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I have a degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan. My jobs have been as a clerk in the Office of the Registrar, a programmer, and all-round computer guy in a lab that studied protein and DNA.

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Personal Finance > Smart Spending How to manage your finances while unemployed: 4 of 4

The first thing you should do when you find out you will be unemployed is to stop unnecessary spending, fast. Cancel the cable! That should save you at least $50 a month. Don’t buy anything you don’t need, and get to work on establishing a budget. It is optimistic to believe you will get a new job soon, but you should try to live within the budget set by your unemployment benefit income. Sign up for unemployment the week you become unemployed, do not put this off. This will give you a new monthly income figure to base your budget on. Unemployment benefits are taxable income, so...
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