While job opportunities abound on university sites like hirealonghorn.org and accessUT, this dummie decided to hit up the Austin job market old school style and took the hunt to the streets.

Some revelations/awkward highlights:

1. Group Interviewing. Thoughts: weird; There is nothing like a group of five girls bying to answer the same questions better than each other…. especially in the middle of a store….. during operational hours…. yeah…

2. Cover letters. Thoughts: good requirement for career oriented jobs; bad requirement for coffee shops, unless you feel called to all things caffeinated.

The job hunt resumes tomorrow. Tips welcomed. Encouragement needed.

Parents love Bevo Bucks. Ask them for cash, and they might say no; ask them for Bevo Bucks, and they will at least think twice–They know at least you can’t buy (illegal) drugs with them (yet).

But Bevo has cut some loopholes with those horns. There are a few things mom and pop didn’t think about or know about.

1. Get a nice haircut.
Orbit Salon is located on 500 W. 18th St. And, I actually have had my hair cut there before (with Bevo Bucks) and they do a fantastic job. Use those five bucks on something that lasts for a month.

2. Pay your sin tax and grab a beverage.

Both the CVS on the Drag and the convenient store in Dobie mall accept Bevo Bucks. Bevo asks for you to not take advantage of him, with that being said.

3. Get yo’ meds.

In Austin, EVERY season is allergy season (yay!). The UT Pharmacy accepts Bevo Bucks for medicine and all the goodies you can buy within the store (toothpaste, gum, candy…).

4. Lazily order food.

Places on the Drag like Veggie Heaven don’t accept Bevo Bucks, but like I said, loophole.Longhorn Delivery accepts Bevo Bucks and delivers from 27 different restaurants around campus (many of which don’t individually accept BB). But that’s not all… They also deliver toiletries, school supplies, cigarettes, batteries, light bulbs, hangover relief, condoms, and even guitar picks.

Tell the ‘rents you need some food money and put it on Bevo’s tab.

It’s getting to be that time of the semester again. The struggle of being in the thick of the course workload, trying to keep up with extracurricular shiz AND having the undying need for cash is just so painful.

So, as soon as I realized I was done with my Texas government text, I ran to Bevo Books (it was an online ACC class) and proudly handed over the book. It was exciting on so many levels, but mostly I just had $$ signs in my eyes.

The time to sell back books is bittersweet. The cashier hands us dolla bills for the crap textbook that we’ve been avoiding all semester, yet the return is 25-40% of what we originally paid.

But this time, my return was going to be more like 15% of the original price! DANG IT! The employee explained that all of the college bookstores, including the CO-OP, have “off” times during the semester, and the most profitable time to return stuff is the week before final exams.

Since textbooks aren’t hot quite yet, here are a couple ideas for legal, fast cash:

- Craigslist! Furniture, iPods and digital cameras all sell fast among the students (speaking from experience).

- Amazon.com is great for selling books, and buying them. Next time you think that buying from the CO-OP is worth it because of the easy resale, check the price of the book on Amazon. You’ll find crazy cheap prices that will make you not care about the resale (I’ve bought books for class for $.25).

-Donating body stuffs (ie. plasma, platelets, sperm). Yeah I know this is kind of sketchy, but every day it seems like more of a possibility…