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The Skills You Need to be Great Boss

On The Job

Being a manager can be rewarding and could be key to your garnering a better salary and more opportunities. He also suggests it's a good idea to find a more senior manager to serve as a mentor or to lead a project at work. A recent OfficeTeam survey finds that 76% of workers say they are not interested in their manager's job.

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Moms Are Not Getting Paid What They're Worth.and Neither Are A Lot of Other People

On The Job

In it's annual Mom survey, it has been determined that "the time mothers spend performing the 10 most popular 'Mom Job' functions would equate to an annual salary of $116, 805 for a Stay-at-Home Mom and $68,405 for a Working Mom." Get a mentor. Let me repeat: I'm not getting paid what I'm worth. Find out what everyone else is making.

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Book Review: Give and Take

Productivityist

You can connect with him on Twitter at @MikeDariano. When these givers shifted their thinking from acting for themselves to acting like a mentor for themselves, they shifted into the right frame of giving. One story is of a software engineer who had high qualifications but a low salary. Are you a giver or a taker?

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

We asked a host of experts, readers who follow SUCCESS on Twitter and Facebook , and our SUCCESS staff what they will do to kick-start the new year. Find a mentor. I just started my own business, and I want to evaluate my income versus my expenses to see where I am currently, with the ultimate goal of hitting the salary I want to make.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

Plus, he earned an annual salary roughly $4,000 higher than Jennifer’s for the same work in an entry-level lab position. Students find mentors, a sense of community and a place to find answers to their questions. universities revealed their hidden biases. On a scale of 1 to 7, they awarded Jennifer a 3.3 for competence on average.

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5 Ways to Attract Generation Y to Your Workplace

The Small Business Blog

While Millennials value high starting salaries and financial security, they also value flexibility in their work schedule and benefits. Be their mentor. Follow her on Twitter at @heatherhuhman. Whether you like it or not, Millennials are the future of your workplace. Offer flexibility. Share This.

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Feelings mixed about recent college hires

On The Job

She also Twittered about a night of partying – then e-mailed in sick the next day. The career service people also roll their eyes because they’re fed up with the lack of soft skills by these kids, like them using Twitter to badmouth a boss.” Perhaps the newly hired employee should be mentored a bit more by his/her boss.

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