How much is that executive position worth now?

Okay, so maybe your salary sights aren’t set as high as Jeffrey Immelt’s. The chairman and chief executive of General Electric Co., received $15.2 million in compensation last year, according to a company proxy filed Tuesday. But you’d probably be interested to know what executive positions are currently paying in your industry – or the [...]

What are the best companies to work for?

It’s that time of year again … Fortune Magazine has released its annual 100 Best Companies to Work For list, and Google is the new #1. What’s more, it’s their first appearance on the list at all – hot stuff! How did Google and the other 99 companies get on this list? Here’s an excerpt [...]

Just how long will it take to land a new executive job?

Thinking about making the jump this year? You know, switching from one executive job to another? Here’s the bad news – it may take you longer than you think. But the good news? The outlook seems to be getting better. According to the executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, job search times fell from [...]

The low-down on the year-end bonus

I started out thinking that this would be the perfect tie of year to be talking about bonuses. And it is…sort of. But as Marilyn Gardner, staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor notes: “Many companies have also changed their fiscal year so it no longer coincides with the calendar year and the holiday season. [...]