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Answering Reader Mail: Can an EA salary support a family?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Always buy the most expensive health insurance you can afford. You should have 3 savings accounts - retirement, rainy day, and emergency. Retirement is your 401k, CDs, cash, etc. Do a great job. Do a great job and learn to negotiate to a better salary or when you job hunt after you've gained a lot of experience.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Though the job market now is bad, it's been bad for years now. And due to outsourcing, Boomers not retiring, and Gen Yers being told (by older generations mind you) to get degrees in their "passion" or that "any degree" is a path to success.you end up with a lot of overworked, underpaid 20somethings.

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