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Don't Pick a Lemon
So you're ready for your first job. How do you plan to get there? Many new graduates buy their first car just as they enter the working world.
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Transcript: Real Wheels Live
Wednesday, April 12 at 11 a.m. ET
If you're planning on using that first paycheck on a down payment on a new car, Warren Brown can help you pick.
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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For the iPod:
- Right-click here to download.
- Extract the files to a folder named "Grad Guide to Go."
- Mount your iPod as an external drive. Move the "Grad Guide to Go" folder into your Notes folder.
- Disconnect your iPod and read the guide using "Extras > Notes."
- 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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Heard enough? Got better suggestions? Or just want to let off some steam? Blow it all over Open Mic, our Grad Guide blog.
- You can also send stories, pictures and video to us via e-mail.
