Imagine you know someone starting off in his or her first career. Based on what you learned in the module, what financial advice would you give this person and what challenges might he or she face?

The most important and basic financial advice we can give to a person starting his career is to only spend as much as the person earns.

Explanation:

Because starting salaries tend to be lower than average, it is not very likely that this person will be able to save, but keeping a balanced personal budget will be very helpful anyway.

A second advice is to avoid debt on consumer goods, and only use debt for long-term investments like a house or a graduate degree. Credit card debt should be specially avoided because of the very high interest rates.

Finally, a third advice is that once this person earns enough to save, to look for safe financial instruments to put his or her money, like a mutual fund or a money market fund.