Members of the military would receive a 1.8 percent pay increase in 2014 under legislation the House passed last Friday. What does this mean for you?
E-1 to E-4 your looking at $27-$41 per month or 15-23 cents an hour increase based upon a 40 hour work week.
E-5 to E-6 your looking at $43-$60 per month or 24-33 cents an hour increase based upon a 40 hour work week.
This to me is an insult and when you figure in that most of us are at work from 6:30 in the morning to 17:00 at night that’s over 10 hours a day and 52 hours a week! This does not include training, deployments or other duties! Lets be real, we work on average over 60 hours per week!
There is a better way to increase your pay!
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Most of us enjoy being healthy, and having the Energy to make it through long days! Most of us consume energy drinks and Vitamins every day! So why not try Verve and earn an income while on Active Duty? Find out why hundreds of Service Members are joining us to increase their financial situation!
That friend of yours who talked you out of Vemma did not do so to save or protect you. They talked you out of Vemma because he/she doubted you and doubted themselves for surely if you would have joined you would have asked them to do it with you! A true friend would have looked at the opportunity with and open mind and would have told you “lets build this business together”. Just to recap my business over the past “Vemma month” We (as in my team) added 358 new brand partners and customers which equates to approximately $53,000 in new volume for my team! I now have 1 Star Platinum, 2 Platinum’s and 4 Diamond leaders in my downline! The most notable achievement is that of Levi Mchbournie who crushed Platinum in only 4 months! This guys isn’t even old enough to drink but is now shopping for a brand new Mercedes Benz and making $4,000 a month! I am sure that he is happy that he had great friends who believed in him and followed him into this business. Levi has become an amazing leader and is helping his friends and his entire team to duplicate his success. My local team continues to grow strong and we recently teamed up with some new members in the area who where enrolled by one of our leaders in Australia! Its truly amazing to see this cross borders and swing full circle back to the U.S. I am seeing such amazing growth, excitement and momentum now that it truly is challenging to stay humble…and to think this is still just the beginning!
Let’s not kid ourselves; the poor economy has affected everyone, including young adults. Faced with skyrocketing college tuition, overwhelming student loans, and a tough and very competitive job market, Vemma provides an alternative that is taking high school and college campuses by storm. Fox News Channel reports: One in two graduates is jobless or underemployed. This means that many young adults are considering other options when it comes to employment and generating income — whether their goal is to pay off student debt, move out of their parents’ homes, quit the 9-to-5 grind, get away from waiting tables, or be their own boss. Many of them, already consumers of energy drinks, are excited about the possibility of not only enjoying an energy drink that is actually healthy, but also getting paid to share it with others.
For these young adults, Verve is a no-brainer. It’s a risk-free way to start your own business, soar ahead of your classmates, and have the opportunity to create a residual income. Thanks to superstar Vemma Brand Partners like Brad Alkazin, Alex Morton, Kailey Warren, Trevor Quinlan and Luke Wilborn, Verve now has a big and growing presence in several schools across the U.S.
Vemma Founder and CEO, BK Boreyko, commented, “Some of us who are ‘young at heart’ look at the growth that young people are having, and we think this isn’t normal. But in today’s connected society, maybe this is the new normal. Young people are connected like no generation before; and the combination of student debt, high tuition and staggering unemployment has created the perfect storm of opportunity. This business is about having conversations with people. When you utilize Vemma’s first-of-its-kind mobile technology to accelerate these conversations — that’s huge.”
Brad Alkazin, Vemma’s newest Royal Ambassador and a key leader in the Young People Revolution is leading by example by creating the ultimate balanced business with two personally enrolled Elite legs on each side of his business. New Ambassador, James DeLuca, and Presidentials, Glen and Becky Polcyn on one side and new Ambassadors this month, Luke and Shawnee Wilborn and Presidentials Jim and CJ Brogan on the other side, are moving up the ranks with Vemma and are examples of Brand Partners who help to maintain Brad’s four Elite legs. Building Elite legs enhances your overall business, proving that “when you help others be successful, you’ll be successful.” Brad continues to mentor the next generation of Vemma, ensuring future success and fanning the flames of the Young People Revolution.
Here’s what some of them had to say:
Brad Alkazin “A lot of the young demographic is kind of stuck,” says Brad Alkazin, a 26-year-old Vemma Royal Ambassador from San Diego, CA. “What are they going to do? Start a business? Open a restaurant? That’s a big risk, a big liability. A lot of people in our age-group don’t have a lot of opportunities. With a low investment in Vemma, they get something that helps people enhance their health and creates a business. We’ve got college students graduating with a solid business going strong.”
As one of Vemma’s top earners, Brad is a role model for thousands. His steady leadership, easygoing style and fun videos invite young people everywhere to take a look at Vemma and then run with it.
“When I first started in the business, I kind of overlooked young people, thinking maybe they didn’t have the money, or they weren’t going to take it as seriously. But I’ve found many young individuals who have become great leaders. People this age are already spending money on energy drinks and on Starbucks™. It’s a logical step to switch to something healthier that tastes great and gives them the opportunity to earn money.” Enter Verve.
Brad’s message to young adults is don’t wait until after you graduate to start building your future.
“Start your business now. Keep your goals and your dreams in front of you every day,” he says. “The future is bright, and it’s coming.”
Alex Morton After being introduced to Vemma at a Phoenix Suns game, 21-year-old Alex Morton caught the vision and joined Vemma. By working with fellow Arizona State University students, he went from zero to Platinum in eight months.* Now, working with college students all around the U.S., he has reached Presidential and joined the Vemma Elite!
For Alex, Verve delivers just what most young adults are looking for.
“About 95% of my organization is with Verve,” he said in BK’s video blog Young crusader spreads the word! Alex also says that Vemma Bod•ēTM is a big hit with this age-group.
“The lifestyle you live as a college student is fast paced. You work on little sleep because you’re always on-the-go. Before I was introduced to Verve, I probably drank two energy drinks a day even though they were unhealthy and high in sugar and caffeine. Verve is different — it’s the best pre-workout supplement you can take.”
So now that all his friends are commenting on his new black BMW, what keeps Alex going with Vemma?
“I want to help as many young people as possible become their own boss. The money is great, but it’s really not just about the money. It’s the lasting relationships you are building and really the family atmosphere you create when building Vemma. I’ve learned that if you help enough people get what they want, you get what you want.”
Kailey Warren Soft, sparkling sand … wide ocean waves … swaying palm trees … welcome to the office of Vemma Platinum Brand Partner, Kailey Warren. Sound too good to be true? This, friends, is the freedom of being a Vemma Brand Partner. After creating an amazing organization in Phoenix, 19-year-old Kailey Warren has just moved to Huntington Beach, CA, where she is quickly getting the word out about Vemma.
“Mostly, I’ve been spending a lot of time at the beach. I lie out all day with a can of Bod•ē Burn or Verve next to me, and people stop by and ask me about the products. I’ve lost 17 pounds with Bod•ē Burn and Rest** — and I’m signing up people at the beach!”
Being a Vemma Brand Partner is a perfect fit for this friendly, outgoing college student who is majoring in Health at Orange Coast College; and she’s got the leadership skills to make it happen for others, too.
“Lots of people think of this as short-term, but I show them where they can be a few years down the road. I talk about Alex Morton and Brad Alkazin — about the lifestyle they lead. That really motivates people and sets them ON FIRE!”
Since joining Vemma in October, Kailey has created a steady income with her Vemma business.* She reached Platinum a few months ago and is already picking out her BMW to drive to the beach every day — or, that is to say, to her office.
Trevor Quinlan So how do you go from Diamond to Star Executive ultrafast? Ask Trevor Quinlan, a 24-year-old from Vista, CA. They jumped up four ranks in just three months, and the steady stream of income allowed his wife, Christina, to quit her job in retail.*
“We were able to get her out of a tough industry where she had no time for family and was working every weekend and holiday. With Vemma, we’ve really seen a change in lifestyle.”*
For the first few years he was with Vemma, he was primarily working with baby boomers because that’s what everyone else did. The business grew slowly at the beginning until he started reaching out to his peers.
“For the past two months, I’ve been working with students at several nearby colleges. There’s lots of driving around,” he says laughing. “But it’s worth it. Students today are concerned about how they’re going to pay off their student loans. They don’t know if they’ll be able to land a good job after graduation. Starting a business with Vemma makes sense. Build residual income. Pay off loans. Plus, they can qualify for incentives — getting a BMW and the Frenzy Bonus.”
Trevor is big on personal development, and he reads books and listens to audios every week. His motto is to work harder on yourself than anything else.
“The most important thing I tell others is to keep going. It took two years until we broke into making a real income with Vemma. Do something positive for your business every day. Once I did that, the momentum really started.”
Luke and Shawnee Wilborn Vemma’s 2012 Believe Convention was the turning point for 24-year-old Vemma Brand Partner, Luke Wilborn, of San Diego, CA. After two years of seeing little or no progress in his business, Convention got him pumped; and within two months, he went Presidential and joined the Elite Club.*
“At Convention in Las Vegas, I was an Executive and my business was flat. Since then, I’ve changed my strategy, started talking to young people, quadrupled the business, and gone Star Presidential. This month, we’re hitting Ambassador — I’ve dreamed about these numbers.”
So what’s he been doing? What’s changed?
“I haven’t done a meeting with adults in two months,” he quips. Luke’s switched his focus from adults older than him to those younger. He travels to several college campuses a day, meeting with young people who enjoy the product and want to put the marketing plan to work for them.
He says young adults are energetic and quick to act. Immediately, college kids jump into Vemma and get excited about the opportunity to have bonuses coming in, thanks to popular incentives like the Frenzy Bonus.
“One kid made $1,000 in the first 72 hours after he joined Vemma,”* says Luke’s wife, Shawnee, a court reporter and Luke’s partner in the business.
For many of these young students, Vemma offers hope and prosperity and a lot of excitement about the possibilities and the future.
“Fifty percent of these students won’t get a job after graduation, and they know that. So what do they do? They start a Vemma business. Kids are now doing so well that they’re bringing their parents into the business,” says Luke. “And that’s a fine sight.”
To all of those stay at home parents out there! You too can earn and income while your spouse is at work. If you ever get on Facebook, talk/text on your cell, or hang out with other parents you have the time and network to create a residual income! For the past three week I have been off work to help with the new baby, I wake up with the kids and in between Changing diapers, refilling bottles, turning on the cartoons, and comforting the kids so mom can sleep in I manage my business! How nice would it be to tell you spouse when they get home from work that you made more money then them from home raising there kids while they slaved at work all day? Lets talk and I can show you how you can make an extra $500-$40,000 a month!
Another Standing room only Vemma Event! There is a reason people of all walks of life come to hear our story and about this amazing opportunity! You could join us know or wish you had a few years from now! Loving the excitement and so proud of my team who never let the Haters and those that laughed at them stop them from attaining their dreams!
We are experiencing some amazing growth across the country with as many as 150+ people attending a single event! Yesterday we had an event in Washington State where 100% of the people who attended enrolled! As you can see from the Chart above now that we have over 1,000 people on the team things are starting to really pick up steam. I was told that those who stuck it out would be the ones to reap the rewards and here I am 6 months into my journey and I am so glad I listened! My goal is to help as many people on my team reach the levels of success they desire and in turn my own desires will be ful-filled! This truly is an amazingly moral business with the power to change peoples lives!
The poor job outlook for recent law school grads and undergraduates could affect the wider student debt picture.
There’s been a lot of press recently about the un- and underemployment of college graduates, but the phenomenon is not limited to undergraduates.
Graduates of law schools are arguably in an even more perilous situation, and their plight could be the proverbial canary in a coal mine of a student debt crisis to come.
At the undergraduate level, a recent analysis of government data by the Associated Press concluded that “half of young college graduates [are] either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.”
The underemployment problem is particularly severe: A January 2013 paper from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, “Why Are Recent College Graduates Underemployed? University Enrollments and Labor-Market Realities,” concluded about 48 percent of employed U.S. college graduates work in jobs that require less than a four-year college education and 37 percent are in jobs that require only a high school diploma.
Outcomes for graduates of law school are not rosier despite the additional three years of education, and the money it takes law students to get a degree.
Law School Transparency’s figures for the law school class of 2011 show only 52.6 percent were employed in full-time, long-term legal jobs (excluding solo practitioners), while 26.3 percent were employed in part-time or short-term jobs, were pursuing an additional degree, or were unemployed and looking for a job. NALP—the Association for Legal Career Professionals, estimates that 12.1 percent of 2011 law school graduates are not working, the highest rate since 1994.
Unfortunately, it does not look like these numbers are going to turn around anytime soon. That authors of “Why Are Recent College Graduates Underemployed?” calculate based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that by 2020 “[t]he number of college graduates is expected to grow by 19 million while the number of jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree is expected to grow by fewer than 7 million.” This would result in nearly 30 million underemployed college graduates over this decade.
Law School Transparency has run similar calculations for law school graduates with similar results. Its Jobs Tracker notes that, according to BLS estimates, 21,880 new legal jobs will be created per year between 2010 and 2020. Even with a decline in enrollment, almost 50,000 first-year students still enrolled in law school in 2011. If these ratios continue, so will the difficulties law school graduates face finding legal jobs.
All of this is occurring, of course, in an inflationary student debt environment. The average student debt for graduates of four-year colleges who had debt in 2011 was $26,000, up 5 percent from the previous year and continuing a long-term trend.
For law school graduates, the average amount borrowed in 2010–2011 is almost $76,000 for graduates of public law schools and $125,000 for graduates of private law schools. The inevitable result has been a spike in delinquencies and defaults and—as encapsulated in a chart by Campus Progress—a student debt crisis for millions of Americans.
And students should have a clear understanding of exactly how protections like deferments, forbearances, and income-driven repayment plans work. Those graduates in nonprofit and government jobs should also know the details of Public Service Loan Forgiveness in order to take advantage of the potential to have their loans forgiven in 10 years.
Isaac Bowers is a senior program manager in the Communications and Outreach unit, responsible for Equal Justice Works’s educational debt relief initiatives. An expert on educational debt relief, Bowers conducts monthly webinars for a wide range of audiences; advises employers, law schools, and professional organizations; and works with Congress and the Department of Education on federal legislation and regulations. Prior to joining Equal Justice Works, he was a fellow at Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP in San Francisco. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Had a great day in Ocean Shores visiting family! Stopped at the Grocery store and talked to a couple of young guys who are enrolling tomorrow, The Team just crossed over the 900 mark with 913 Brand partners and Customers! I think this is working, do you? I’m feeling very Blessed today!
The poor job outlook for recent law school grads and undergraduates could affect the wider student debt picture.
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