Golden Key?

This is the first time i heard about Golden Key. I received an invitation letter from both Segi and USQ to join this membership. It says that my academic achievement qualifies me for membership of the Society. At first, this looks good to me. And i knew it.. there's fee for it. Nothing comes free.. Once only induction fee of $95.00 (incl. GST) for lifelong membership.

I am delighted to know that i am in the top 15 percent of USQ across all faculties. :)





I am still considering and the dateline is 13/9/2009. $95 X 3 ~ RM300. Is it worth it to get this membership for some "highlight" to my CV? Will i need it in future? My husband's does not seem to agree about it.

I agree with the point of view of this Ausie blogger that this membership will only benefit those who are just graduated and looking for jobs. Well, I am already a mother and i have a job now, i guess it is not right for me too.

Must-Have Software for MBA

1. EndNote
2. Microsoft Office (Excel should have all add-ins eg. solver is a good tool, Equations too).
3. PDF writer and reader (I'm using Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional - allow you to copy text and paste them in your assignment)
4. Gmail Notifier (for Gmail users - able to alert users with incoming emails)
5. Burner - to burn all assignments on CDs.

Referencing...

The whole MBA is about referencing and critical discussion. Students can score good marks if they can have both managed well. Referencing can be aided with the use of End Note. USQ makes students life easy by being able to import the referencing details direct into programs like Endnotes. It is time saving. Some improvement could be done with the End Note. Throughout the course, there are -3 types of referencing styles:

Finance style - eg. figures should be spelled in words.
Law style - eg quoting law codes
Harvard style - this is the general one which I have come across.

I find it it could be useful if they can have endnote template which can fulfil the requirements of the different style of referencing. EndNote's existing template is not compatible with the requirements mention in the communication booklet. USQ has offer EndNote for free for its students. That's a good for us.