Where’s the money coming from (and where’s it going)?Weak job market. Rising gas, food, and energy prices. Slumping stock market. May 29th, 2008
Is recession talk a big April Fool’s Day joke on resume-sending job seekers?You want the truth about recession? Here’s the truth about recession. It takes two quarters – six months! – of negative growth before anyone can officially declare a recession. April 1st, 2008
Need some salary negotiation tips? Try theseOn the plane from New Hampshire to California the other day, I had the pleasure of reading the latest installment of Donald Asher’s “Save My Career” column in US Airways Magazine. February 26th, 2008
How do you know you’re getting a good salary?As you start the new year, you’ve probably already know your financial picture for 2008. You received your performance review, you got whatever bonus you’re going to get, the percentage of your salary raise is about to be factored in to your first paycheck of the year… January 8th, 2008
Money makes some people crazy – in lots of different waysAs part of the process of writing for this blog, sometimes I go sailing off into the wild blue yonder of the Internet to see what’s new in the world of resumes and related job seeking activities. Sometimes it comes to me through email, and sometimes I just stumble upon it. December 20th, 2007
It’s the salary survey time of the year…Big names in professional staffing and online job sites have been joining forces the last couple of years to sponsor and release on of the most interesting salary and job market surveys out there. And if you want a glimpse at what the future of executive and professional hiring looks like, you won’t find a [...] September 28th, 2007
Answer a question with a question in your salary negotiationsWhen it comes to salary, no hiring manager wants to be the first to quote a salary number. August 17th, 2007
33 things to think about when negotiating your executive compensationSome of the topics in this blog don’t exactly stand alone. Resumes can be considered separately to a point, but they’re also intimately tied to interviewing. Salary is a whole subject by itself, and yet things like job benefits and work/life balance play a integral role in the compensation offer. July 10th, 2007
Thinking about salary BEFORE you think about writing resumesFeeling a bit philosophical this afternoon…thinking about the importance of salary (or lack thereof). April 2nd, 2007
The clock is ticking on your executive job search…In a perfect world, we’d all have jobs that satisfied us both intellectually and financially. March 8th, 2007
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