're just loaded." Boats and planes could be the key to monetary magic as well.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
TIP 7: Hobnob with a bar snob
Tip 7: Hobnob with a bar snob.
"The old watering hole is still the best place in the world to meet men," says Sayles. So hit up happy hour at a five-star hotel. There will be no shortage of thirsty business men--travelers and locals alike--in these upscale locales. Johnson's advice: Never approach him; let him approach you. "Wealthy men in particular like to earn what they're getting," she explains. "They like to fight for it rather than have it drop into their lap."
"The old watering hole is still the best place in the world to meet men," says Sayles. So hit up happy hour at a five-star hotel. There will be no shortage of thirsty business men--travelers and locals alike--in these upscale locales. Johnson's advice: Never approach him; let him approach you. "Wealthy men in particular like to earn what they're getting," she explains. "They like to fight for it rather than have it drop into their lap."
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
TIP 6: Fore!
Tip 6: Fore!
Golf, croquet and even lawn bowling qualify as rich men's sports--so grab a club and get swinging! Not confident in your ability--or lack of? Not a problem. They'll be more than happy to share their expertise.
Golf, croquet and even lawn bowling qualify as rich men's sports--so grab a club and get swinging! Not confident in your ability--or lack of? Not a problem. They'll be more than happy to share their expertise.
Friday, June 27, 2008
TIP 5: Political Party Time
Tip: (Political) party time.
As they say, you've got to be in it to win it. So get involved--in politics, that is. Getting yourself on a committee is your ticket into a world of deep pockets and wealthy mates. "Join both parties if you must," suggests Sayles. "We're not talking about morality, we're talking about opportunity."
As they say, you've got to be in it to win it. So get involved--in politics, that is. Getting yourself on a committee is your ticket into a world of deep pockets and wealthy mates. "Join both parties if you must," suggests Sayles. "We're not talking about morality, we're talking about opportunity."
Thursday, June 26, 2008
TIP 4: Crash Bashes
Tip 4: Crash bashes.
If you want to meet the right man--and by "right," we mean rich--you've got to go to the right parties--invitation or not. Simply skim over the events boards at a high-end hotel. Ginie Polo Sayles' advice: Arrive an hour and a half late to avoid the ticket takers and any other unwelcoming host. "Everyone who had to have a pass to get in got in already," she says. "The party should be in full swing by the time you arrive."
If you are interested to know what specific events are happening in your area - let me know and I might be able to help!
If you want to meet the right man--and by "right," we mean rich--you've got to go to the right parties--invitation or not. Simply skim over the events boards at a high-end hotel. Ginie Polo Sayles' advice: Arrive an hour and a half late to avoid the ticket takers and any other unwelcoming host. "Everyone who had to have a pass to get in got in already," she says. "The party should be in full swing by the time you arrive."
If you are interested to know what specific events are happening in your area - let me know and I might be able to help!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
TIP 3: chat and cheer. Like Sports?
Tip 3: Chat and cheer.Like sports?
Who cares. Sporting events at the country club--like golf opens or tennis tournaments--are a must for singles seeking wealthy mates. No need to be a member, just purchase a ticket--but make sure it includes pavilion access, because that's where the moneyed men congregate.
Who cares. Sporting events at the country club--like golf opens or tennis tournaments--are a must for singles seeking wealthy mates. No need to be a member, just purchase a ticket--but make sure it includes pavilion access, because that's where the moneyed men congregate.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Should I go to lawschool? find the real truth!
As the article below mentioned, we watched sexy lawyers bring down the law on TV while growing up. And our parents asked us what we want to be as a child.... in turn - we are socialized to think being a lawyer .... like a doctor... is a respectable profession. However, many do not know the down falls - and lets be realistic - not all of us are going to go to the top school and get the top grades....which means - that big check you originally thought you were receive. Instead, you are going to end up with more debt, a job that pays similar the one with just your college degree (but you will have to stretch it further to pay the extra debt) - and that is if you are lucky, a deeply bruised ego....
so please read the below before you go to law school!
Analysis: Law schools growing, but jobs aren't
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 17, 2008
Filed at 11:55 a.m. ET
To hear many students tell it, law school is a guaranteed ticket to a well-paying career. So a recent milestone must have sounded like good news.
The United States last week became the world's first nation of 200 accredited law schools, as the American Bar Association gave provisional approval to two North Carolina institutions.
In other countries, it's much harder to become a lawyer. In the United States, the doors are open and getting wider. The 150,000 students enrolled in law schools last year were an all-time high. So adding more slots means even more avenues of opportunity, right?
On closer inspection, however, the economics of the ''more is better'' argument for legal education don't necessarily hold up.
It's the numbers at the top that get all the attention: At the largest law firms, median starting salaries were $145,000 last fall, according to NALP, an organization that tracks law placement.
But many students don't realize at first that the high-paying law firms recruit almost exclusively at institutions ranked in the top 15 or so. Overall, the median salary for new lawyers is $62,000. For public interest law jobs, new lawyers can expect about $40,000.
Meanwhile, the average amount students borrow to attend a private law school surged 25 percent between 2002 and 2007 to $87,906, ABA figures show. For public law schools, borrowing averages $57,170.
''I think we have this fundamental disconnect between images of lawyers in the popular media, in the courtroom dispensing justice, where everyone seems prosperous and well paid,'' said William Henderson, an Indiana University-Bloomington law professor who studies the job market. ''The reality is for a lot of people, law school is a route to trying to start your own private practice, and that's a very crowded business right now.''
Vichet Chan, who received his law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C., in 2007 has been looking for work ever since. He recently moved back in with his parents in West Virginia to save money. He owes about $250 a month in interest on student loans. If he gets a job, he will lose his hardship deferral and will owe about $1,000 a month.
''The thing is companies want experience from young lawyers, but it's hard to get the experience,'' Chan said.
One symptom of the surplus is the rise of so-called ''contract attorneys'' -- essentially temps with JDs (the doctor of law degree). They work for roughly $20- to $40-an-hour on often monotonous tasks, like reviewing documents, that law firms outsource. A blog called Temporary Attorney even chronicles the mind-numbing assignments, verbal abuse and poor working conditions that include cockroach-infested, un-air-conditioned rooms with blocked exits and no breaks allowed.
Chan has been offered contract work in Washington but is reluctant to move back because -- as usual with contract work -- there are no guarantees it will last more than a few weeks.
Regardless, universities continue to build law schools.
With provisional accreditation, Charlotte School of Law and Elon University were Nos. 199 and 200. Nine others operating share that status. And at least 10 new ones are in the works nationwide, The National Law Journal recently reported, in states including Connecticut, Pennsylvania and California.
In New York, home to 150,000 lawyers (the most of any state), legislators recently appropriated more than $50 million to develop two new public law schools and one affiliated with St. John Fisher College, a private school. Some leaders of the state's 15 existing law schools were dumbfounded.
''There's no question that we simply have a glut of law schools,'' Makau Mutua, interim dean of the University at Buffalo Law School, told The Associated Press. He called state support for a private law school ''mind-boggling.''
For universities, a new law school is a lot more attractive financially than, say, spending money to make sure more undergraduates complete their degree within six years (national average: 57 percent).
Law schools have big classes, and don't need to provide much financial aid, because students are expected to borrow the money they need.
The case for some new law schools is stronger than others, and Gene Clark, who leads Charlotte School of Law, makes a pretty strong one.
Charlotte is the largest city in the United States without a law school, he says, and fast-growing North Carolina has the fewest lawyers per capita of any state.
Clark says his institution fills an important gap, serving underrepresented groups and providing a flexible schedule for working adults. While the market for traditional lawyering jobs is mixed, he says, it's strong in other fields for people -- law-enforcement officers, entrepreneurs -- with legal skills.
Finally, Charlotte School of Law is a for-profit institution. Unlike several law schools in the works, it isn't taking public money. It will have to offer students good results, or it will go under.
Some reasonably note that students should do their homework about job prospects. If they think they can be successful, law schools should give them that chance.
The problem is that law schools, obsessed with rankings, have been less than straight with students about what they can expect. Too many stats are self-reported. Henderson's research has found evidence of ''massive exaggeration'' by law schools when they report what graduates are up to.
The methods that law schools choose to collect salary info just happen to be ones that underreport low earners. The figures for what percentage are employed within nine months often say nothing about whether those graduates are using their law degree. They could be taxi drivers with JDs -- and $100,000 of debt.
''If we really started unpacking these numbers,'' Henderson said in an interview, ''we would see some really unattractive accounting how law schools classify their graduates. It would be borderline scandalous.''
It's time, he argues, to send in the accountants, to audit what law schools advertise and make sure everyone is reporting numbers the same way. Only then can customers make an informed decision about whether law school will really be a good investment.
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On the Net:
http://www.temporaryattorney.blogspot.com/
(This version CORRECTS name of school to 'Charlotte School of Law' from 'Charlotte College of Law.')
so please read the below before you go to law school!
Analysis: Law schools growing, but jobs aren't
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 17, 2008
Filed at 11:55 a.m. ET
To hear many students tell it, law school is a guaranteed ticket to a well-paying career. So a recent milestone must have sounded like good news.
The United States last week became the world's first nation of 200 accredited law schools, as the American Bar Association gave provisional approval to two North Carolina institutions.
In other countries, it's much harder to become a lawyer. In the United States, the doors are open and getting wider. The 150,000 students enrolled in law schools last year were an all-time high. So adding more slots means even more avenues of opportunity, right?
On closer inspection, however, the economics of the ''more is better'' argument for legal education don't necessarily hold up.
It's the numbers at the top that get all the attention: At the largest law firms, median starting salaries were $145,000 last fall, according to NALP, an organization that tracks law placement.
But many students don't realize at first that the high-paying law firms recruit almost exclusively at institutions ranked in the top 15 or so. Overall, the median salary for new lawyers is $62,000. For public interest law jobs, new lawyers can expect about $40,000.
Meanwhile, the average amount students borrow to attend a private law school surged 25 percent between 2002 and 2007 to $87,906, ABA figures show. For public law schools, borrowing averages $57,170.
''I think we have this fundamental disconnect between images of lawyers in the popular media, in the courtroom dispensing justice, where everyone seems prosperous and well paid,'' said William Henderson, an Indiana University-Bloomington law professor who studies the job market. ''The reality is for a lot of people, law school is a route to trying to start your own private practice, and that's a very crowded business right now.''
Vichet Chan, who received his law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C., in 2007 has been looking for work ever since. He recently moved back in with his parents in West Virginia to save money. He owes about $250 a month in interest on student loans. If he gets a job, he will lose his hardship deferral and will owe about $1,000 a month.
''The thing is companies want experience from young lawyers, but it's hard to get the experience,'' Chan said.
One symptom of the surplus is the rise of so-called ''contract attorneys'' -- essentially temps with JDs (the doctor of law degree). They work for roughly $20- to $40-an-hour on often monotonous tasks, like reviewing documents, that law firms outsource. A blog called Temporary Attorney even chronicles the mind-numbing assignments, verbal abuse and poor working conditions that include cockroach-infested, un-air-conditioned rooms with blocked exits and no breaks allowed.
Chan has been offered contract work in Washington but is reluctant to move back because -- as usual with contract work -- there are no guarantees it will last more than a few weeks.
Regardless, universities continue to build law schools.
With provisional accreditation, Charlotte School of Law and Elon University were Nos. 199 and 200. Nine others operating share that status. And at least 10 new ones are in the works nationwide, The National Law Journal recently reported, in states including Connecticut, Pennsylvania and California.
In New York, home to 150,000 lawyers (the most of any state), legislators recently appropriated more than $50 million to develop two new public law schools and one affiliated with St. John Fisher College, a private school. Some leaders of the state's 15 existing law schools were dumbfounded.
''There's no question that we simply have a glut of law schools,'' Makau Mutua, interim dean of the University at Buffalo Law School, told The Associated Press. He called state support for a private law school ''mind-boggling.''
For universities, a new law school is a lot more attractive financially than, say, spending money to make sure more undergraduates complete their degree within six years (national average: 57 percent).
Law schools have big classes, and don't need to provide much financial aid, because students are expected to borrow the money they need.
The case for some new law schools is stronger than others, and Gene Clark, who leads Charlotte School of Law, makes a pretty strong one.
Charlotte is the largest city in the United States without a law school, he says, and fast-growing North Carolina has the fewest lawyers per capita of any state.
Clark says his institution fills an important gap, serving underrepresented groups and providing a flexible schedule for working adults. While the market for traditional lawyering jobs is mixed, he says, it's strong in other fields for people -- law-enforcement officers, entrepreneurs -- with legal skills.
Finally, Charlotte School of Law is a for-profit institution. Unlike several law schools in the works, it isn't taking public money. It will have to offer students good results, or it will go under.
Some reasonably note that students should do their homework about job prospects. If they think they can be successful, law schools should give them that chance.
The problem is that law schools, obsessed with rankings, have been less than straight with students about what they can expect. Too many stats are self-reported. Henderson's research has found evidence of ''massive exaggeration'' by law schools when they report what graduates are up to.
The methods that law schools choose to collect salary info just happen to be ones that underreport low earners. The figures for what percentage are employed within nine months often say nothing about whether those graduates are using their law degree. They could be taxi drivers with JDs -- and $100,000 of debt.
''If we really started unpacking these numbers,'' Henderson said in an interview, ''we would see some really unattractive accounting how law schools classify their graduates. It would be borderline scandalous.''
It's time, he argues, to send in the accountants, to audit what law schools advertise and make sure everyone is reporting numbers the same way. Only then can customers make an informed decision about whether law school will really be a good investment.
------
On the Net:
http://www.temporaryattorney.blogspot.com/
(This version CORRECTS name of school to 'Charlotte School of Law' from 'Charlotte College of Law.')
TIP 2: HOVER OVER HUGE HEARTS
Here is the 2nd tip from Forbes - and let the one who puts out the ultimate "riches" list let you know how to get in!
Tip: Hover over huge hearts.
Big hearts and even bigger bank accounts can be found at charity events. So save your money, and sign yourself up as a volunteer. "If you're involved in the planning stages of the event, you can check out the guest list," explains Lisa Johnson. "You'll know who's going to come, and you can do your homework ahead of time." Not to mention that you'll have a free pass to strike up conversations with any man in sight.
Tip: Hover over huge hearts.
Big hearts and even bigger bank accounts can be found at charity events. So save your money, and sign yourself up as a volunteer. "If you're involved in the planning stages of the event, you can check out the guest list," explains Lisa Johnson. "You'll know who's going to come, and you can do your homework ahead of time." Not to mention that you'll have a free pass to strike up conversations with any man in sight.
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