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What is a salary band and why companies share yours

Salary bands are required to be public in a few states, with more states to follow. What is a salary band? Why is there a salary range and why you may not be paid at the top of the salary band.

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Is your salary range public? It’s coming to your state

Employers need to make salary ranges public in Washington state. Soon more states will follow. What you need to know about who this is supposed to help, and who it will hurt. Salary bands, pay transparency and the “why” explained.

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Remote promotion, how to land a promotion working remotely

Worried about being skipped over? Don’t think you can be promoted because you are remote and your peers are local to the Home Office? How to secure a remote promotion in a post-COVID and remote world.

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Hybrid Work Environment, is it here to stay?

Hybrid Work Environment    

What is a Hybrid Work Environment? I just sort of took it for granted until I participated in a panel where we took a deep dive on the topic. I was recently a participant in a panel discussing the topic of the Hybrid Work Environment. The host was Andrew Wesner from Kayser-Wesner.

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Work from home vs. returning to the office

Remote work

Paying rent for an empty office. Remote work in 2022 and beyond

Working from home forces changes to the work environment

Back in March of 2020, no one knew if they would be in the office or at home. COVID was running rampant with no vaccine in sight. Employers needed to adapt. The biggest change to the workplace was a mass transition to remote work.

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Your Zoom image is limiting your career

Who are these people?

How not to make a name for yourself via Zoom

Do you know what you look like over Zoom?

Why should you care about your Zoom image? I will be the first to say that Zoom saves careers and I am a big fan. In a post COVID world, I think many employees would have had their careers derailed without Zoom.

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Manager Communication

manager communication

Your manager isn’t incompetent. They just have different values and communication styles. Crack the code and you will be successful.

Not part of the job description

Before you get too judgy with your boss, there are a few things we should take into consideration. Your boss’s top priorities are:

  1. Look out for the interests of your company
  2. Make their boss’s job easier. 
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Job offer review, the hidden numbers behind a job offer

job offer review

The salary is just the tip of the iceberg. Ask the right questions and you can avoid surprises.

Job offer review, the hidden numbers

Do you know what job offer review questions to ask when contemplating a new position? I give a lot of job offers in my line of work and it surprises me how often a candidate will take a job without asking for a job offer review.

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Is there a Job Interview Dress Code over Zoom?

Remote Job Dress Code

Dress Code in a Zoom Job Interview Matters

Zoom Job Interview Dress Code

Is there a dress code for Zoom job interviews? Is there a dress code for job interviews when the job is a remote position ? I have had a lot to say about the dress code in the office over the years.

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Remote Work: HR shares unspoken pitfalls about working from home

Most employees are not aware of how working remotely can be a career killer. An HR exec outlines the downside to your career around remote work and how to overcome any manager bias around remote work.

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