Your Pandemic Personal-Finance Survival Guide
Don’t be so picky about jobs, and maybe wait on buying that house.
Don’t spend it all in one place.
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Recessions are hard on us all, but they’re an especially rude awakening for kids just leaving college. I believe it was Rene Descartes who wrote, “Good luck using that philosophy degree now, buddy.” You may think your education and staggering debt load make it imperative to jump onto your chosen career path right away. But if the museums are closed and Goldman Sachs isn’t hiring art-history analysts right now, then you really should consider taking any sort of gainful employment you can find, writes Erin Lowry. Jobs not only give you money, which can be exchanged for food and shelter, but also provide valuable work experiences you can use in your later career.