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INDUSTRY TRENDS THAT COULD AFFECT your next pay check

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INDUSTRY TRENDSTHAT COULD

AFFECT your next pay check

EVERY LITTLE THING MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY

HEIGHT MATTERS

Every inch of height is equivalent to an extra $789 per year.

Obese workers are paid less than normal-weight co-workers at a rate of $8,666 a year for obese women, and $4,772 a year for obese men*

*George Washington University study that cited data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth in 2004.

MAKE-UP MATTERS TOO

A study in the American Economic Review said women who wear make-up can earn more than 30 percent more in pay than non-makeup wearing

workers.

JOB MARKET IS A VERY SUPERFICIAL

BUT JUST LIKE STOCK MARKET

THE RIGHT TIMING MATTERS

LOOK AT THE JOBS THAT WERE ONLY CREATED A FEW YEARS AGO

APP DEVELOPER

MILLENNIAL GENERATIONAL EXPERT

LEGO CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL

UX (USER EXPERIENCE) DESIGNER

ZUMBA TEACHER

THEY ARE ALL HIGH PAYING JOBS

LET’S COMPARE

$33,000

$76,000

$31,000

$47,000

$30,000

$35,000

$40,000

$45,000

$50,000

$55,000

$60,000

$65,000

$70,000

$75,000

$80,000

Lowest Highest

App Developer Survey*

*Graduate Employment Survey (GES) 2014 - Ministry of Education

KNOW WHERE THE FUTURE JOBS ARE

DO YOUR RESEARCH

AND WHEN IT COMES TO SALARY NEGOTIATION

So how much you

want?………….

AVOID BEING THE FIRST TO PROPOSE A SALARY FIGURE.

FOCUSING ON NEED/GREED RATHER THAN VALUE

ASKING FOR TOO MANY CHANGES IN COUNTEROFFER

TAKING SALARY NEGOTIATIONS PERSONALLY

NOT ASKING FOR FINAL OFFER IN WRITING

Adrian Tan

@careerladder_sg

www.careerladder.sg

[email protected]