Category Archive for Salary

Category Archive for Salary

Job Hunting 101

Job Hunting 101

A brief rundown on how to reach out and grab your next career in manufacturing for those who have recently returned to the job hunting scene, or fresh graduates looking to put themselves out there! Know where to start and work smarter, not harder. Indeed and Google are excellent aggregators of open positions across the web (often scraping data from sites like Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter, and LinkedIn). Make these two sites your first stop! The…

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Fresh Grads Banking on the Wrong Salary

Fresh Grads Banking on the Wrong Salary

“Gaining marketable experience is top priority.” Omni One recruiters often find themselves trying to drive this fact home to entry level candidates asking for too much in their starting salary. This is not to say that the candidate is not valuable or we are shady recruiters trying to keep things cheap on our hiring client’s end, but if you are an entry level candidate struggling to find a job or a recruiter willing to work…

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Starting a New Job? These 8 Tips Will Help You Succeed

Starting a New Job? These 8 Tips Will Help You Succeed

Starting a new job can be nerve-racking. Your resume and interview got you hired, but will that good impression last? Will your employer want you around after week one? You can control that. Like a firewalker crossing a field of smoldering coals, a new employee needs to move confidently with calculated steps. These eight tips can save you from getting burned on the first day at a new job. 1.) Show Up 15 Minutes Early – At the beginning of a…

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4 Things Accepting a Counteroffer Will Never Fix

4 Things Accepting a Counteroffer Will Never Fix

When most people are accepting a counteroffer, they walk away with two things: a few extra bucks in their paycheck and a ticking time bomb on their hands. Money is rarely the sole reason employees leave companies. Before long, their other reasons resurface. A survey of 7,530 LinkedIn members found that the top two reasons why people change jobs have nothing to do with financial compensation. Furthermore, there are other concerns that eventually…

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Do You Know What Makes You Happy at Work?

Do You Know What Makes You Happy at Work?

A Pew Research Center survey found that 49 percent of employees are dissatisfied with their current position. Do you know what makes you happy at work? No need to get existential for an answer. Without any real cognitive strain, you can probably identify most of the factors that liven up your spirits at work. Yet a discernable deficit in on-the-job happiness persists. Money Can’t Buy Happiness In the same Pew study, only 28 percent of…

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The Million Dollar Answer to the Salary Question

The Million Dollar Answer to the Salary Question

In an ideal world, questions about salary will never make their way into the first job interview. However hiring managers are inevitably going to ask the ultimate salary question: How much do you want to make? How you address it is not as simple as throwing out a number. Is there a best answer to the salary question? If you can’t as to avoid the topic of salary during the initial job interview, you are going to have to come up with a…

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Is It All About Money?

Is It All About Money?

Many people get bored with their job or feel unappreciated in their position; so they turn to new employers for a new job. However, some try move up in the job they currently have. Everyone is searching for a “career”; they want stability. Of course, we all know, money is one of the key factors people look for in either situation, but is that all? Do people even care about other incentives? Do they care about making more money at another…

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