You’re just so excited! You called someone out of the blue, made him an offer, and he said yes! Does it get any better than this? All you want to do is rush off the phone and not jinx your accomplishment. By all means, run away from that conversation, pronto! That’s what our insecurity, and […]

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Overdraft explained An overdraft is the amount of money by which a check, a payment or a withdrawal exceeds the funds on deposit in your bank account. You can think of it as a loan by which you are given authorization by the bank to keep making drawings on your checking account up to a […]

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Overview 2006 was a good year for the economy and the public relations business in general. Companies of all sizes reported steady revenue growth and respectable profit margins. From our executive search perspective, we have seen more foreign companies and PR firms commit to a New York presence than ever before. And yes, just about […]

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The composite highest-income practitioner reported in this field (salary plus cash bonus and/or cash profit-sharing) is the President “B” of a manufacturing firm (defined as a chief executive officer who has little or no financial interest in the firm). The firm manufactures automotive parts/accessories, food/beverage/tobacco products, chemical & allied products, or machinery & heavy equipment; […]

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According to the 2007/2008 U.S. Compensation Planning Survey from Mercer HR Consulting, “Despite the strengthening economy and growing job market, salary increases will remain steady in 2007 and into 2008.” We will discuss some of those rate increases later in this article. The survey included responses from more than 1,000 employers across the United States […]

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