TG Updates

2002 Workshop Series Offers Practical Strategies to Manage Default

If you're looking for practical strategies to manage student loan default (and who isn't), then you'll want to register for TG's free, one-day default aversion workshops. The workshops are scheduled for the spring and summer, with dates from March through July 2002, in ten sites in Texas, Oklahoma, and Georgia.

TG's Default Aversion Consultants, Joe Braxton and Clarissa Baize, will conduct the workshops—Practical Strategies for Effective Default Aversion—along with representatives from the Council for the Management of Educational Finance. The events will offer participants the opportunity to gain information about a range of default aversion topics including:

• TG's Voluntary Flexible Agreement (VFA) and how it can help your institution,
• The latest regulations and policies affecting financial aid,
• How to identify and target critical student cohorts, and
• Retrieving and using TG reports, Default Management Reports (DMR), and other tools.

Participants in previous TG default aversion workshops will find that this series adds to the ideas and methods offered before. As in earlier workshops, attendees will obtain information and learn to use tools that can help them develop and implement practical strategies to combat default.

You'll find additional information about the series on TG Online, including a complete list of workshop dates and locations as well as online registration, at www.tgslc.org/Default_Workshops/index.cfm.

Questions
For questions about the workshops or about default aversion in general, contact Joe Braxton at (800) 252-9743, ext. 4696, or Clarissa Baize at ext. 4765. You can also e-mail questions to joe.braxton@tgslc.org or clarissa.baize@tgslc.org.

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Refer-a-Friend: Spread the JobGusher™ News

JobGusher™ (www.jobgusher.com) meets the needs of a variety of jobseekers—students and recent graduates—looking for entry level, part-time, full-time, seasonal, and internship positions. The site also offers benefits to employers, with features such as personalized home pages, and to schools, with features like Online Job Fairs.

Refer-a-Friend/Colleague Contests
In addition to the benefits the site offers, JobGusher users now have an additional incentive to spread the news about the site's features. On January 1, 2002, the site launched its Refer-a-Friend and Refer-a-Colleague contests.

The goal of the contests is to encourage users to pass along interesting job postings and JobGusher tips and information to friends and colleagues who may benefit from JobGusher services. Prizes include a portable DVD player for students, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) for schools, and ten free job postings for employers.

When a jobseeker, employer, or school registers with JobGusher.com, the system automatically assigns that person a numeric "referral code." Each time someone enters that referral code on a JobGusher registration, the referring person will automatically receive one entry into the JobGusher.com contest. The more referrals someone makes, the more entries he or she receives.

Prizes will be awarded once each quarter, beginning on April 2, 2002. JobGusher will select winners at random.

Additional Information and Questions
JobGusher offers a variety of services and provides informational resources such as an "Applying for a Job" checklist, suggestions for writing resumes and cover letters, and a list of typical interview questions. With up-to-date information and employment listings, and affiliations such as Mapping Your Future™ and Adventures in Education™, JobGusher provides students and recent graduates with a recruitment site that caters to their specific needs and concerns.

A complete set of rules for the contest can be found at www.jobgusher.com. For questions about the site or the contest, contact JobGusher at 1-866-JOB-GUSH or send an e-mail message to customercare@jobgusher.com.

JobGusher is a service of Education Assistance Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Texas Guaranteed.

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