There are a number of salary calculators and online Web sites, but many offer just an aggregated or best-guess figure. A few sites, however, offer more.
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As financial pressures mount, Avon is offering its sales ranks incentives to make selling beauty products door-to-door more appealing.
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A recent survey shows 53% financial-services professionals are undecided about or are already considering making a move to another field.
![[Lower Salaries Could Cost Wall Street]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/MI-AS931_PAY_CH_A_20081014184106.jpg)
Government investments in banks could crimp executive pay on Wall Street, and hinder firms' ability to attract and retain top talent.
![[Seeking Refuge in an M.B.A. Program]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CJ354_EMColu_A_20080919105253.jpg)
Business is bad on Wall Street, and business schools are bracing for the impact: A surge in applications this year to their full-time M.B.A. programs.
![[Creating a Consultancy of What You Practice]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CM855_90days_A_20081013190308.jpg)
For professionals who want to use their expertise in new ways, becoming an independent consultant is a common jump. Ways to make the transition easier.
![[Giving younger workers more feedback]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CM547_mgfeed_A_20081010174320.jpg)
Increased demand for feedback from younger workers is forcing some employers to rethink how they discuss employee performance.
The gloomy economy is giving some twentysomethings their first taste of lay-offs. While job loss stings, it can also be an opportunity to reassess goals.
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Many companies are considering extra measures to reward employees as falling stock prices and profits pummel incentive-pay plans.
![[Executive M.B.A. Rankings]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CK403_sr_cov_A_20080926134623.jpg)
The Wall Street Journal's first survey of executive M.B.A. programs measures which schools do the best job of turning up-and-coming managers into full-fledged leaders.
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The weekly number of workers filing new claims for unemployment hit a fresh seven-year high on layoffs and continued hurricane effects. Meanwhile, factory orders plunged 4.0% in August.
Double Eagle Petroleum's new employment agreements curtail a time-honored executive perquisite: no severance in cases of "poor performance."
Exit packages for the deposed CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be blocked by a federal regulator.
Top U.S. business schools canceled the admissions-test scores of 84 applicants and students.
Voluntary buyout packages seem to be commonplace in Corporate America during troubled times. Here are few things to consider as you decide to accept or reject that offer.
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Business schools have stepped up programs to get spouses and significant others in tune with students. The efforts are paying off.
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If your bosses consider you the office Eeyore, but you believe you're merely a realist, the burden to change lies with you.
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Tackling small jobs may help procrastinators gear up for big ones.
Texas authorities have brought charges against members of the polygamist sect they raided six months ago. The investigation could soon expand to Utah and Arizona.
Payments on a $9.3 million grant have been stopped pending an investigation over the disclosure of a faculty member's consulting work.
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HBO veteran Colin Callender is leaving his post as head of the network's original film and miniseries department to start his own company.
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