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Saving for College

It’s never too early to start saving. Find out about different ways to prepare for your college education.

An Introduction to 529 Plans
How to Pay – College.gov
My Future, My Way: How to Go, How to Pay
Savings Bonds – Education Planning
The 529 Plan and How It Works

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Accountant - Accountants and auditors keep track of a company's money. The company's managers and people outside the company read their reports. Managers look at the accountants' reports to see how well their companies are doing.

Bookkeeping Clerk - Bookkeeping clerks add, subtract, multiply, and divide many numbers each day. They must be able to use computers to calculate and record data. There is a wide variety of bookkeeping clerks. Certain clerks handle only specific accounts. Some bookkeepers maintain books for an entire company.

Career Voyages - (Department of Labor) - Do you know what you want to be when you grow up? What job do you think you would like? At this fantastic website, you’ll learn all about different jobs, their pay and growth prospects, and how to prepare for them.

Economist - Economists do research. They prepare surveys to collect data, and then figure out what the data mean. They also forecast how the economy might change in the future. Economists study topics such as prices, jobs, taxes, interest rates, and the stock market.

Financial Analyst - Financial analysts help people decide how to invest their money. They work for banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, and securities firms.

Loan Officer - Loan officers help people apply for loans. This lets people do things like buy a house or a car, or pay for college. Loan officers help businesses by loaning them money to get started or to buy equipment.

Real Estate Agent - Real estate agents help people buy and sell houses. They must be able to say approximately how much money a house is worth. They need to know what the neighborhoods in their towns are like. They must know the laws that have to do with buying or selling a house. They also can tell home buyers where to get a loan if they need more money to buy a house.

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