Posted in Motivation, Jobs, Information Technology, Statistics, Value, Career, Compensation, Salary, Negotiating, Career Life on Dec 30th, 2006 No Comments »
Most employers “anticipate a less-than-4-percent base pay increase” for the vast majority of their workers in 2007, according to Sibson Consulting. “For someone earning $40,000 a year, a pay hike of 3 to 4 percent works out to as little as $100 per month before taxes, which is not exactly a reason to break out […]
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the following jobs have above average pay and projected number of openings through 2012.
Above-average paying jobs with openings
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Career Hacker * www.careerhacker.com * By Bill Inman * www.billinman.com
According to the Spherion Employee Confidence Index, fueled by a more optimistic outlook on the strength of the economy and number of jobs available, U.S. workers’ confidence hit new highs in November.
Do you feel that your ‘career confidence’ is in line with the following statistics?
66 percent of workers believe the economy is strengthening or stabilized.
64 […]
Althea DeBrule, of Extreme Career Makeover, provides the following 10 Career Fitness Tips:
Set Goals You Know You Can Reach. Keep your goals realistic. Unrealistic goals leave many people feeling like a failure even after a career success. Rather than feeling good about what has been accomplished, many feel dissatisfied because they have not yet attained […]
Tens of millions of VC dollars went into building video interview/resumes website’s during the late 1990s. It seems that this idea is becoming popular in the grassroots with job seekers now making their own career videos and posting them online.
Anjali Athavaley, of the Wall Street Journal Online, writes:
Though the practice is still in its early […]
The more education one receives the more money they are likely to earn. The following chart shows how average weekly earnings are effected by educational milestones.
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Career Hacker * www.careerhacker.com * By Bill Inman * www.billinman.com
Roundup of interesting career blogs and writings for December 5th, 2006.
5 Great Tips For Conducting The Best Job Search Ever! - Finding a new job can be a daunting task. You need to make sure your job search involves positions you’re qualified for, but you also want to land a position that pays well and comes […]
A CareerXRoads study presents information on how employers are finding candidates to fill their jobs. The chart below shows that Employee Referrals and the Internet make up over 50% of all hires. College hires are gaining momentum as is Direct Sourcing from competitors and other companies.
From this information one can see that networking online (through social […]
