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4 Steps Everyone in Their 20s Should Take to Beat a Potential Recession

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According to the Nationwide Retirement Institute, 15% of Gen Zers and millennials “reduced contributions to their 401(k) and similar retirement plans over the last year.” Consider the record-setting 128-month expansion following 2008’s Great Recession. You can separate yourself from your peers financially and retire in comfort.

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How to Choose a Robo-Advisor

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Robo-advisors work by using algorithms proprietary to each company. However, robo-advisor platforms are not all created equal, so it’s essential to understand how each company works and pick one that meets your needs. Robo-advisors are gaining in popularity, with about 3.5 Determine your goals. What kind of accounts are provided?

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What Leslie Jordan’s Legacy Can Teach Us About Pivoting to a Third Act

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And in life, often your first act is devoted to childhood and education, your second to career and family and your third, following retirement, is how you choose to fill your golden years in service to the legacy you wish to leave. Alba launched The Honest Company at age 29. Novels have a beginning, middle and end. The lesson here?

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Lessons From Past Recessions

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For anyone who lived through the fear and uncertainty of the 2008 financial crisis, hearing ‘recession’ from news anchors and pundits can bring up anxiety and fear. The most recent recession was in 2020 and only lasted a couple of months, whereas the 2008 recession lasted about 18 months. Beef up your emergency fund.

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

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Companies would say, ‘Here are the people we have, here are the people we need.… In the decades since, the old model of staying true to one company has continued to erode—and employers’ loyalty to workers has slid correspondingly. In some high-tech fields, companies are widely seen as more generous to workers as well.

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Foreign Born in the US Workforce

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  This is little changed from 2008, but up from 14.5%   Again, this is little changed from 2008 but up from 49% in 2004.  .  Foreign born workers comprise about 15.5% of the US civilian labor force, or about 23.9 million workers.    Hispanics make up just over 50.5% of foreign born workers. 

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The US Talent Pool: Welcome Back to a Seller’s Market

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Companies just aren’t firing people like they used to, and workers are feeling more confident (1). This does not include retirements or long-term sick leave. If you had a job in 2008, you held onto it. Since then there has been a downtick to 1.2% and now to 1.1%. Quitting is Back in Fashion. So, what about people quitting?

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