Pros And Cons Of Credit Unions

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Key takeaways Credit unions typically offer better rates on savings and lower rates on loans compared to traditional banks. Membership is required and may have specific eligibility requirements based on location, employer or affiliation. Your…

The fight for equal pay for my generation is over. We lost |

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I’ve recently accepted a hard truth: I will never experience true pay equality in my career. Neither will most women my age. If the gender wage gap follows its historical pace, many women working full time won’t reach pay parity with men until 2059 — 33 years from now, according…

Most working women won’t see equal pay before they retire |

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The fight for equal pay was supposed to be won by now. But generations after Eleanor Roosevelt championed the cause, women are still waiting for their paychecks to catch up. A Bankrate analysis of government data shows, in fact, that pay equality remains a dream that most women won’t reach…

How these 6 women climbed up |

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Many women today won’t see pay equality in their lifetime. That’s due to forces like the “broken rung” — or the lack of clear paths from entry level or middle management positions into the highest-earning corporate roles. But plenty of women have bucked this trend and are eager to share…

What Women Learned Asking for Raises

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When Jessye Kass Karlin asked for a raise, she didn’t just need one person to say “yes.” She needed eight.  A director of programs at a women’s shelter in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Karlin was in her mid-twenties, making around $60,000 per year. She sought a $20,000 salary increase and a new…