Making the most of your first working decade

Studies show your lifetime income is determined largely by how well you earn in the first decade of your working life.
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Most people follow a similar trajectory in the first ten years of their career: they finish high school, then head into tertiary education. They work at a junior level, part-time or for a low wage,making a few job changes in quick succession, before finally finding a steady career path by their late twenties, if they are lucky.

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Emma Clark Gratton
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Emma Clark Gratton is an ArtsHub staff writer.