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… whilst we’re on the subject of recession…
A recent article on HBS: Working Knowledge gave a marketing view on coping with recession (take a look.) You might notice a number of parallels between the advice aimed at marketers and the advice I gave in my last article ‘5 Recession Beating Tips’.
I think this is because marketing and technical departments face similar challenges [...]
5 Tips for beating recession in techical roles
It’s hotly debated whether we’re heading into a global recession or not; my personal view is that the economy is slowing down sufficiently enough to spur me to prepare for recession. Taking positive action now could soften the blow if such a disaster were to happen, and I’d confront it on the front foot. Below [...]
Asking for a salary increase
Throughout my career working with people in technical roles, I’ve seen that many folks really struggle with asking for a payrise.
Technical roles typically pay higher salaries than average, but it’s common for technical workers to have problems in engaging with their managers and paymasters to ask for an increase. I attribute this to the phenomena [...]
Average salary rates against skills
I’m posting this to add context on the pursuit of career progression, and the perceived benefits such as salary. Jobstats.co.uk have published figures showing average salaries against skillsets. It’s interesting to see that management rates are not that much greater than specialist skills, with SAP being the highest paid skill overall. It goes to show [...]
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