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Salary Talk: Should I have gotten a bigger raise with my HR promotion?
December 31, 2007 by sarah ennengaQ. I started with my present company in Raleigh, NC, in February as an HR assistant on a temp-to-hire basis at a salary of $25,000. In March, the company hired me full-time and increased my salary to $28,000.
At the time I came on board, our HR director resigned. We were without an HR director for about two months. Then the benefits generalist turned in her resignation. I took the initiative to learn her job in less than two weeks.
At my performance review, the new HR director complimented me on taking the initiative to learn the benefits generalist’s job and on how quickly I caught on. She then promoted me to benefits administrator. I was very excited, but when she told me that my new salary would be $29,124, my jaw almost dropped with disappointment.
I am working toward my associate’s degree in human resources and I am in my last semester. I’m a hard worker and a quick learner. Am I being underpaid? If so, how should I go about handling this? -
Resume Writing Tip: Using the “Header and Footer” Function in MSWord
by sarah ennengaThe “Header and Footer” function in Microsoft Word can be accessed under “View” in the top link bar. That feature should be used when designing the layout of your resume to include your name in the header and the page number (if your resume has more than one page) in the footer (choose page number and number of pages). This will allow your name to appear on the top of all the pages and will make sure that your pages are numbered.
Many job seekers tend to ignore that basic function, yet it can make a big difference.
Article courtesy of WorkBloom, an employment blog incorporating a comprehensive career resources section, including the largest database of professionally written resume and cover letter samples on the Web. -
Workers Want Their Bosses to Be Compassionate
by sarah ennengaAccording to a new study by Harvard University, fostering trust and a sense of purpose among employees can play a significant role in building a successful and productive workplace.
While business executives are, by nature, focused on maximizing profits for their companies, many experts believe that more attention should be paid to the welfare of their employees once they decide to come on board. -
Networking 101 – Starting Conversations
by sarah ennengaReprinted courtesy of TheCareerNews.com
MILWAUKEE, WI — “I know networking is really important, but how do I get the conversation started?” said a client. In the words of Dale Carnegie, author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years trying to get people interested in you.” -
Happy New Year
by Steven RothbergFrom the staff of CollegeRecruiter.com to the students, graduates, schools, employers, and other users of CollegeRecruiter.com, we wish you a happy, healthy, new year.
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Final Entry of 2007
by William FriersonWell, this is it. 2007 is almost over, and a new year is on the way. For me, this year brought mixed emotions.
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Myth #1: Paying for a Liberal Arts Education is a Lousy Investment
by sarah ennengaMany recent graduates lament that their first professional jobs have no intellectual content, aren’t challenging, and require little more than an eighth-grade education. You would expect then that some of these graduates would question the value of a liberal arts education. In our experience that rarely happens.
But ask the same question of many members of the general public—including parents—and you’ll find a great deal of ambivalence about the value of a liberal arts education. The difference has to do with how liberal arts graduates and non-graduates perceive the purpose of such an education. While liberal arts graduates see value in the breadth and depth of their education, those without such an education—often eying more tangible results—see wasted time and energy. Indeed the most often cited reason for a college education, according to a recent survey of readers by the Chronicle of Higher Education, was the ability to get good jobs—the kind that pay well. Education, then, becomes part of a money-in, money-out equation, and a diploma is akin to a stock certificate that should produce dividends as quickly as possible. -
Be True to Yourself
by sarah ennengaSometimes solving problems or dealing with conflicts requires that we flex different “muscles” than the ones we normally use for performing our job, maintaining relationships, or resolving conflicts. Every once in awhile we are faced with confounding situations which require us to adapt ourselves even more creatively. After years of observing others, making my own mistakes, and occasionally doing things the right way I have come to the conclusion that in any difficult situation the key to overcoming challenges is to do whatever you need to do but to be true to yourself in the process.
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Salary Talk: Why didn’t I get a pay-to-stay bonus?
by sarah ennengaQ. Our company has filed under Chapter 11 with no financial backing. The company is being sold. Our accounts payable supervisor got another offer and put in her notice, but the company countered with a pay-to-stay package. She gets six months of severance pay with three months up front.
I am very angry, since I was committed to working until the end after taking a 10 percent cut in pay with hopes of staying on with whoever buys us. How do I confront the CEO who offered her this package to get the same deal? Currently we have no severance package. -
Job Seekers: know thyself
by sarah ennengaReprinted courtesy of TheCareerNews.com
MILWAUKEE, WI — As a job candidate, if you have a solid grasp on your skills and interests, you understand your qualifications and realistically know what value you offer, you are inherently better able to describe and sell yourself to a prospective employer. Indeed, this type of self-insight is quite impressive in its own right.
