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Many of us work for some organization and get paid to do so. We might work for ourselves or others, but every so often we hope to get some renumeration for our efforts. For most of us, we negotiated some pay rate and then hope to get annual raises the reflect our work product. The interesting thing that I've learned in many years of changing jobs and negotiating pay is that many of us have no idea what others doing similar jobs are being paid. There isn't a set scale of pay, unlike many other industries, and since our jobs can vary dramatically from organization to organization, despite having similar titles, we may learn that our compensation deviates dramatically from others in similar situations. Read the rest of "Understanding Your Value" |