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RSS salary in newsWeb 2.0 techies sacrifice pay for shares
News More than 75 per cent of candidates joining dot-com start-ups through IT staffing company ReThink Recruitment have foregone up to a third of their salary in exchange for shares. An example given is someone moving from a £72,000 salary as a... [13 Nov 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: CIOs getting less cash?
News The majority (65 per cent) take home a smaller salary, of between £25,001 and £55k. IT chiefs are rolling in slightly less filthy lucre than last year, according to the 2007 exclusive silicon.com Skills Survey. [14 Aug 2007]
IT failing in 'grab a grad' bids
News The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) Graduate Recruitment Survey 2007 - Summer Review report shows consumer goods companies are getting the highest number of graduate applications, with 104 applications for every vacancy and a median... [10 Jul 2007]
How to stop your best tech staff from being poached
News The war for talent is putting increasing pressure on organisations to look beyond salary and financial benefits to keep hold of good IT staff. But salary is just one factor in the choice to stay or leave. [28 Jun 2007]
Recruitment crisis looms for UK tech industry
News The 2007 National Management Salary Survey by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Remuneration Economics shows an average salary increase of 5.3 per cent across all industry sectors - down from 5.7 per cent in 2006. [26 Jun 2007]
In brief: Top wi-fi, zombie attack, paradise lost, malware costs
News Popular Cornish tourist attraction the Eden Project has confirmed that a laptop containing the names, addresses, bank details, national insurance numbers and salary details of 500 employees has been stolen from the car of its payroll partner. [15 Jun 2007]
In brief: Google university boost, Xerox print advance and graduate jobs
News It also found the average salary graduates expect to earn is £17,000, and 77 per cent are willing to travel for up to an hour each way to get to work. Trinity College Dublin has switched to using Google's email service, with the students able to... [12 Jun 2007]
Lawyers warn of working from home pitfalls
News The employee's contract also needs to be changed to reflect the homeworking set-up - with factors such as different work hours or changes to salary or benefits to be considered. Before unchaining staff from office desks and sending them off to work... [24 May 2007]
Jobs plays options brouhaha for laughs
News Jobs makes only $1 a year in salary, but hundreds of millions in stock awards made him the highest-paid CEO in the US last year. Apple CEO Steve Jobs shrugged off questions about stock option backdating and environmental policies at the company's... [11 May 2007]
ID fraud reports rocket
News Top salary earners are four times more likely to be a victim of ID fraud than average while people living in rented accommodation or flatshares are also at greater risk. The internet is helping criminal gangs to coordinate their activities and... [12 Apr 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: Tell us what you think
News The first half of our annual snapshot is largely a survey of opinions, while the second half allows us to profile respondents according to sector, job title, region, hours worked and salary. What is the state of the UK workforce? [10 Apr 2007]
Database glitch delays salary payments
News UK payments association Apacs has guaranteed those affected - up to 400,000 people, or 1.6 per cent of today's Bacs payments - will receive their normal salary payments on Monday.silicon.com Financial Services [30 Mar 2007]
Pay bonanza for freelance tech execs
News Twenty seven per cent of execs working on fixed-term contracts expect a 2007 salary in excess of £125,000. Nearly half of interim managers expect to earn more than £100,000 this year, as pay rates for these freelance senior execs rise again. [28 Mar 2007]
Indian tech execs ponder problems ahead
News Attrition and salary increases are also taking their toll on margins, and the increased interest of multinationals such as Accenture and IBM, as well as the captive offshoring operations that have been set up, are further reducing the available... [26 Mar 2007]
Isle of Man aims for slice of download market
News The average salary in the island's high-tech industry is £46,000 with around 300 people - out of a population of just 80,000 - employed in the online gaming business alone. The Isle of Man wants to boost its burgeoning offshore tech industry by... [20 Mar 2007]
