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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: Want a Raise? Take Vacation
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Jobs Report: Economy Adds 138,000 Jobs in May; Unemployment Dips to 4.3 Percent
brownpau/Flickr Job growth slowed last month, according to this morning’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Employment Situation Summary showed the addition of 138,000 jobs to public and...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: Why Am I Being Ghosted After I Interviewed?
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3 Salary Negotiation Tricks to Get More Money (Even If You’re Scared)
Pexels Over a quarter of respondents to PayScale’s survey who had never negotiated salary said they’d held back because they were uncomfortable discussing salary. Another way to say that is that...
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How to Deal With Your Dead-End Job
Pexels It’s nearly inevitable: at some point in your career, you’ll wind up in a dead-end job. Maybe you took a promising gig, only to have the company falter or the management lose focus. Maybe you...
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What the Tech Industry Can Learn From Uber
Dan Taylor/Wikimedia Commons It’s been a rough month so far at Uber. On June 6, the company announced that it had fired 20 employees for harassment and/or inappropriate behavior. A week later on June...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: 20 Surprising Work-From-Home Jobs
Pexels When you think of work-from-home jobs, you probably think about customer service representatives or bloggers — jobs that can easily be done with just an internet connection and a laptop. But...
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Career Advice From 4 Famous Dads
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When the Hiring Manager Can’t Offer More Money, Negotiate These Perks
Pexels In a perfect world, you’d always be able to negotiate the salary you want (or at least, one that’s appropriate for your role). However, the reality is that sometimes, budgets are closed or your...
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Even Wonder Woman Has to Battle the Gender Pay Gap
JD Hancock/Flickr Feeling bad about the results of your last salary negotiation? Don’t. Not even being a superhero is a guarantee of a fair payday. Gal Gadot’s base pay for the blockbuster Wonder Woman...
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5 Layoff Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore
retrorocket/Getty Images One-fifth of American workers were laid off in the five years immediately following the Great Recession, according to a survey from Rutgers University. If you weren’t one of...
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Will Amazon Replace Whole Foods Workers With Robots?
jeffedoe/Flickr On Friday, Amazon and Whole Foods announced that the ecommerce giant will buy the grocery chain for $13.7 billion. The advantages for Amazon are clear: a chance to compete with Walmart...
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Report: Telecommuting Increased 115 Percent in 10 Years
Death to the Stock Photo From 2005 to 2015, regular telecommuting grew 115 percent, according to The 2017 State of Telecommuting in the U.S. Employee Workforce. The report from FlexJobs and Global...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: Is Being Happy at Work the Right Goal?
The pursuit of happiness is ingrained in American culture, appearing front and center in the Declaration of Independence. The problem is that being happy and leading a meaningful life are not always...
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Who Earns More — Women Who Reveal Their Salary History or Women Who Don’t?
SergeyNivens/Getty Images Your salary history is your business, and no one else’s — but that doesn’t stop hiring managers from asking anyway. (Unless you’re lucky enough to live in one of the few areas...
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While Women Are Penalized, Men Earn More When They Refuse to Provide Salary...
BraunS/Getty Images Women who refuse to give their salary history during job interviews earn 1.8 percent less than those who reveal past pay, according to PayScale’s latest report, Is Asking for Salary...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: How to Get Promoted
JD Hancock/Flickr Even if you love your employer and your work, you probably want to move forward in your career. Fortunately, you can often do that without jumping ship — provided that you can get...
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Declare Your Independence From Your Employer (But Not the Way You Think)
Unsplash/Pexels First things first: do not quit your job, without having another one lined up. No matter how lousy your current gig feels, being unemployed is almost certainly worse. However, if you...
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5 Cover Letter Mistakes That Are Ruining Your Job Search
JD Hancock/Flickr Even if you’re one of those lucky souls who enjoys the job searching process, writing cover letters probably isn’t your favorite. For starters, there’s always the nagging sense that...
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Does Your Salary History Really Matter?
lucyfrench123/Flickr Some hiring managers push hard for salary history when interviewing job candidates. But just because it happens, doesn’t mean it’s a good idea — for you or for them. Here’s why:...
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