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According to a most recent study done by CareerBuilder.co.uk, more than 51% percent of workers live paycheque to paycheque. Click below to see our full infographic.

You may be aware which careers pay the most in Britain — but have you ever wondered what the best-paying cities are?  According to the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings report from the Office of National Statistics, the cities with the biggest salaries are London, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Derby and Stirling — closely followed [...]

When you’re considering a job offer, you can’t help but factor in salary. Money matters unless you’ve got a sizeable nest egg that lets you spend without care. That is not the case for most workers. Instead, you have to consider the cost of your rent or mortgage, student loans, transportation, monthly bills, food and [...]

When you’re not part of the upper crust, making your first million quid may seem like a joke to the average person. But depending on how long you have been in the work force and which career you are pursuing – you may already be close to the magic number without even knowing it. True – you’ve [...]

A new MBA salary survey has found that Harvard Business School graduates earn, on average US$3.6m over a 20 year, post-graduation time period. Other business school alumni that attended top ranked MBA programs in the US enjoyed similar accumulated salaries over the past 20 years. MBA alumni from the Wharton School, Stanford University, Columbia Business [...]

While money isn’t everything, planning for salary discussions and negotiations should be an important part of your job search preparation. According to a recent CareerBuilder.co.uk survey, the majority of UK employers – 70 per cent – said they typically leave some negotiating room when extending initial job offers to candidates and 10 per cent said [...]

According to the findings from The IT Job Board’s recent Job Market Survey, it seems that far less British IT workers (50 percent) received a salary change in the last year, compared to Germany (27 percent), and the Netherlands (31 percent). Not much pay rise for British techies When reviewing the numbers of techies which [...]

We often know much about careers that are well-paid and in demand. CareerBuilder recently reported about the best paying careers in Britain, but do we ever wonder what the mostly overlooked jobs are like and what they pay? We found this light-hearted article on money.co.uk “How much do Astronauts get paid“. It investigates into the [...]

With an abundance of job losses, salary cuts and eliminated bonuses, your income may be shrinking — but the bills aren’t. If your regular job isn’t earning you enough cash or you’ve lost your job altogether, these simple side gigs can help put some padding in your pockets until — maybe even after — you [...]

Every year the Office for National Statistics (ONS) looks closely at who earns what in which industries, occupations and regions. According to the results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), company directors and chief executives continue to dominate the number one spot of the highest paid jobs with an average salary [...]