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People With These Names Are Likely To Make More Money: Study

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 05.07.2013 | Small Business

While longer names may sound more sophisticated, shorter first names are the ones that lead to a bigger paycheck, according to a new study that co...

Does the Glass Ceiling Exist or Do We Often Times Create Our Own?

Shanna B. Van Ness | Posted 05.03.2013 | Women
Shanna B. Van Ness

After five years of service, I was denied a promotion and salary increase with an explanation of "why should I pay her more for what she already does"? This set off a spark in which I began to think.

Women and Salary Negotiations

Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti | Posted 04.29.2013 | Business
Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti

Pursuing a job can be challenging and exciting at the same time. When and how to negotiate salary is a common concern for many candidates.

The Secret To A Higher Salary

Quartz | Brooke Allen | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business

Quartz: Twenty years ago, I developed a powerful approach to negotiating that goes beyond “win-win.” It involves starting by offering the most ...

Women: Negotiate Your Way to $1 million, One Salary at a Time

Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti | Posted 04.17.2013 | Business
Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti

Ladies, Do you want to increase your lifetime earnings by up to $1 million? "Negotiate your salary," states the popular book Women Lead. However wom...

9 Things NEVER To Say When Asking For A Raise

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.10.2013 | Business

If you thought getting up the courage to ask for a meeting with your boss to talk salary was the hardest part, you were wrong. Once you step into t...

Women in the Middle East Take Control of Family Businesses

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 04.02.2013 | World
Rahilla Zafar

During Dubai's financial crisis, unlike many other companies, Diamond Line didn't let any staff go or try to renegotiate lower salaries.

Is Telling Your Friends to Ask for More Money the New 'You're Too Good for that Guy'?

The Levo League | Posted 04.30.2013 | Women
The Levo League

As women have become more ambitious over the years, it seems that the weekly Sunday brunch is as much about gossiping about men as it is about our careers. How late were you at the office this week? Who are you networking with? What job are you applying for?

Salaried vs. Hourly and Why All Pay Is Not Equal

Dedrick Muhammad | Posted 02.25.2013 | Black Voices
Dedrick Muhammad

The recession has permanently shifted our job market for the worse. While the majority of jobs lost during the recession were in the middle-income range, the jobs that have since come to replace them are lower-paying hourly wage positions.

How to Negotiate Your Salary

Ramit Sethi | Posted 03.17.2013 | Business
Ramit Sethi

The truth is, if you do it the right way, negotiating your salary actually makes you more attractive to your employer. When you use the right phrases and mindset, you can convince your boss to give you a raise -- and he'll be happy to do it.

Awkward Wallets: When You Make More Than He Does

Women & Co | Posted 01.07.2013 | Women
Women & Co

In an article in The Wall Street Journal, Susan Gregory Thomas cites the Bureau of Labor Statistics when she writes that 40 percent of American women are the breadwinners for their families. Are you an alpha wife? Here are some tips:

Your Marriage Is Killing Your Career (And Vice Versa)

Slate | Ray Fisman | Posted 12.28.2012 | Business

Nearly half a century ago, Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique helped kick off the modern feminist movement. Friedan described the widespread mela...

The 10 Highest Paid Private College Presidents

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 12.09.2012 | College

-- Compensation for private college presidents has continued to drift upward, while the number crossing the $1 million barrier – a signal of pr...

Evo Morales' Gets $100,000... In Ponchos

AP | Posted 11.09.2012 | World

Bolivian President Evo Morales says his personal wealth has jumped by $100,000 since taking office, thanks to all the gift ponchos he's received. T...

8 Tips To Get A Raise

Jonathan Alpert | Posted 12.29.2012 | Home
Jonathan Alpert

4. Anticipate resistance from your boss and know how to respond. Remember, there are two opposing goals: yours is to make money while his is to save money.

AFT Survey Finds State Employees With Union Representation Have Significant Wage Advantage

Posted 10.19.2012 | Home

The American Federation of Teachers public employees division recently issued its annual "State Employee Compensation Survey," which determined that e...

The One Thing About Your Job That's More Important Than Money

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 10.23.2012 | Home

They say money can’t buy you happiness, and new research confirms the the old adage is true. A survey of 1,000 workers in the United Kingdom cond...

Don't Rely on Your Boss to Advance Your Career

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 12.09.2012 | Women
Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Don't rely on your boss to grow your career. You alone have accountability for where you want to go.

Pay Secrecy: Why Bother?

Ed Lawler | Posted 11.20.2012 | Business
Ed Lawler

Perhaps the best way to summarize pay secrecy is to say that it has become an old-fashioned, obsolete management practice that has a much larger downside than upside. It is time for organizations to enter the world of pay transparency.

WATCH: How To Negotiate A Higher Salary, From Alexa von Tobel

Posted 10.09.2012 | MarloThomas

Don't just accept any salary offer! No one is going to manage your career except for you. Alexa von Tobel, Founder & CEO, LearnVest.com, offered tips ...

Handling Pay Cuts: The Reality of Our Time

Donna Flagg | Posted 11.06.2012 | Business
Donna Flagg

Yes, it is a lot to ask employees to welcome a decrease in pay, but there are ways to present it as an initiative vital to the health and future of everyone involved.

How to Get a Raise Without Asking

Steve Gillman | Posted 11.03.2012 | Home
Steve Gillman

Those who get tips as a normal part of their jobs often have the ability to write their own raise. It is one of the advantages to what are often seen as low-paid service jobs. Here are some of the ways that tipped employees boost their income.

Honoring Labor Day By Rooting Out Wage Theft

Eric T. Schneiderman | Posted 11.03.2012 | Politics
Eric T. Schneiderman

In this time of deep political divisions, there should be nothing controversial about the notion that working people who do their jobs should be paid for their work.

Do America's Corporations Care How Much American Workers Earn?

Colin Gordon | Posted 11.03.2012 | Business
Colin Gordon

Despite worries about sagging consumer confidence and shrinking paychecks, business leaders seem unconcerned about the declining standard of living of middle class America, or about the growing number of American families slipping into poverty.

10 Highest-Paying Companies For Millennials

Posted 09.11.2012 | Home

Fiscal Times: For the most part, members of Gen Y, born between 1982 and 1993, have not lucked out in this economy. Many of them spent a fortune on...