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Homes and Salaries—The Market Sets Value, Not You…
People say that buying a home and changing jobs are two of the most stressful events in your life. I agree, and I think it’s because both involve perceptions of… Get the Rest
Prices Aren’t the Only Thing Dropping At Walmart…
If you're male and employed at Walmart, the prices aren't the only thing dropping - so might your salary! Oh wait, you saw the news about the class action
Why Sales People Are the Highest Paid Employees…
I speak with CEO's and senior executives on a regular basis regarding compensation issues - especially when it comes to paying high powered sales leaders. While some CEO's
Capping CEO Pay – What It Means for All of Us…
The cause célèbre today is CEO pay and by extension, overall pay transparency, performance-based pay and letting a government entity manage what used to be a free-market concern.
The Most Expensive Colleges Have One Thing in Common – This Recruiter Has Never Heard of Most of Them…
If you matriculated from an expensive private school, allow me to say this up front - I'm still your fan. If you're good at what you do professionally, articulate
Cost of Talent – World Series 2008 Edition….
The World Series is here, and it reminds me of the talent/economics lesson that occurs each season in Major League Baseball. This year's compensation lesson? The Tampa
Robbing Candidates Blind – Why I’m Not A Car Salesman…
There is a reason why people hate used car salesmen. And, frankly...if I wanted to do that job, I wouldn't still be paying for college. The real job of
The NFL Patriots – A Team-Based Culture That Survives Employee Turnover…
So the Patriots did just enough over the weekend to get past the Giants and become the first pro football team in history to go 16-0. You can
Talent Primer – The Cost of Reinventing Yourself
Earlier this week I profiled the recent research concluding that today's American men have less income than their fathers’ generation did at the same age, according to a
Talent Economics – Our Parents (on average) Made More Than Us, and It’s Complicated…
Are we all destined to be George Costanza? Offspring who never deliver on the dreams our parents envisioned for us? There's some hand wringing going on about























