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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 […]

“The most satisfying jobs are mostly professions, especially those involving caring for, teaching and protecting others and creative pursuits,” said Tom Smith, director of the General Social Survey (GSS) at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. LiveScience provides us with a look at the Most Satisfying Jobs in their recent […]

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Accountemps, the world’s largest temporary staffing company for accounting, finance, and bookkeping professionals, recently published the results of a poll of 150 senior executives (HR, finance, and marketing) from the nation’s 1,000 largest companies - “Resumes Inching Up“. The executives were asked “What is the preferable length of a resume […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

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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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 […]