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A recent article in SIReview revealed some startling statistics on workers spending and savings means and habits. Here are some statistics:
* 40% of workers live paycheck to paycheck.
* 55% say they would need to earn more than $500 per paycheck to live comfortably.
* 21% do not set aside any money for savings.
* 37% of workers […]

Do you ever wonder how other successful career minded professionals schedule and invest their time? Computerworld offers an short yet insightful look into the schedule of a prominent healthcare Chief Information Officer. John Halamka as CIO at both Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School has seemingly achieved career success retaining a position […]

CAREER HACK: If you are in an area where Security Clearance positions are in demand consider applying for these positions and gaining clearance. If you are able to receive Security Clearance it can boost your salary by 25% on average while providing stronger job security.
Would getting a security clearance be better than getting an MBA […]

The average U.S. hourly wage has been increasing steadily over the last 10 years. The increase has been from $12.51 an hour to $16.75 an hour, an increase of 25%. If increases continue at the current rate then in 2017 the average hourly wage will be $20.00 hourly (about $40,000 annually), $26.30 hourly in 2027 […]

10 blue-collar jobs with highest annual earnings Occupation Average earnings of full-time workers

Drillers, oil well

$62,409

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers

$62,347

Locomotive operating

$59,517

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

$58,062

Railroad conductors and yardmasters

$57,672

Power plant operators

$56,545

Supervisors, […]

Inc.com writer Tamara Schweitzer wrote the article U.S. Workers Hate Their Job More Than Ever. Here is some information from that writing:

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Here are “Seven Major Job Trends for 2007″ by Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder.com.

View the entire article with supporting statistics at:
 Seven Major Job Trends for 2007. [CareerBuilder - Matt Ferguson]
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Career Hacker * www.careerhacker.com * By Bill Inman * www.billinman.com

Fortune Magazine recently released its annual list of the 100 “Best Companies to Work For”. Along with this list Fortune provides the average annual pay for salaried employees for these 100 companies:

Rank

Company

Best companies rank

Most common job title

Average
annual pay*

1

Nixon Peabody

49

Associate Attorney

$181,099

2

Bingham McCutchen

94

Associate

$180,050

3

Alston & Bird

19

Associate Attorney

$166,300

4

Adobe Systems

31

Senior Computer Scientist

$161,127

5

Arnold […]

According to Siobhan O’Mahony, Asst. Professor of Neotiations, Organizations, and Markets at the Harvard Business School, if you are a contractor or temp you need “stretchwork” to bridge the gap to a more rewarding position and enable them to manage and advance their careers in the less predictable world of contract labor. Stretchwork is work […]

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 […]