How to Get a Raise
It may not buy happiness, but more money can certainly rid you of some aggravations standing in the way of happiness. Negotiating and getting a raise, however, is not the simplest of tasks. The most important advice for anyone asking for a raise is to know your value. According to Purchasing magazine: - Compensation negotiations are like any other negotiation - do your homework. - Put together a...
Read More »Breaking Down the Door
Do you sit at your job, watching the clock tick and wishing the day would end? If you feel it may be time for a change in your job or career path, get the ball rolling with these tips and considerations. Tell us if this sounds familiar: You're talented and motivated, with great skills to offer, but you're undervalued by your current employer or are simply disengaged from your current duties - now...
Read More »Labor Crisis! Panic on the Streets! Doomsday! Really?
Interest in the labor market behavior of the Baby Boom generation continues unabated. To some, it seems to be a crisis; but like any crisis, it is also an opportunity to seize - or to squander. The perceived lack of skilled employees is a growing problem throughout the industrialized world. Today, even China and India, with their millions upon millions of university graduates, have difficulty...
Read More »Understanding Employee Benefits
Neither executives nor their employees are happy with the state of company benefits programs. It doesn't help that many employees don't understand what their company is providing. Rising employee health-care costs are prompting some employers to reduce benefits, according to a recent survey from New York-based trade group the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Among 230 financial...
Read More »Attain, Retain and Manage Top Talent
Job loyalty is waning these days, thus the intensity of retaining top talent. Once the realm of HR departments, talent retention has expanded and is now a high priority for corporate executives. Companies are seeing a notable increase in the number of voluntary resignations from year to year. According to a recent Monster.com-sponsored survey, more than two-thirds (70 percent) of HR managers...
Read More »Office Politics: Playing the Game with Dignity
Even when you're out to get something done - not to do someone in - you have to play office politics. Fortunately, you can play the game ethically, getting ahead while retaining integrity. If only the best way to get ahead were to buckle down and work harder. Today, social dynamics is as much the ethos of office functions as it is a part of being human. Or, to paraphrase British author George...
Read More »Scandal, Ego and Inflated Self-Worth Deserve Big Bucks
As the nation prepares to celebrate a Labor Day holiday that will see the first increase in the federal minimum wage in a decade, a malicious new report gleefully attacks our CEO class, showing that the gap in pay and compensation between workers and bosses is growing. The average CEO of a large United States company made roughly $10.8 million last year - or 364 times that of U.S. full-time and...
Read More »Brand Extensions Seek New Revenue Streams
With all the new products that are flooding the marketplace, shelf space is a precious commodity that has allowed retailers to call much of the supply chain shots. Can wisely executing brand extensions help businesses, well, stay in business? Consumer goods manufacturers have it pretty tough these days. From complying with federal regulations to meeting pricey mandates from retail customers,...
Read More »Old is New Again for Military Manufacturing
From weapons to transport, the military has long been a catalyst for new, cutting-edge technology. Now a different strategy is taking place in military forces throughout the world, as a string of recent developments involves the resuscitation or recycling of retired military machines. First up is news that Iran claims to have developed a new 2,000-pound smart bomb, the production line for which...
Read More »Test & Measurement Market Showing Growth
Over the past few years, the test and measurement (T&M) market has slowly but steadily worked toward rebuilding itself and is now projected to grow markedly, due in no small part to emerging application areas in communication. Recent analysis from Frost & Sullivan shows that the test and measurement (T&M) market earned revenues of US$1.77 billion last year, and estimates this to reach US$2.33...
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