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Increase Your Salary: Six Easy Tips

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:58:33 GMT

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If you’re ready to start earning more, here are six easy ways that you can use PayScale to your advantage

Know more than your manager knows. Maintain your PayScale Current Job Profile to find the typical value for your work in the marketplace.

Review Anonymous Profiles monthly. See real salaries for others with similar jobs and experience in your city

Manage your performance. As you gain experience and skills, update your PayScale Current Job Profile to get a sense of your new value.

Read PayScale Advice from others in your industry or job. Or give advice about your specific job, industry or topics like Work-Life Balance, Fair Pay, Negotiating Higher Pay, I Was Fired, and more.

Use PayScale data to make better decisions. Compare salaries for your job around the country and the world - and prepare for promotions and job offers.

Learn how education can boost earning power. Use the PayScale Research Center to see how education can affect your income.

Tags: advice, compensation, employment, lifestyle, salary, tips, work

7 steps to change your job search luck: Your New Job Transition Plan

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:56:05 GMT

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Clip Source: blogs.payscale.com

Did you ever buy a pair of jeans that didn't quite fit? This is how most people go about job searching

While this approach has merits, it skips helpful steps, like thinking about your overall happiness

LET GO. It's hard to think about your ideal job if you're still carrying old baggage

JOB TRANSITION PLAN. A valid concern during this transition period is about finances. Put together a job transition plan that looks at your financial obligations, savings and timeline

ENERGIZE.

GET CLEAR. One of the key areas to reflect on during this time is what you want in your next job

DREAM. It's easy for us to forget our passions and dreams. As you reflect, tap into your joy

RESEARCH. Once you have a clear sense of what you want, the next step is finding jobs that meet those needs

OPEN TO ALL. During this discovery stage you should play detective

These steps are a precursor to the traditional way of finding a job. The remaining steps are what most of us follow today (resumes, interviews, etc.)

Tags: advice, employment, interview, lifestyle, tips, work

Common Sense 1, Republicans 0

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:09:05 GMT

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Clip Source: www.time.com

How out of touch is Barack Obama? He's so out of touch that he suggested that if all Americans inflated their tires properly and took their cars for regular tune-ups, they could save as much oil as new offshore drilling would produce

Gleeful Republicans have made this their daily talking point; Rush Limbaugh is having a field day; and the Republican National Committee is sending tire gauges labeled "Barack Obama's Energy Plan" to Washington reporters

But who's really out of touch?

The Bush Administration estimates that expanded offshore drilling could increase oil production by 200,000 bbl. per day by 2030. We use about 20 million bbl. per day, so that would meet about 1% of our demand two decades from now

Meanwhile, efficiency experts say that keeping tires inflated can improve gas mileage 3%, and regular maintenance can add another 4%

Many drivers already follow their advice, but if everyone did, we could immediately reduce demand several percentage points. In other words: Obama is right.

Tags: obama, oil, fuel, gas, inflation, savings

How to Score an Upgrade

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:43:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.aarpmagazine.org

Score an Upgrade
(Peter Greenberg, NBC travel editor)

Don't be the putz who asks for one. Instead, chat with the gal at the gate about sports. Hobbies. Anything but the upgrade. Eventually, without asking, you'll hear the magic words: Let me see your ticket. Post-trip, mail your gal a thank-you. Next flight, look for her. Jo's AWOL? Repeat the steps. You now have something in common with the new gate gal. You both know Jo. Get it?

Tags: advice, tips, airline, flying, upgrade, first class, coach, economy

Management Tips: Gen X vs. Gen Y

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:49:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Finding what motivates Gen Y and Gen X is key to effective management strategies, experts say.

Clip Source: blogs.payscale.com

Managers must discern the different working styles of Gens X and Y, and tailor how they work with each group,

Because many Xers work well independently, Cam Marston, a Mobile, Ala.-based consultant specializing in multigenerational communications, suggests giving them projects and assignments to do on their own.

"Gen X, with their carpe diem mentality, decided that enduring a poor manager isn't worth the effort, and they will search to find the right person with whom to work. They have an intrinsic need to identify with this role model or hero, and they will actively change jobs until that person is found,"

"Make sure Gen Yers have a line of sight to the customer. It's a way to help people find meaning in their work-if someone senses they're serving another person, it makes the job more meaningful."

"They've been managed and organized throughout their entire lives, so they're not very good at structuring their work day and prioritizing," he said.

Tags: advice, employment, work, management, generation x, generation y, lifestyle

Shrewd Way into a "Booked" Hotel or Restaurant

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:53:20 GMT

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Clip Source: www.bottomlineinternational.com

Anyone can get a last-minute reservation at a popular restaurant or a room in a hotel that is booked solid -- if you know what to say and how to tip.

RESTAURANTS

You call at the last minute and are told no tables are available. What to do...

VALET PARKING: KEEPING YOUR CAR UP FRONT

When your waiter hands you your check, hand him/her your valet ticket stub, and ask him to give it to the valet, so that your car is waiting up front by the time you pay the bill and leave the restaurant.

HOTELS

You are told no rooms are available. What to do...

Tags: restaurants, hotel, valet, service, tips, advice, tricks