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The Pay Gap Still Isn’t Closing 

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gender pay gap: women earned roughly 82 cents to every dollar men earned last year — a figure that has remained constant since 2002, according to the Pew Research Center. To combat the pay gap, in future companies will need to look at introducing salary transparency, as well as ensuring their practices are in favor of pay and gender equity.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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Now, I am living my calling in ways I was unable to imagine in 2002. A successful sales executive, Webber found herself increasingly dissatisfied with her work in the tech industry despite its secure salary and lucrative annual bonus. Just over a year later, our little Texan, Matthew Raymond, arrived.

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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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Deirdre supported Dyson’s prototype habit with her modest salary as an art teacher. He politely answered questions about his startup years and tough business decisions (in 2002, he moved production of his machines from Malmesbury, a small town in England, to Malaysia; more on this later).

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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

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He insisted he didn’t want to change anything, although he did agree that, moving forward, I would draw a higher salary for my administrative duties and we wouldn’t share the management of our clients as we had in the past; any new clients would be solely under my management. I suggested a buyout plan that would be completed by then.

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

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Not only did the PWD task force ensure compliance, they “established a worldwide accessibility project office” in 2002 to ensure all products and services were made accessible. Plus, he earned an annual salary roughly $4,000 higher than Jennifer’s for the same work in an entry-level lab position. for competence on average.

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Recruit CRM's Recruitment Entrepreneurs Series Ft. Jason Chad

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Back in 2001-2002 (Canada), he says recruiters had zero base salary and it was all about commissions (a little less than 50%) from the placements that they made. Talking about his recruiting journey, Jason points out how it might seem super easy match-making on paper but it takes a tonne of work to make it happen.

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7 Strategies To Attract And Retain Top Talent

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Consider a study of managers in 20 Fortune 500 companies, which found men experiencing quicker career progress and getting better salaries. Another study examined more than 1,000 MBA graduates of the same university to assess their career progress and salaries. What about if you work in a Fortune 500 company?

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