We will not dissemble: everyone wants to earn good money. The size of the salary is the first thing we pay attention to when we look at job listings. But how to determine the level that you are entitled to apply for? And how much are you a "valuable shot"? Salary and cadres: advantages and disadvantages - the topic of the conversation for today.
experience
Reading the resume of the applicant, the recruiting managers first of all evaluate his professional experience. And, of course, the more significant your experience, the more advantages you have - the greater the salary you will be offered. According to statistics, the difference between the salary of a novice employee and a specialist with at least two years of experience can range from 50 to 100 percent.
"When I was looking for the first job after the university, I was taken to the post of secretary with a minimum salary and I was entrusted only with the simplest assignments," Lyudmila Generalova said. "But after two years of hard work the management appreciated my efforts and raised me to the personal secretary of the department director with a salary 1.5 times more than the previous one."
A study conducted by the Higher School of Economics showed that wages are rising rapidly in the first ten years of work, and by the end of this decade it reaches an average of 150-200 percent of the first salary. Further, the level of wages, as a rule, remains stable and only slightly fluctuates in one way or another.
Education
The second point of the resume, which the employer will look at, is your education. Personnel with higher education receive more than with incomplete higher education; and with the incomplete higher - more than with the average special, and so on downward. According to the study of the Higher School of Economics, women with higher education receive 40 percent more than those who graduated from a vocational school or college. It is significant that the presence of higher education allows women to reduce the backlog of "male" salaries, traditionally higher. At the same time, it is important not only the level of education, but also the educational institution that you graduated from. The higher the status of a university, college or college, the better the professors and professors are there, and the more highly qualified graduates in your professional environment, the more you will be assigned by the employer.
Top Ten Institutes of Higher Education in Russia
Of course, the rating rating is different, but the contest is "Gold Medal. European quality ", conducted by an independent European Council, has traditionally been considered one of the most serious and competent. Here are its results for 2009.
1. MSU
2. SPbSU
3. MSTU them. N.E. Bauman
4. Kuban State University 5. Alu State University
6. Moscow Agricultural Academy. K.A. Timiryazev
7. St. Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
8. Bashkir State University
9. Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation
10. St. Petersburg State Medical Academy. I.I. Mechnikov
Foreign language
According to the data of the personnel agency "Nika-Personnel", 40% of applications coming from employers contain a requirement for a good knowledge of a foreign language. More often companies need a specialist with knowledge of English - the official language of international business and communication. But the need for knowledge of other languages depends on the specific nature of work. For example, furniture companies usually require an employee to speak Italian or Spanish, and equipment suppliers look for those who communicate freely in German. "If I knew English perfectly, I could earn almost twice as much," says Anna Goncharova, an IT specialist. - High salaries in my area are offered mainly by Western companies that have Russian representative offices. English there is necessary and for communication with the boss, and for business correspondence. Now I go to language courses and I hope that in a year or two I will be able to correct my language deficiencies and apply for a new position. " The ability to use a foreign language in the professional sphere is highly appreciated in most Russian companies. Therefore, an employee who owns a foreign one on a good professional level expects a higher salary.
Additional certificates
Before you get an additional "crust", find out which courses are highly quoted in your field of activity and what certificates your employer wants to see. The rule here is simple: those certificates that are issued by prestigious educational institutions and fully correspond to your profile of activity are valued. HR specialists believe that the value of wages is affected not so much by the fact of having a certificate, but by the ability to correctly and timely apply the knowledge gained in practice. The salary of a certified employee is at least 20 percent higher than that of an uncertified employee.
Recommendations and links
Professional community in any field is limited. On average, this is several dozen, a maximum of several hundred people. In a professional "get-together" everyone knows each other, if not personally, through colleagues. Of course, an employee who has recommendations from recognized specialists will never be left without work, will get good money and very soon join the professional community. Having good connections in business circles is also useful because the best, that is, prestigious and highly paid, vacancies rarely appear in the public domain: they are not published in special newspapers or on Internet sites. Candidates for such "chocolate" positions are, as a rule, sought through friends or among former colleagues and their friends.
Other components
There are also factors that do not depend on us directly, but which can not be ignored, formulating their expectations. It is worth remembering that women (so much happened) earn an average of 15 percent less than men with similar qualifications. 30-year-old employee - more than 25-year-old. But a woman of 50 years - less than her forty-year-old colleague. Residents of the capital and large cities with "million population" have an average income of 20-50 percent more than those who live in small towns and district centers. In addition, your salary will depend on the relationship with your superiors. Unfortunately, sometimes personal dislikes prevent career and material well-being. Try not to create conflicts at work with colleagues or even with your bosses - this can seriously harm your career and your material well-being. And, of course, the salary depends on the profession and the place of work. After all, it's no secret that an economist, accountant or programmer will always earn several times more than a salesman, a schoolteacher or a doctor, and an employee of an international company with a great name is more than his colleague working in a small domestic firm. Take into account these factors, making your resume, in particular, filling out the line "the desired level of income." Do not belittle, but do not overestimate your abilities and expectations. Oh, this is the eternal opposition of salaries and staff, the advantages and disadvantages of which can be listed endlessly ...
What color is your salary?
We are so used to hearing about "white", "gray" and "black" accounting, that sometimes we do not know what kind of salary we receive. The "white" salary is given to you in full. With this amount, the accounting department pays taxes and transfers a certain percentage to the Pension Fund. With a "gray" salary, accounting accounts for you only a portion of the amount you receive, deducting taxes and deductions from it, and leaving the remaining money "in the envelope." "Black" salary gets to you only "in the envelope." In this case, the company does not pay taxes and does not make any deductions.
What does the Labor Code say?
1. You are obliged to pay wages in rubles. At the same time, the share of wages paid in a non-monetary form can not exceed 20% of the total amount.
2. On the day of payment of wages, you are obliged to notify in writing about its components, sizes and grounds of deductions, and also about the total amount of payment.
3. Wages must be paid at least every fortnight in the days established by the contract.
4. If the day of the salary falls on a weekend or a holiday, the payment must be made the day before.
5. Leave must be paid no later than three days before it starts. Do not let yourself be deceived!