Better pay negotiation: talent, risk and leverage There has been a lot of debate recently over pay levels, specifically that of bankers in light of the 2008/9 financial crisis. Over the weekend, Goldman Sachs announced that their average worker gets paid £305,000 – think about it, as that includes receptionists, security staff, cleaners, etc, as [...]
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Everyone is in Temporary Jobs
Everyone is in Temporary Jobs I spoke to a CV client of ours yesterday, who after sorting out where he wanted to go next, got employed as a contract Project Manager with four weeks. He has been happily self-employed now for 18months However, he came at me through LinkedIn, asking if we could chat about [...]
Asked for Resignation Letter?
Asked for Resignation Letter? Andrew, a skilled engineer, asks: I worked for a company for 4 years and was made redundant in a huge batch of redundancies. A couple of months later, the same company asked me to go back on a fixed term temporary contract. I’ve been back there 2 months and have been [...]
Measuring the desirability of a job applicant by salary history
Salary Negotiation photo credit: a.drian Ron, an educator, asks: I would like to know why recruiters and HR Professionals measure the desirability of a job applicant by salary history? I can think of several very good reasons for salary history to be among the most unreliable measures of employee desirability. Here are a few: I [...]
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