Had not considered budgeting. Good thought. Along those lines, I would recommend the Financial Peace University course developed by Dave Ramsey. I required my kids to take it to avoid the credit card traps. Doug Pauls Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Leland Woodall <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Doug, > > Our local Edward Jones office conducts a yearly one hour training course > for our associates. They give a great overview of budgeting along with > investment choices. Anthem comes in yearly as well to discuss health > benefits, options, and any changes being made to our health insurance > coverage. Prudential visits quarterly to give one-on-one sessions to folks > who want to talk about their 401k accounts. > > I'm certain Rockwell could ask their providers to do the same at your > facility. After all, I'm certain they'd love to maintain their accounts! > > Leland > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 10:35 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] [NTC] Explaining Benefits > > Good morning all, > > A completely non-technical question for you this morning. As many of you > know, my evil twin brother Dave Hillman and I have the great privilege of > mentoring and supervising our extremely bright co-op students and interns > (7 this summer). We have found, over the years, that these students do > not get any kind of education or training on how to make intelligent > choices relevant to benefits. Things like medical choices, HSA vs. FSA, > pre-tax vs. post-tax dollars, 401K options, etc. None of the colleges I > know of have such a course for graduating seniors. Rockwell Collins does > not have any such training, though it is being discussed for the future. > > So, I am wondering if any of your companies offer your new professionals > such training or know of good publicly available courses on the topics? > > Doug Pauls > Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ________________________________ > > “Confidentiality Notice: > This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential > information belonging to the sender and is intended only for the use of the > party or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, retention or the taking of action in reliance on the contents > of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender and erase all > information and attachments.” > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________