According to the Associated Press, U.S. workers can expect skimpy raises in their base salaries next year, but top performers may still fatten their paychecks with merit compensation.   A study just released by Hewitt Associates, a human resources consulting firm, found base pay will rise by 3.8 percent in 2009, marking the ...

As a college student in the late 90s, I used to curse my lack of proficiency at math.  Back then, the perception was that if you could master integral calculus or organic chemistry, you could be the one landing the big paycheck right out of college.   Over at Career Builder, Kate Lorenz shares that when it comes to math, perception ...

Employment Digest has posted a brilliant article on job offers that aren’t actually as good as they look at first.  Writer Carole Martin tells the story of Nicholas, who received an on-the-spot offer and was so thrilled he accepted right away. Nicholas was offered $55,000 per year, with a hiring bonus of $5,000 – a $10,000 raise from his last ...

Steven Rothberg at College Recruiter posted a great article from Beyond.com on salary negotiation.  I loved this piece in particular because it addresses the question of how much information to give away about your requirements before the interview.  This came up recently when I was hanging out with my friend Rob, who was filling out a ...

Expense reports are a reality of employment in Corporate America that most people tend not to think too much about.  You spend money on behalf of your company and HR pays you back ASAP, right?    However, once you go to actually submit your first expense report for a new job, you may realize that reimbursement is more complicated ...

[ImageAttachment]   Hannah Clark over at Forbes has an interesting piece on end-of-year bonuses.  Apparently, the traditional holiday bonus is nearly extinct, a fact which comes as no surprise to me given that I have never received one.  Clark reports on a study by Hewitt Associates, which found that only 34% of employers will ...