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You Can Negotiate Salary in This Economy; BLS Reports Average Wages Up 3.6%

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that despite the rising unemployment rate, average wages are increasing, and are up about 3.6% over one year earlier. That is not a typo. For those who have jobs, salaries are rising. Even in the NY financial services market which has been hit particularly hard by layoffs, […]

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Critical Job Seeking Mistakes: tips that will differentiate you from your competition!

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

I have been headhunting for over 16 years and this is my 3rd recession in the employment industry. There have been a few things that have concerned me most; the volume of layoffs, duration of the layoffs and how unprepared most of the job seekers are. Everyday I talk to dozens of Technical Job seekers, […]

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