Posted by Kristina Cowan Your salary history tells an important story of how far you’ve come along a career path, so it’s fitting that a prospective employer might be interested in learning more about your past earnings. Yet it’s unfair to take a salary history at face value, because there are so often back-stories that… [more]
New Job in a New City Before You Go, Mind the Cost of Living
March 9, 2011 By
Post by Kristina Cowan, Payscale Trekking to a new town in pursuit of a new gig is an adventure fraught with excitement, opportunities and changes. Among the changes is likely to be a cost of living adjustment, for better or worse, depending on where you’re headed. Before making the move, experts suggest doing some cost… [more]
Why Is Volunteering Important Advice for Job Hunters
March 9, 2011 By
Posted by Bridget Quigg The search for work continues. Besides rubbing more polish on your resume, what can a work-hungry American do to get a job? If you know which career interests you, you could consider volunteering in your chosen field. From networking and skill building to resume improvement, the benefits of volunteering seem endless…. [more]
Seven Job Search Secrets for the New Decade
March 7, 2011 By
By William Ellermeyer, Once upon a time, you typed up your resume, submitted it to a few select employers and worked hard to build a career, a life and a pension-moving only occasionally to another company. Today’s fast-paced, global workforce no longer resembles that old-school fairytale, an environment that demands continual awareness of opportunity, ongoing… [more]
How to Handle Salary Requirements When Applying for a Job
March 7, 2011 By
by Kristina Cowan Job interviewing is like art: it requires skill, dexterity, and the right tools and environment. Make one wrong move and the result can be disastrous. This is especially true when it comes to discussing salary requirements. As a job-seeker, approaching a conversation with a prospective employer about salary requirements can be tricky…. [more]
Top 5 Salary Negotiation Mistakes
March 6, 2011 By
By Bridget Quigg If you want to make adults squirm like kindergarteners, broach the subject of salary negotiation. Talking money makes most workers uncomfortable. And while they want such talks to succeed, they make plenty of blunders. If only they had some basic negotiation guidelines. So what’s the best way to avoid stumbling and also… [more]
Increase Your Salary: 10 Expert Tips
March 6, 2011 By
By Kristina Cowan Determined to increase your salary? Follow these tips from Reesa Staten, vice president of communications and director of research at recruiting firm Robert Half International and Anna Ivey, a Boston-based career and admissions counselor, to increase your salary this year: 1. Get comfortable negotiating salary raises. “Women fall behind here, because they… [more]
5 Salary Secrets Your Company Won’t Tell You
March 6, 2011 By
By Joy Victory, special to PayScale.com It’s normal to wonder how and why you get paid the salary you do. After all, most employers are not willing to share inside salary information and salary decision methods, without at least a little prodding. So how are wage increases determined in big companies? And how can you… [more]
