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Manage Your Finances: Get tips from this article and our workshop this Friday, June 9!

Filed under Graduate School and Funding, On the Job, Salary and Benefits, What's New, Workshops
Posted by Libraries, June 05, 2006
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“Becoming Financial Grown-ups”
George Mannes, Money, June 2006, pp. 39-43.

While many of us still don’t have that high paying job, it is never too early to start thinking about finances and how to manage our money. Becoming Financial Grown-Ups, points out a several simple steps we can all take to begin preparing a secure and comfortable future.

The full article can be accessed at:
http://0-search.epnet.com.library.simmons.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20854058
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(MBLC: General Reference Center Gold)

“Paying the bills — Budgeting, financial strategies, and temporary income solutions”
Friday, June 9, 1-3pm
Miller/Knopf Career Resource Library (One Palace Road, P304E)

Join Chitra Staley SOM ‘88, president of TPW Financial, and Leslie Mitchell ‘04, staffing manager at Accountemps, to learn strategies for creating a budget; planning for your financial future; and gaining income, experience, and opportunities through temporary assignments. This session will also include time for discussion of job-seeking and other post-graduation issues, as well as refreshments and networking!

Register online at http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/career/register.shtml.
(For all members of the Simmons community. Walk-ins welcome.)

—Stephanie Miles