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Articles, News and Discussion Reconfiguration Pay: Adjusting Salary Rates to Reflect Layoff-Induced Job Content Changes (2010) College Class of 2010 To See Lower Starting Salary Offers (2010) Making Rational Market Decisions in an Irrational Market (2010) The Mixed Value of Using Lump Sums in Lieu of Putting Merit Pay Into Base Pay (2010) Addressing Salary Compression in Any Economy (2009) New Hire Salary Setting (2009) Understanding Multiple Salary Structures (2009) Roundtable Discussion: Market Pricing in a Down Economy (2009) What's in Your Analysis? Three Ways to Improve Benchmarking Practices (2009) Compensation Checkup: Improving Your Market-Based Programs (2009) Market Pricing Sales Compensation: A Combination of Science and Art (2009) The Market May Not Always Be Right (2009) Overcoming the Obstacles: Market Pricing and Compensating 'Hot' and 'Critical' Skills (2009) Salary Surveys and Safe Harbor Guidelines (2008) Market Pricing, New Hires and Guitar Hero Compensation Conundrum Blog (2008) Market Pricing - Benchmark Jobs - Compensation Conundrum Blog (2008) Market Pricing - Compensation Conundrum Blog (2008) Executive Job Market Shows Signs of Resilience (2008) Survey Reveals Positive Signs for 2008 Job Market (2008) Job Market Remains Positive for Class of 2008 (2008) Job Market for New Grads Continues to Thrive (2008) College Job Market to Become More Competitive (2008) Overcoming the Challenge of Aligning Skill-Based Pay Levels to the External Market (2008) Global Salaries Up; Cost Savings from Labor Sourcing in Emerging Markets Comes to an End (2008) Understanding and Managing Compensation Survey Data Conflicts (2007) Benchmarking May be Common Practice, But Is it Sound Practice? (2007) Market Pricing Concerns (2007) Base Pay or Total Compensation? (2007) Communicating Your Compensation Study: Keys to Success (2007) Separating Market Adjustments from Merit Movement (2007) Using Private and Public Market Data to Set Your Pay Levels (2007) 10 Tips for Becoming Survey Savvy (2007) Increasing Survey ROI: Pushing Response Rates Higher (2006) Using Market Data to Update Your Pay Structure and Employee Pay (2006) Determining the Competitiveness of Your Salary Structure (2006) Making Sense of Market Data (2006) A Fairness Approach to Market-Based Pay (2006) Back-to-Basics: Using Survey Statistics to Determine Compensation (2005) Market Pricing 101 - The Science and the Art (2004) (Audiocast also available) The Art and Science of the Match, or Why Job Matching Keeps Me Up at Night (2004) Bringing it All Inside -- Job Evaluation and Market Pricing at JCPenney ( 2004) The Juggling Act - Internal Equity and Market Pricing (2003) Effective Market-based Pay Systems (2002) Getting to the Core of Survey Analysis (2001) The Value of Pay Data on the Web: Nominal or Real? (2000) User-Friendly Market Pricing on a Broadbanding Platform (1998)

White Papers Salary Surveys and Safe Harbor Guidelines (2003) Salary Surveys and Antitrust (2002) Regression Analysis (2002) Salary Surveys Issue Statement (2000)

Survey Research Survey Brief - Job Evaluation and Market Pricing Practices 2009 WorldatWork Salary Budget Survey Compensation Policies and Practices (2003) Quick Question - What type of job evaluation do you use? (2004) Quick Question - Which is the dominant job evaluation method used in your company? (2004) Quick Question - What is the predominant way your company determines the salary range for key talent? (2001)

Tools, Templates and Samples Salary Grade Positioning System (GPS) Survey Weighting Template Job Weighting Template Survey Search Job Title & Characteristics Tool Sample Formulas/Calculators

Courses, Webinars and Other Events Salary Compression 101 — Five Things Every Compensation Professional Needs to Know (e-learning) Advanced Competitive Analysis—Making the Most of Market Data (Webinar) Free Audio Education! Strategic Survey Selection - Selecting the Appropriate Salary Survey Pricing Sales Positions: Competitive Market Pay Competitive Market Pay: Pricing Critical Skills and Unique Positions Where Market Meets Merit—An Overview of Market Based Pay Programs and Why Organizations Use Them - Webinar On Demand - Webinar Q & A C17: Market Pricing - Conducting a Competitive Pay Analysis

Books & Products Planning Wage and Salary Programs Designing & Conducting a Salary Survey Market Pricing - Methods to the Madness Survey Handbook & Directory Mastering Market Data Job Evaluation - Methods to the Process Salary Surveys and Antitrust Compensation Surveys Made Simple (2007 Conference Audiotape) Wage Surveys: Uncover a Gold Mine of Data (2007 Conference Audiotape) When Surveys Collide (2007 Conference Audiotape)

Other Resources & Links ERI Library of Compensation Resources Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey Occupational Employment Statistics Economic Indicators

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