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		<description><![CDATA[Once you spend some time on the other side of the negotiations table, you will realize that there is a pretty wide salary band of what the company would be willing to pay you and your peers to do your job. Some people are shocked to find out that two people that do the exact [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a favorite topic of mine....Many people ask me when should they leave their corporate jobs. I respond, "if you have to ask, then you need to stay." Becoming an entrepreneur is incredibly rewarding, but you have to be ready. The pressure is immense, and the accountability stares you right in the face everyday. There [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, this is one of my secrets that I'm going to share with you. One thing everyone wants to know is how much of a jump in compensation should we get when we change jobs? There is a certain art to this, but there is a process that I use. My father told me when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Career Changes Change the Plan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this article were a movie, it would be entitled, "Not Another Career Change Article." There are so many advice columns about how to change careers, it makes me think people all change careers and become writers. Well, the fact is people change careers an average of two times during their professional lives. This somewhat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Situations When You Should Ask For A Raise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a google alert for “ask for a raise” because many of the people are entering into the process of salary negotiation. In the past two weeks, I’ve had more than two dozen alerts hit my inbox. This is about double what I see for that particular alert over a similar time period. People [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's necessary to write a salary increase letter to clarify your position to your manager or HR Rep and ask for a raise or salary increment (higher pay). While we at Springraise recommend you do as much negotiation as possible in person, a salary increase letter can be a powerful way to justify your request [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's necessary to write a salary negotiation letter to clarify your position and ask for higher pay or a raise.  Whether you are responding to an offer letter for a new job, getting a raise in your current position, or have an internal offer for a new position at your current company, negotiating your [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's necessary to write a salary negotiation email to clarify your position and ask for higher salary. While we at Springraise recommend you do as much negotiation as possible in person, over the phone, through a recruiter, or even an HR rep from the company you're interviewing with--an email can be a powerful way [...]]]></description>
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