HRA Offering Financial Basics Series

INDIANAPOLIS – IUPUI HRA Work/Life is once again offering all students, staff and faculty a free opportunity to learn personal financial management basics.

Today, when prospective employers often check credit records and the once lax bankruptcy options are gone, learning the basics of personal financial management is even more critical.

Workshop sessions will be held from 12-12:50 p.m., Fridays, Oct. 20 – Nov. 10; and Friday, Dec. 1, 2006.

Here’s what the “Basics” series will offer:

“The Financial Checkup,” Oct. 20, Union Building Hoosier Room. Provides tools to do an easy annual assessment of your financial health. Determine current financial situation using tools such as an income and expense statement, net worth, and debt ratio(s).

“Financial Flexibility, Savings and Investment Basics,” Oct. 27, Union Building Hoosier Room. Focuses on four reasons to save, and ways to save. Learn the difference between saving and investing and how to utilize both to improve your financial health.

“Don’t Get Sidelined by Credit Issues,” Nov. 3, Rotary Building Grayson Room. Learn advantages and disadvantages of credit; how to determine the best credit cards/terms; understand credit reports/scores; discuss strategies for getting rid of debt.

“Resolved to be Fit,” Nov. 10, Union Building Hoosier Room. Look at setting SMART financial goals; recordkeeping systems; and what to save and what to toss when organizing financial records.

“No Pain – No Gain: Using Spending Plans,” Dec. 1, Rotary Building Grayson Room. Learn how to develop a useful, realistic spending plan. Participants will learn five common errors to avoid when developing budgets and set strategies to reduce expenses.

To register free of charge for the entire series, or one of more individual sessions, go to www.hra.iupui.edu/signup and follow the prompts. Please direct any registration inquiries to hratrng@iupui.edu or Lynnell Lindle at (317) 274-8932.