On the 21st, I attended the financial work wellness workshop with bio scholars for professional development. It was led by Ben Raines (I think) and it offered good tips on how to budget and how to understand stocks and the financial world right now.
It relates to IA because finances and money are how the world runs and being a conscientious consumer and supporting small businesses will help support the world as a whole.
During this discussion, there was a detailed four step process on how to budget, and it explained different types of stocks and how they operate, as well as ways to save money for the future. You know, like 401k’s and the like.
I am a marketing and business major, so this was necessary information for me as I need to understand how money works to understand the different possibilities for job opportunities in the future. it also let me know that knowing the language will be very beneficial to me in the future. Going to the session has been able to give me a wider outlook on financials as a whole, and encouraged me to start putting money away into savings and investing as soon as possible.