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Making Ends Meet
With entry-level nonprofit salaries rarely much higher than $30,000, it can be tricky to pay for the roof over your head, let alone basic living expenses, loan payments and beer.
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- Case Study: How Elizabeth Gets By
- Interactive Budgeting Calculator
- Mad Money: Celebs' First Paychecks
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Transcript: Dressed for Work
Tuesday, April 11 at noon ET
If all you own are caps and sweatshirts, Suzanne D'Amato can help assemble an office-ready wardrobe.
Transcript: Color of Money
Friday, April 14 at 1 p.m. ET
Light on cash? Michelle Singletary can help you find ways to live on a graduate's salary.
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- Right-click here to download to your Mac.
- Extract the files to a folder named "gradguide."
- Mount your iPod as an external drive. Move the "gradguide" folder into your Notes folder.
- Disconnect your iPod and read the guide using "Extras > Notes" starting with "gg-index."
- Right-click here to download to your PC.
- Extract the files to a folder named "gradguide."
- Connect your portable and transfer the "gradguide" folder from your PC.
- Disconnect your device and read the guide according to its instructions.
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