WHAT $1,000 BUYS: MONEY

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Coaching can take your career and your salary to the next level. A few years ago, Nicole Dunn was a struggling producer and decided to hire a career coach to help her focus her goals and sharpen her communication skills.

Her investment in three months' worth of group coaching sessions via a weekly conference call paid off. "It was the best $1,000 that I ever spent," says Dunn. Within a few months, she had landed a job with a new show as a supervising producer and nearly tripled her salary. -- Mary Beth Franklin

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