Salary & the Market

Ah, the dreaded “what is your desired salary” question. Of course you want to earn more than you are currently earning. However, you don’t want to price yourself out of being [...]

Yes, recession proof jobs do exist. Some, like law enforcement, are considered to be recession resistant since resources are reliant on government funding, but unfortunately crime will always [...]

How well do you know how to negotiate? It’s good to keep in mind when you’re in the negotiation phase of joining a company, that money isn’t everything and that there are many negotiables besides [...]

Great post by Bill Humbert on RecruitingBlogs.com to understand the unemployment rate.  Have you read the “great news” that we are at a low right now, at 7.8%  ? I think it’s [...]

Pete Leibman is a career nerd who has a passion for sports.  He just wrote a post titled What Drew Brees Can Teach You About Salary Negotiation. I’m sure no one would pay me even $10 to [...]

It’s been interesting to see the reactions to the Supreme Court ruling that Obamacare is constitutional, which means it can move forward.  Lot’s of speculation and opinion flying [...]

I remember counseling someone during a transition a few years ago.  He was interested in only one thing: salary. I was in a “bad relationship” with my employer.  Not bad enough to [...]

Samantha Lacey, a recruiter, writes Do candidates expect too much? She talks about one job seeker (aka, candidate) who just about had a job until he declined the type of BMW the company was going [...]

This is the third, and final of the Readers Digest thoughts.  This time it’s on their post What HR People Won’t Tell You About The Job Interview. Here are some of their snippets (read [...]

Another Readers Digest article applicable to job seekers, this time about money.  What HR People Won’t Tell You About Salaries and Raises brings up some good points – definitely make [...]