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Everything You Need to Know About Emergency Funds

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An emergency fund can help you get out of an immediate financial situation, like an unexpected car repair or medical bill, or can help you cover your day-to-day expenses if you’re laid off, ill, or injured and unable to work. Instead of getting discouraged, try breaking the bigger goal into smaller pieces to make the process more manageable.

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

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I believe you can raise a family on an EA salary whether alone or with a significant other. Here are some money management tips I've learned over the years that may help you. Emergency funds are for when you lose your job, want to switch jobs, have to buy a car, unforeseen medical bills, or anything urgent that you need.

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5 Reasons Being Self Employed Sucks

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This is especially true when it comes to finances, as many of the benefits that we take for granted were collectively bargained for through years of protest and negotiation. The most difficult part of dealing with an unsteady income is learning how to manage your money. In fact, it might even suck. Retirement Benefits.

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How to overcome the downsides of contract work

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The benefits aren’t as good It differs from company to company, but basic employee benefits can cover everything from childcare leave to medical costs. More often than not, the contracts are fairly straightforward: you negotiate the job you have to complete, and how much the company will pay you.

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4 Strategies to Help You Get More Money This Year

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The Conference Board reported in its recent annual survey of salaries that the median salary increase for 2010 for all employee groups is expected to be 3 percent – the lowest since the group began forecasting salaries 25 years ago and down half a percent from the previous year. You want to negotiate from your original salary.”

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