Free Research Links and Products for Researchers from (ERI) Economic Research Institute

Free Research Links and Products for Researchers from (ERI) Economic Research Institute...

ERI has expanded its provision of free resources to researchers, students, and instructors (with the latter able to receive other complimentary ERI and PAQ materials):

• ERI Distance Learning Center: Online HR courses are provided free of charge for those new to compensation. To date, more than 20,000 individuals have spent an hour or more on the 53 subject matter topics for either certification credit or continuing education.
  
  
• Free Global Salary Calculator®: Download a calculator that converts job family data into specific job value estimates (for over 100,000 job titles). See www.erieri.it, www.erieri.co.uk, or any of 190 other countries' similar URLs.
  

• Free for Charities: ERI is assisting PAQ Services, Inc., which supplies free, web-based salary planning services using conservative data (typically 15% below competitive norms) for use by nonprofit organizations. See www.paq.com.
  
  
• Free International Pay Data: See why Assessor Series datasets and software make ERI unique among those who provide compensation survey data. Click on a dot and review the source data. Review ERI's C3 job family matrix that allows US specific job methodologies to complement European (and US public entity) job family classification systems.
  
  
• Free Looks at Selected Characteristics of Occupations: PAQ and ERI have teamed to make their worker trait measures for over 10,000 specific jobs available to the public. See www.paq.com.
  
  
• Download Support: Chat with a seasoned ERI compensation specialist while you download any demo program from our site. We see the "comp world" changing:
  
  
  1. Salary Assessor
  2. Geographic Assessor
  3. Relocation Assessor
  4. Executive Compensation Assessor
  5. Nonprofit Comparables Assessor
  6. Occupational Assessor

> Find more information at: ERIERI.com

ERI Helps HR Professionals Manage Executive Compensation...

ERI EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION was founded in 1987 to provide compensation research to organizations and consultants in the form of published reports and survey software.

Our thousands of subscribers rely on ERI executive compensation survey data to set pay and to assess the reasonableness of compensation packages.

Download a demo version of ERI's Executive Compensation Assessor and see for yourself how this software tool can help you make more accurate and informed decisions.

ERI's Executive Compensation Calculator

ERI's Free Executive Compensation Calculator reports broad-range executive salary values and allows for easy comparison of executive positions but when you need the most up-to-date, reliable data adjusted by geographic area, industry, organization size, pay strategy, compensation valuation, and planning date then turn to ERI's Executive Compensation Assessor.

To learn more about this exciting product, Click Here...

Quick Start for Salary Negotiation - Kelsey Publishing Knowledge Base

Kelsey Publishing Knowledge Base - Quick Start for Salary Negotiation

Article by Trevor Davide Grant, a PM in the information technology field and has extensive experience in salary negotiation....

Many people lack the expertise at salary negotiation and want to improve so they can advance their salaries and their careers. One friend recently asked me for some quick tips on how to negotiate a better salary.

Expert salary negotiation takes a lot of experience and a lot of practice. My experience has allowed me to negotiate salary many many times, and I have been able to realize significant salary gains as a result. I am writing here to outline what I consider a great, quick approach that can help arm you for salary negotiation and get you ready to negotiate a great salary.

While what follows here is a great beginning strategy, there are many approaches to negotiating salary. It is very important for salary seekers to have the full picture. You need to know all the successful and relevant strategies and all the ways to overcome common salary negotiation hurdles. Read more...

Read FULL Article: Check out the following salary negotiation do’s and don’ts at: http://www.kelseypub.com

Executive Compensation Tools and Resources

Here is a list of Executive Compensation Tools and Resources for HR Professionals...

• FREE Proxy and 10-K Retrieval
  Research past executive pay packages at competitor organizations.
  
  
• FREE Black-Scholes Calculator
  Calculate the future value of stock options.
  
  
• FREE Bardahl Calculator
  Compute the reasonable working capital needs of a corporation.
  
  
• FREE Executive Comp Calculator
  Base salary calculations by position and location.
  
  
• For-Profit Executive Pay Report
  Executive employee salary report based on input for industry, experience, education, organization size, etc. $89
  
  
• Executive Salary Software
  Competitive executive total cash compensation survey data for 400 top management job titles in all industries.

Learn more at: www.ERI-Executive-Compensation.com

Cost of Living, Salary Reports and Resources for HR Professionals

Cost of Living, Salary Reports and Resources for HR Professionals...

> Cost of Living Resources:

FREE Cost-of-Living Calculator
Calculate the cost-of-living differentials between different cities in the same country.

FREE Student Calculator
International cost-of-living calculator for college students

Cost-of-Living Report
Choose from 6,000 cities worldwide. Just $19 per single-city cost-of-living report.

Cost-of-Living Software
For country-to-country cost-of-living comparisons, see ERI's Relocation Assessor software.

> Salary Reports:

US Employee Salary Report
Personal salary report based on your position, location, industry, company size, education, and experience.

International Salary Report
Salaries for 4,000 jobs in 6,000 cities. Just $19 per single position report.

College Graduate Salary Report
Competitive college graduate salary reports by position.

2009 Salary Increase Survey
Merit increases by industry, location, and position. $89 with survey participation.

Get more Salary Resources at: SalaryExpert.com

Salary Surveys, Reports, Data and Resource Links for Human Resource Execs

Here is a List of Seven Salary Survey and Resource Links for HR Execs...

Salary Surveys
Providing salary surveys in both software and hard copy formats.

Cost of Living Comparisons
Calculate relocation allowances and per diem rates for 10,000 cities.

Executive Salary Surveys
Competitive executive total cash compensation survey data for 400 top management job titles in all industries.

Geographic Salary Comparisons
Set branch office salary structures based on geographic pay differentials.

Non-Profit Executive Salary
Executive compensation software and reports for employees at non-profits.

International Salary Comparisons
Research salaries for 100,000 jobs in 200 countries. This is the only salary database available for many hard-to-research international locations.

Job Analysis Software
Analyze thousands of positions. Update job documentation (titles and descriptions).

The Best Job and Salary Tech Tips from GlobalTV.com

The Best Job Relevent Websites and Salary Tech Tips from GlobalTV.com...

Notice at the very end of this two-minute TV news story on job-relevant websites during BC’s Skilled Trades Week concludes with repeated references to the best of the breed, SalaryExpert.com...

Watch the Connected Life segment video clip at GlobalTV.com:
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Kudos to SalaryExpert.com!

ERI-Salary-Survey.com providing salary survey data to management and HR professionals

ERI-Salary-Survey.com provides salary survey data to management and HR professionals...

ERI Economic Research Institute was founded in 1987 to provide salary survey and cost-of-living research to HR professionals in the form of survey software databases, published salary reports, and online salary surveys. Human resource managers, directors and executives all over the world rely on our compensation analyses to set individual pay, adjust branch office salary structures, and set relocation allowances.

Visit: http://www.eri-salary-survey.com/

Animators Are Some of the Happiest Workers in America, Survey Finds - MarketWatch.com

As seen on MarketWatch.com...

Third-party survey commissioned by AnimationMentor.com reveals career trends in the animation industry

AnimationMentor.com (Animation Mentor), the leading online character animation school created by animators for animators, today unveils key findings from an animation industry survey that shows a vibrant and healthy workforce with a bright future. Animation Mentor commissioned independent research firm Knowledge Wave International to conduct the survey to gain insight into an insider's view on industry trends, job titles, job satisfaction and salaries. "Behind the Characters: Professional Animator Job Satisfaction, Career Outlook and Salary Survey Report" is based on the responses of more than 1,200 professional animators from over a dozen countries who participated in the August 2008.

Animators are some of the happiest workers in America

The survey explored job satisfaction and how happy animators are overall. Of those surveyed, 59 percent of professional animators enjoyed their work and are proud of the work they do. More than 80 percent plan to continue working in this field and more than half would recommend a career in animation to friends and family. These statistics put animators high on the list of highest occupations when compared to national averages found in the University of Chicago's 2007 "Job Satisfaction in America" survey that identified clergy (67.2 percent) and firefighters (57.2 percent) the top professions where individuals classified themselves as "very happy."

> Read the Full Story at:
www.MarketWatch.com

SalaryExpert.com Launches ALL New Re-Designed Easy to Use Website

HR Execs, Professionals, Students, Job Recruiters, noticed any changes lately to SalaryExpert.com?

The NEW SalaryExpert Website is easy to use, great looking and performing well we hear, I even noticed an updated logo - nice job!

SalaryExpert.com provides Salary Survey Data, Compensation and Comparison Tools with choices to find the most accurate and up-to-date compensation information online.

SalaryExpert.com has a range of salary tools, salary surveys and products to fit your specific needs.

Drop by and see for yourself!
Visit: http://www.salaryexpert.com

Compensation and Salary Data Software from ERI Economic Research Institute

Salary Survey Software ERI offers compensation survey databases and software intended for management, professional analysts, or consultants' use. Free Demo Downloads allow one to evaluate the effectiveness of the survey databases before subscribing. Assessor Series® are used by a majority of the US Fortune 500 and major consulting firms; they allow for quick, efficient, and cost-effective second opinions of others' surveys, "less than 5 second" answers from your PC representing thousands of hours of ERI researchers' time.

Compensation Data Software:

The Assessor Series® desktop software reports competitive salary, incentive, and total compensation ranges for over 8,500 job titles in the US and Canada as well as providing data on executive pay, geographic and cost of living differentials.

Learn more at: http://www.erieri.com

How Do I Find Out Salary Ranges? - As Seen on AllBusiness.com

As Seen on AllBusiness.com... Let’s face it — money can be a touchy issue. It’s no less a hot potato during the job interview process, when many candidates find themselves hesitant to broach the subject of salary ranges for fear of either over- or underselling their worth.

Even though the topic can be an uncomfortableone, it’s important not to put the money issue aside when meeting with potential employers. It is to your advantage to do your homework beforehand to get a sense of standard industry wages. Try to gather as much information as possible about the company to which you’re applying and the average salaries they offer for various positions.

This solid understanding of salary guidelines is important. If you ask for too much, you could take yourself out of the running; too little and you could doom yourself to a salary that’s lower than what the employer was prepared to offer. Arm yourself with information about what is reasonable and standard in your profession and your industry. Also keep in mind whether you bring any extraordinary skills to that position, skills your employer may value and compensate accordingly.

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Salary and Cost of Living Resources for HR Execs...

Here are 3 Cost of Living and Salary Resource Websites for HR Execs:

1. CostofLiving.net:

CostofLiving.net has your city and state covered. They provide easy to use cost of living comparisons for over 4,500 cities. For professionals they offer a free demo of Cost of Living Software. The Relocation Assessor provides Cost of Living data for over 7,500 cities including Canada.

2. SalaryExpert.com:

SalaryExpert.com is an (ERI) Economic Research Institute affiliate providing Salary Resources for Students, Job Recruiters, HR Execs and Professionals.

3. SalariesReview.com:

SalariesReview.com and Abbott, Langer Association Surveys provide salary survey reports to subscribers. Abbott, Langer Association Surveys has long focused on the nonprofit and manufacturing sectors.

Hope you find this helpful!

Gannett Co. to Buy 10% Interest in CareerBuilder - BusinessWeek.com

According to BusinessWeek.com Gannett Co. said Wednesday that it bought a 10 percent interest in CareerBuilder from Tribune Co. for $135 million, giving it a majority stake in the employment Web site.

The deal bumps Gannett's interest in CareerBuilder up to 50.8 percent. Tribune now owns 30.8 percent of the Web site, with McClatchy Co.'s stake at 14.4 percent and Microsoft Corp.'s interest at 4 percent.

The controlling interest gives Gannett, publisher of USA Today, three seats on CareerBuilder's six-seat board of directors. The other seats are held by Tribune, McClatchy and CareerBuilder.

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Survey says... More employees work from home!

According to a survey from WorldatWork a record number of companies in the United States and Canada are permitting employees to work from home.

Forty-two percent of U.S. companies surveyed say they have offered their employees work-from-home programs this year, up from 30 percent last year. In Canada, the jump was even bigger — from 25 percent last year to 40 percent this year.

Some of the survey findings include:

• Part-time employment with benefits is offered by 38 percent of employers in Canada and 37 percent of employers in the U.S.
• Retention bonuses grew from 27 percent in 2004 to 38 percent in 2008 in the U.S. with similar growth in Canada.
• Sign on/hiring bonuses are on the rise in both the U.S. (70 percent) and Canada (51 percent).
• Stock grant programs are experiencing more rapid growth in the U.S. -- from 7 percent in 2004 to 20 percent this year.
• Stock option programs are slightly down in the U.S., from 23 to 22 percent in 2008.
• For pay rates, 31 percent of U.S. employers pay above market compared to 25 percent in Canada.

Read more at: http://www.bizjournals.com

Salary Survey Data by Job Title and Survey Data for the UK and Europe

SalaryExpert an ERI Company...

Salary Survey Data by Job Title - Here is a list of the 50 most-requested job titles on Careerbuilder's CBSalary.com in the last 30 days. Their salary calculator uses salary survey data provided by ERI and PAQ's eDOT Skills Project.

ERI's Salary Assessor software also provides remuneration survey data for more than 4,000 positions in the UK and Europe. Subscribers utilise this software to determine competitive salary ranges for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

> Learn more: http://www.erieri.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=ERISAUK.uk-salaries&TrkID=515-82

Career Salaries at SalaryExpert.com

At SalaryExpert.com they offer a calculator to determine career salaries. The calculator works by entering a job title, zip code or state and city. You will then be given a complete description of the job and duties assigned. SalaryExpert will then display the average salary based on the job title you input as well as the top and the bottom of the salary range. You will also be given the national salary average for that position as well as the calculated salary after adding benefits.

For Small Businesses

If you are a small business and don't have a budget for surveys or applications but desire more titles and salary information than you can use the free online salary calculator.

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Local Salary Survey Data - Information by State and City from SalaryExpert.com

SalaryExpert.com providing Local Salary Survey Data - Information by State and City: Salary survey software provides salary and cost of living data for compensation planning.

The Salary Assessor^® desktop software reports competitive salary, incentive, and base compensation ranges for over 5,000 job titles and 7,000 geographic locations in the US and Canada.

To download the Salary Assessor Demo, Click Here.

Check out the list of the 100 most-requested cities on Careerbuilder's CBSalary.com in the last 30 days. Their salary calculator uses salary survey data provided by ERI and PAQ's eDOT Skills Project. This list was last updated on August 17, 2008.

Executive Pay Drops in the Past 12 Months, According to ERI Economic Research Institute

REDMOND, WA - During the most recent 12 months the average total compensation paid to the highest paid executives in US publicly traded companies decreased by 7.0%. The ERI August study showed the first decrease in total compensation since 2004. While overall total compensation decreased, two components of pay reported sharp increases: non-equity based incentives (up 33%) and pensions (up 84%). Decreases were reported in components of base salaries, equity based compensation, LTIP, and "All Other".

ERI Economic Research Institute created this index of Executive Compensation 11 years ago. Since its inception in 1997, revenues of the US publicly traded companies studied increased over 7 times faster than the dollar amounts paid to the companies’ highest paid executives, with total revenues increasing by 113.5% compared to a 15.9% increase for executive compensation.

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Free Salary Tools and More from SalaryExpert.com

SalaryExpert.com has some excellent FREE Salary Tools...

All you have to do is click here on Free Salary Tools then select your job title and location, then click the Search button to receive a sophisticated salary report. Benefits, bonuses, and the cost of living will be factored into your salary analysis.

Salary Data

At SalaryExpert we cover both US and Canadian salary data. We offer free salary data that allows you to quickly look up the prevailing wage for a position by zip code, job description or regional and state information. The salary data covers the US and Canada as well as international positions. We welcome web developers to add these free salary calculators and our free cost-of-living calculators to their own sites.

Salary Survey Data with Sources from ERI Economic Research Institute

Oftentimes more a Census than a Survey...

Founded nearly 20 years ago as an outsource of salary survey analyses, ERI has evolved into a geographic-and industry-specific salary survey, cost-of -living, and executive compensation benchmark survey firm dedicated to research and development. ERI researchers collect skill measures of modern-day work, and assist organizations with their compensation planning via salary software and special reports. Traditional salary surveys sometimes reflect non-random samples; but ERI's databases have grown so robust, many ERI products can be better characterized as a census.






ERI compiles the most robust job competency, cost-of-living, executive compensation and salary surveys (over 565,000 organizations' data) available. Over 10,000 annual subscribers use ERI data for compensation and salary planning, expert witness testimony, relocations, disability determinations, board level presentations, setting branch office salary structures, and determination of defensible beginning to experienced salary & bonus levels.

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Salary Reports for HR Professionals and Personal Use from SalaryExpert.com

SalaryExpert personal salary reports provide average job salaries for your position and location. Reports are personalized based on the input you provided us, we have identified the closest match among the over 15,000 job descriptions available. SalaryExpert reports are designed for use in salary negotiations and the evaluation of job offers.

HR and Compensation Professionals: Do you need to run multiple salary reports for your organization's pay planning? Then see these salary survey databases:

• Salary Assessor Survey Software: Research competitive salary ranges for more than 5,000 jobs in the US, Canada, and Europe. This reliable salary survey calculator is used by over 80% of the US Fortune 500 to set individual employee pay, establish salary structures, and determine salary increase percentages. Available on an annual subscription basis. More.
  
  
• Global Salary Calculator: Calculate overseas salaries for 100,000 jobs in 200 countries. Includes job descriptions and local cost-of-living information. Available on a calendar-year subscription basis (expires 12/31/2008). More.

HR Resources: The ERI Distance Learning Center

The ERI Distance Learning Center offers: human resources online continuing education for Human Resource Management training and development, distance education online courses, online learning, adult education elearning, HR courses online, human resources management online course, human resource development hr training, business education, hrci recertification courses, compensation and benefits e-learning, accounting cpe continuing professional education, worldatwork recertification courses, crcc recertification courses, cpa cpe online accounting courses, cpe courses and professional career development.






Learn more at: http://www.eridlc.com

Top 20 paid positions as reported by ERI Economic Research Institute

Here are the top 20 paid positions as reported by the: ERI Economic Research Institute.

It quickly becomes obvious that most of these top earners are executives, or doctors and surgeons. "Top Surgeon" which sits at the top is actually both an executive and a surgeon. The Salary Assessor describes the duties of a Top Surgeon as follows: "Directs and coordinates surgery delivery programs. Instructs hospital personnel in universal and specific control procedures."

Physician	$146,125.00
Controller, Top Corporate	$114,812.00
Engineering Manager	$99,169.00
Corporate Attorney	$92,440.00
Physicist PhD	$92,265.00
Systems & Programming Manager	$89,356.00
Pharmacist	$88,786.00
Marketing Manager	$86,283.00
Financial Analysis Manager	$85,986.00
Computer Programmer Lead	$79,485.00
Systems Analyst Lead	$78,860.00
Personnel Manager	$77,307.00
Benefits Manager	$74,770.00
Electrical Engineer	$74,441.00
Sales Area Manager	$72,510.00
Chemical Engineer	$71,317.00
Purchasing Manager	$69,373.00
Mechanical Engineer	$68,178.00
Civil Engineer	$61,145.00
Computer Programmer	$60,155.00

> View a list of the industries with the highest wage growth.

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Job Market Intact for Young Journalists, Says Survey

As seen on: EditorandPublisher.com...

NEW YORK The job market for journalism graduates has remained largely unchanged for the second half of 2007 and the first half of 2008, according to a new survey from the University of Georgia.

The results of the survey from the university's James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research, to be officially unveiled Thursday, reveal that nearly the same percentage of graduates in 2007 found full-time jobs within six to eight months of graduation as in the previous year, and salaries remained the same.

According to the report, on Oct. 31, 2007, 63.3% of the bachelor's degree recipients had a full-time job, a figure nearly identical to the 2006 report of 64%. Almost all of the 2007 bachelor's degree recipients who looked for work had at least one in-person job interview in the six to eight months after graduation.

The median salary earned by 2007 bachelor's degree recipients was $30,000,exactly the same as the median salary earned by bachelor's degree recipients in 2006, while the median salary for master's degree recipients in 2007 was $40,000, $2,000 higher than a year earlier. For eight of nine benefits listed, a slightly larger percentage of 2007 graduates reported receiving those benefits than 2006.

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Celebrity parents work hard for their money - From parentdish.com

It's time for TV Guide's annual salary survey, that time of year when we get to find out how much our favorite personalities get paid every year for entertaining us after the kids have gone to bed. These celebs all have kids at home, but still manage to bring home some pretty serious bacon:

• Charlie Sheen: $825,000 per episode of "Two and a Half Men"
• Mariska Hargitay: $400,000 per episode for playing Det. Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: SVU"
• Heidi Klum: "Project Runway" earns her $2.5 million a year
• Katie Couric: $15 million yearly for anchoring CBS News
• Matt Laurer: $12 mil -- no matter where he is in the world -- for NBC's "Today" show
• Tiki Barber: $2 million annually for working as an NFL analyst and "Today" show correspondent
• David Letterman: $32 million a year for yukking it up on late night TV
  
• John Stewart: $14 million a year for his work on "The Daily Show"

> Read more at: www.parentdish.com

> You can get more Salary Survey Information at: www.SalaryExpert.com

Salary Survey Data for 90,000+ Jobs at Salary Expert

SalaryExpert.com your resource for Salary data, free salary calculators, personal salary reports, and executive salary surveys for employees and HR professionals calculating salaries.

Salary Expert's affiliate, ERI Economic Research Institute, was founded in 1987 to provide salary survey and cost-of-living research to HR professionals in the form of survey software databases, published salary reports, and online salary surveys. Over 85% of Fortune 500 companies rely on ERI compensation analyses to set individual pay, adjust branch office salary structures, and set relocation allowances.

> Learn more at: SalaryExpert.com