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Seasonal Hiring Steady for 2015 Holiday Season, but is Pay Spiraling Downward?

Compensation Today

Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger This time of year always sees an increase in hiring additional people to cover the busy holiday season, at least on a temporary basis. While seasonal hiring remains steady for 2015, hourly wages are disappointing at best. per hour, which is down from $17.50 What do you think?

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Closing the Tech Talent Gap: 5 Cities Where Techies are Flocking

Cornerstone On Demand

As of January 2015, the report counted nearly 600,000 advertised job openings in computer and mathematical science in the U.S., Here are five cities that, according to Indeed's report, made the most headway in attracting new techies and closing the talent gap from 2013 to 2015: 1. Decrease in tech talent gap from 2013 to 2015: 51%.

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Equal Pay Movement Gaining Momentum in U.S.

Trusaic

According to a survey by PayScale, women in Vermont earn 87 cents for every dollar earned by men. PayScale found that nationally, women earn 79 cents for every dollar earned by men. The lawsuit is asking for class-action status, which would allow former national team players from 2015 onward to participate.

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7 Tips to Increase Pay Transparency in Your Organization

BambooHR

This post originally appeared on PayScale’s blog, Compensation Today Pay transparency has increased in prevalence over the past few years, and with good reason. Transparent pay practices lead to higher satisfaction and lower intent to leave, according to a 2015 PayScale study.

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A Rundown of All the Salary Data Sources Your Employees Are Looking At

Compensation Today

PayScale: Founded in 2002, PayScale has created the world’s largest crowdsourced data set with 54+ million profiles and 250+ compensable factors. WageSpot: An app created in 2015, this site was created to pair compensation data with an interactive map. I found this salary report online and it says I should earn more money.”

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7 Tips to Increase Pay Transparency in Your Organization

BambooHR

This post originally appeared on PayScale’s blog, Compensation Today Pay transparency has increased in prevalence over the past few years, and with good reason. Transparent pay practices lead to higher satisfaction and lower intent to leave, according to a 2015 PayScale study.

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Workers Hit Pay Dirt—PayScale Index Reveals Big Growth in Energy Sector

Compensation Today

Taylor, CPC, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger From the blistering cold Natural Gas plains of the Northwestern US to the oil rich marshes of the Southeastern US, thousands of job seekers arrive daily in search of good paying jobs. The good news is that unemployment numbers have plummeted in the final quarter of 2015 (down to 5.1