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Feb. 24, 2012

Maria Marsala answered this question

How much does a financial advisor earn?

Anywhere from -0- to start to millions of dollars a year.

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Aug. 9, 2011

Jayakumar Pillai asked a question

Manager doesn't get pay raise (4years) even if he works hard, how can he motivate himself?

General Management

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Aug. 8, 2011

E. James (Jim) Brennan and 2 other people answered this question

What are your tips for negotiating a salary increase?

Posted my "serious seven" list last year at http://www.compensationcafe.com/2010/06/i-deserve-a-raise-1.html.
1.merit
2.scope
3.competition
4.peers
5.irreplaceability
6.COL
7.offer
Delivering all those key points to a grateful boss right after a major achievement will have the greatest effect. more

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Career Development

Aug. 2, 2011

Jennifer Trevor Hochman asked a question

What is the typical salary range for director level in the music industry?

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July 27, 2011

Chris Marisic answered this question

Tips for balancing increasing salary requests and increasing inventory costs?

Where I said "they are in short demand", I really meant they are short in availability and high in demand. more

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July 21, 2011

Mariette Knoblauch answered this question

How do you determine what your contractor rate would be?

Freelance Switch has a calculator.
http://freelanceswitch.com/rates/
Taxes are going to be around 25-30% on average. Advice used to be to charge at least half again what you were making as an employee, but things may have changed depending on what field you're in. more

Business Finance

July 1, 2011

Karen Usher and 1 other person answered this question

How can an organization align compensation with business priorities?

Hi Caty - I think that everything that Ann said above is true. Once you've got your strategic priorities translated to operating plans, you then need to make those real for your employees.
Whether you chose the method of job descriptions, or some other format for ... more

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Business Priorities

June 20, 2011

Travis Finch and 1 other person answered this question

Does anyone have any recommendations on a company to purchase an IT salary survey from?

I strongly recommend Kenexa Compensation (formerly Salary.com). They have a couple of services that I believe will satisfy your requirements at a reasonable price. more

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Information Technology

June 14, 2011

Ann Bares and 1 other person answered this question

What is the easiest way to compensate two or thee key employees in a startup ?

M:
I wrote a blog post on this topic a few months ago, piggybacking on some advice that David Meister (author of The Trusted Advisor) wrote a couple of years ago. The link is below, in case you might find it to be helpful:
http://www.compensationforce.com/2011/04/compensating-partners-in-a-start-up....
I would also ... more

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June 8, 2011

Craig Bissett asked a question

Hiring Sales People - Is it a guessing game or can you predict success in a typical interview?

Hiring and Retention

May 2, 2011

Mark Herbert and 3 other people answered this question

How do you make a salary scale for a company?

Noureddin,
First of all Ann did a great job of describing the process in a nutshell. Kudo's to you Ann!
Some other things to consider in creating your "scale". Your product market and labor market may not be the same so when gatheing data make ... more

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Compensation Plan

March 2, 2011

Chad Cook and 2 other people answered this question

Does how loyal you are to your employer coincide with your compensation?

I agree with Mark. Compensation is "a" factor not the dominating one when it comes to loyalty.
Loyalty could be defined as retention and compensation has a very low connection to this factor as many people will go where the money is, even for a pittance ... more

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