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PayScale Advice - City: Los Angeles

Take charge of your life. - Senior Systems Engineer - (City withheld for privacy), California, United States.
Posted in Negotiating Higher Pay on 18 Aug 2008.
Self confidence is key and knowing that no employer is paying you what you are worth, that is how they make a profit. If you do not ask they will only give you a cost of living adjustment, no matter how hard you work. For example, if you put in 15% unpaid overtime weekly they may give you 1% difference in the pay raise after you have already put in a year of OT. Watch out for yourself since your boss and company will not. They see your free OT as a bad thing, that you cannot get your job don... (read more)

Be Positive - Retail Store Manager - (City withheld for privacy), California, United States.
Posted in Impress New Employer on 4 Oct 2007.
Always meet your sales goals no matter what. And find new ways to do it. Have a positive attitude no matter what you're going through. Never doubt yourself. Always think big. I'ts also very important to have a vision of where you would like to see yourself in the future.

Good first impression - Account Executive, Advertising - (City withheld for privacy), California, United States.
Posted in Impress New Employer on 28 Jun 2007.
Dress appropriate for the position you are seeking. I mean from you head to your toe. Go sit in the parking lot at the job site you will be hired, notice how the employees are dress. Once you get inside, never dress better than the department supervisor to the department that you are seeking. The objective is to fit in to show you are part of the "team". Follow through with everything that you say you are going to accomplish. Don't volunteer more than you know you are able to complete and rememb... (read more)

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