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Understanding three key principles can set you up with a better chance of success in discussions about pay.
College graduates are often in the dark when it comes to hiring practices and salaries.
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A new study finds that hiring practices, not a bachelor’s degree, may be the ‘great equalizer’ of opportunity for some soon-to-be grads.
Does job satisfaction have to come at the expense of a decent salary?
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A philosopher and a psychologist break down the challenges of finding purposeful work that also pays well.
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Addressing the problem will require a more inclusive labour market that better accommodates non-standard career paths.
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In Australia, it’s not the done thing to know – let alone ask – what our colleagues are paid.
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Competition for the best jobs can be fierce but some simple preparation can ensure you stand out from the pack at the interview stage.
Current research suggests it’s time to re-evaluate existing pay structures and prioritize worker health and safety.
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Traditional pay structures — like wage gaps, pay-for-performance systems, the belief that time equals money and pay secrecy — are stopping organizations from reaching their goals and thriving.
U.S. women earn 82% of what U.S. men earn — and the gap is significantly higher for Black and Hispanic women.
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A negotiation expert offers practical tips for getting the salary or promotion you want.
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Many people suffer from maths anxiety, which can make using numbers difficult.
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For many, the pandemic switched the focus away from financial gain.
Being better at math increases income but also ties satisfaction more closely to money.
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Compared to people who aren’t as good at math, people who are better at math are more happy when they have high incomes and less happy when they have lower incomes.
Intake workers assist visitors at an immigrant and refugee vaccine clinic set up by Global Medic in Toronto in April. Research suggests racialized immigrant women earn less money than other groups, regardless of how much training, education or networking they do.
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Racialized women immigrants still earn less than their peers on average even when well-qualified. It’s up to employers to remove employment barriers.
Extra education has been shown to pay off in the long run.
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Students who plan to get more education than is required for the career they hope to have end up earning higher salaries as a result, a new analysis shows.
The gender pay gap has proved difficult to close.
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Women make about 81 cents for every dollar a man earns, little changed in recent years. Could more pay transparency change that?
For every £1 men earn per hour, women earn 81.6p.
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How an increased use of technology could widen the gender pay gap in higher education.
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New research shows high numbers of people in the UK are working multiple low-paid jobs.
People participate in a Women’s March in Toronto in January 2018.
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The gender pay gap at Canadian universities cannot be explained away as the holdover from discrimination of long ago. It’s high time universities valued male and female professors equally.
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The digital economy has created millions of jobs that involve intense competition, unregulated working conditions and extremely low rates of pay.
Labor’s Chris Bowen says Australian workers are doing it tough.
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Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said Australian wages growth is at record lows. Is that true?
Commonwealth Bank CEO Ian Narev received a healthy remuneration package in 2016 despite scandals involving the bank.
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Studies show performance-based incentives for CEOs do not lead to better organisational performance.