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In the spirit of graduation season, we’ve been doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors. Check them out here . With summer soon coming to a close, we want to leave those of you who’ve recently started a new job with one last tip: Go Google . If you love using Google products in your personal (or school) life, why not help your company (or future company) go Google? Check out this video for inspiration, then find out more and spread the word . For more Apps news To get updates and news on all the Apps products, check out the Google Apps Blog. Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Apps Marketing Manager

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Grad tip: Go Google at work

In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more! Tasks just graduated from Gmail Labs this week, and it’s a useful feature that can help you keep track of the many things you probably need to get done as you’re getting your post-college life set up — from meeting project due dates at your new job to remembering you and your roommates’ list of groceries for the week. You can create separate lists for groceries, errands, work, etc., and you can assign dates and add notes to each task. You can even turn a Gmail message into a task. To get started with your first list, just click “Tasks” under the “Contacts” link above your Gmail chat list. And since Gmail isn’t the only place where you need access to your check lists, Tasks is also available on mobile phones (so you can get stuff done on the go), in Google Calendar , and you can even add Tasks to iGoogle . Watch this video to see Tasks in action: For more Apps news Did you know that Gmail and Google Calendar are just two of several products in Google Apps? To get updates and news on all the Apps products, check out the Google Apps Blog ! Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Apps team

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Grad tip: Check off your to-do’s with Tasks

In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more! It wasn’t until after my friends and I had graduated and left the bubble that was our college life that I realized how much I’d taken our years of proximity for granted. For four years, we were never more than a 10 minute walk or a quick bike ride away from each other. And now we’re in all parts of the world, in different time zones, and sometimes separated by long flights. If you and your friends are scattered across cities too, you should try keeping in touch with voice and video chat in Gmail . You can either make a voice call (pretty much a phone call, but it’s free and you don’t have to use up your cell phone minutes!), or if you have a web cam, you can make a video call to chat with friends “face to face.” To make use of this free service in Gmail: Download the voice and video chat plug-in. Log back into Gmail. Make a voice or video call to any friend that has a camera icon next to their name in your chat list by selecting their name and clicking “Video & more.” So even though graduation may make you feel far away – now you can stay close with Gmail! For more Apps news Did you know that Google Docs is just one of several products in Google Apps? To get updates and news on all the Apps products, check out the Google Apps Blog ! Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Apps Marketing Manager

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Grad tip: K.I.T. using Gmail’s voice and video chat

In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more! Transitioning into post-college life can be pricey, so chances are, you’re living (or planning to live) with roommates. Managing expenses and a tight budget can be tricky, especially when you’re not just managing your own. So we’re letting you know about the ’shared house expenses’ spreadsheet available in the Google Docs templates gallery. It covers all the usual house hold expenses: electricity, gas, water, Internet, phone, groceries, etc. Just enter dollar values for how much people spend on each item, and the spreadsheet will automatically display charts and details like how much each person owes everyone else. This spreadsheet template was actually created by Googlers who live together and have to manage their own household expenses together. Here’s a video of them talking about their own experience. And if you’re also interested in better managing your own money, you can browse the template gallery to find other helpful tools, like the personal budget tracker and the credit card payoff calculator . For more Apps news Did you know that Google Docs is just one of several products in Google Apps? To get updates and news on all the Apps products, check out the Google Apps Blog ! Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Apps Marketing Manager

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Grad tip: Manage home expenses in a Google Docs spreadsheet

We just stumbled across this great student-generated video about how Google Apps helps CTHS classrooms get things done: We love to see and hear things like this! If you want to check out more videos, or have your own to add, please visit our playlist . And thanks to the folks at CTHS for sharing! Posted by Miriam Schneider, Google Apps for Education team

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Google Apps at CTHS

In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more ! It wasn’t too long ago that I was packing up my college dorm room and trying to line up job interviews — OK, maybe it’s actually been a while… But even though it’s been a few years, I still remember what it was like getting ready for the real world, talking to recruiters, and prepping for interviews. I learned a lot in school, but as much as I wished for one, there was never a ‘How To Prepare for Interviews 101′. By the time I had to get my resume and cover letters ready, I felt a bit lost. Luckily, I had savvy friends who gave me good tips and advice, and they helped me get those materials together. Fortunately, students today (like you) don’t have to start from scratch. If you’ve been procrastinating on finishing your resume, or you’re hoping to re-polish it, you can just start with one of the many resume and cover letter templates available in Google Docs. The gallery lets you preview different templates, and you can sort through them by ‘hottest,’ ‘most users,’ and ‘highest rating.’ And since everything is hosted online, you can easily publish your resume as a web page to make it easier for your potential employers to access them. Personally, I’m a fan of the simpler, cleaner looking resumes, like this one that’s specifically designed with graduating students in mind: And here’s the matching cover letter to go with that resume: Visit the Google Docs templates gallery to choose the styles that match your personality, and put your best foot forward when impressing your future boss. For more Apps news Did you know that Google Docs is just one of several products in Google Apps? To get updates and news on all the Apps products, check out the Google Apps Blog ! Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Apps Marketing Manager

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Grad Tip: Don’t start your resume and cover letter from scratch

Are you free for an hour on Wednesday, June 24th? Last week, we announced that Google Apps and Virgin America are teaming up to host the first-ever in-flight and on the ground online scavenger hunt on June 24th. Thousands of people flying Virgin America that day will join people on the ground to take part in the one-hour challenge which consists of a series of puzzles and trivia questions. The top 5 scorers will receive a “Year in the Cloud” prize package, which includes a year of free flights from Virgin America, free in-flight Wi-Fi, a netbook computer, and 1 terabyte of Google Account storage for Gmail and Picasa Web Albums. You can sign up to take the challenge by visiting www.dayinthecloud.com . Just today, we revealed some practice questions on a new section of the website called The Prep and also added The Lounge where you can talk with other game players (please, no trash talking). In The Lounge, check out a few videos we’ve created to show how some people are preparing for the challenge. Here’s my favorite video: Posted by Andrew Chang, Marketing Manager (Google Docs)

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Online Scavenger Hunt. June 24. Are You Game?

Happy Friday! As you might recall, we were posting weekly Apps Student stories for a while, and now we’re finally back from our hiatus. Except this week we won’t be posting a video, but instead we feel inclined to share this incredible rap from a student about Google Docs and Sites that we just can’t stop listening to. So take a listen . We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. You can see also watch videos on our playlist from students talking about how they’re using Google Apps on campus. And if you have your own story (or rap) to share – we’re all ears. Posted by Miriam Schneider, Google Apps marketing

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Rapping about Google Docs and Sites