With so many of us facing the prospect of hunting down a new job, I thought it would make sense this week to focus on how to get the most out of your job search. First topic to tackle: the sticky question of when, if ever, to tell a prospective employer what you want to earn. Laurie Ruettimann at Pu...

I’ve just explored two interesting lists. The first is a list of layoffs in 2008. The second is a list of CEO compensation in 2007. The two lists are related because for many of the companies on the first list which laid off employees in 2008, the second list details the companies’ CEO c...

While fixing the kids’ lunch today, I was watching the Sports Reporters.  They were talking about the economy’s effect on salaries, and just about every team but the NY Yankees.  The salary cap was mentioned, and one of the reporters repeated an oft mentioned error.  I can’t sta...

I’m proud to say that I was the first to openly discuss salary expectations here on my blog starting in the fall of 2007. Now this emerging role is one of the fastest growing in the job market. Despite the recession, companies realize the advantages of adding this role and are seeking qualified ca...

HP Office at Cyberjaya Immediately after reporting missed profit target, HP taken drastic steps to reduce operation expenditure including salary cut for every employees worldwide. In gloomy economy situation like now, this move come with not really surprising. The CEO take the lead with 20% reductio...

Rather than put more people on the street, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd is cutting salaries by 5 percent or more across the board. It's a paycheck experiment never before tried at a company this large. Hurd himself is taking a $290,000 pay cut, or 20 percent of his salary, which would look more imp...

Makes you wonder, if the Red Sox were in the A.L. Central, would they be saying the same thing? Surely the Yankees obscene offseason shopping spree prompted these comments from John Henry , but he’s not the first owner to mention the possibility of a salary cap this winter — Mark Attanas...

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The New York Times breaks down the annual expenses of your average Fancy Pants Executive Type who lives in Manhattan. Private school: $32,000 a year per student. Mortgage: $96,000 a year. Co-op maintenance fee: $96,000 a year. Nanny: $45,000 a year. We are already at $269,000, and we haven't even go...

I just threw up into my mouth, reading this article. Not only are the executives of failed banks earning billions of dollars in bonuses, just as much as the early 2000s, but if their income is capped at $500,000… they might need to consider public schools. I have only one word for these people...