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See CareerBuilder’s guide to Understanding 2016 Salary Trends: https://hiring-assets.careerbuilder.com/media/attachments/original-2095.pdf?1460566278&utm_source=emsisgautoresponder&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=emsisalaryguide

As the job market becomes more competitive, you should be making yourself more competitive. In today’s market, you never know what is going to change. In general, employees change jobs more often then say 20 years ago and with the recent M & A activity (mergers and acquisitions), a number of people are seeing theirRead more

Please click on any of the links below to find more information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Compensation costs up 0.6% Mar 2016-June 2016 and up 2.3% over the year ending March The 2016-17 Occupational Outlook Handbook is now available Employer-reported injury and illness rate declines to 3.2 cases per 100 workers in 2014Read more

Click on any of the following links to access the latest new from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Import prices up 0.1% in July, led by rising nonfuel prices; export prices rise 0.2% CPI for all items unchanged in July; gasoline index falls, shelter index rises again Real average hourly earnings increase 0.4% in JulyRead more

The DISC system is a personal assessment tool to help you better understand your behaviors and motivations and how to better understand the behaviors and motivation of others. Used properly, this tool will help to improve work productivity, teamwork and communication. This is a great tool for any person to improve their ability to workRead more

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has completed its mailing of the 2016 EEO-1 Survey notification letters.  The EEO-1 is an annual survey that requires all private employers with 100 or more employees and federal government contractors or first-tier subcontractors with 50 or more employees and a contract/subcontract of $50,000 or more to file theRead more

The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires employers to get consent before pulling an applicant’s or employee’s credit report. The general rule in California is that an employer may not consider acquire or consider a person’s credit report in making job decision. See the attached article for exemptions to the rule. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-law-use-credit-reports-employment.html

Do you feel overworked and stressed out. See “The 11 Best Productivity Hacks for 2016.” http://ow.ly/czCs302MHsg

On July 27, 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports gross job gains of 7.8 million and gross job losses of 6.85 million in the 4th quarter of 2015. See the link below for more information: http://ow.ly/GDCQ302MHgt