Working with a Search Firm: Interview Etiquette

One of our most popular posts was on “How to Introduce Yourself to a Search Firm.” But what happens when you have already been contacted by a search firm and are going on an interview with one of their clients? What is the etiquette for working with the search firm? What is expected of you? [...]

Hot Career Sectors

A recent post focused on how you should follow your natural skills and interests to land your next job. But even though you shouldn’t choose your job based on money, it is interesting to see which industries are doing well (and paying well!) in this still-grim economy – especially relevant during this holiday season. Many [...]

Is College Worth It?

The Pew Research Center recently conducted two surveys to determine whether college is worth it. One was a telephone survey taken among a nationally representative sample of 2,142 adults ages 18 and older. The other was an online survey, done in association with the Chronicle of Higher Education, among the presidents of 1,055 two-year and [...]

Talk About Pay Today, or Suffer Tomorrow

In a very useful article in The New York Times, Phyllis Korkki offers specific tips for how new employees should negotiate their salaries. In this economy many job seekers would be thrilled to be offered a job at all, she notes. How ungrateful and even risky, they may think, to haggle over salary when the [...]

Job Offer Salary Negotiations Made Simple

Every so often, I see an otherwise highly qualified candidate try a negotiating tactic that results in their job offer being withdrawn, or worse, starts their employment off on the wrong foot.   They fail to understand that commanding a high salary is not about negotiating, but rather about proving value. If you are new to [...]

How to Ask for a Raise: 7 Tips to Help You

You feel you deserve a higher salary. Simply waiting for your boss to give you a raise won’t work. If it’s time to ask for a raise, how should you do it?  About.com gives us seven tips to help you accomplish that goal.  You need to do some research before you are ready to ask. [...]

When is the best time of day to ask for a pay raise?

5 p.m. The end of the work day is often a time when your boss is not rushed and has time to listen. Many supervisors say late afternoon is when they’re in the best mood because they know they’re going home soon. What’s more, your elevated body temperature in the late afternoon usually makes you [...]