AS SEEN ON PRLog.org REDMOND, WA - Rapid increases in the federal government's Consumer Price Index (CPI) often bring expectations of salary increases at least equal to the " cost of living ." But the recently released CPI numbers show some startling economic trends. From October 2008 to October 2009, consumer prices decreased at an annual rate of 0.2%. The cost of household energy decreased 8.5% from October 2008 to October 2009, a dramatic change from huge increases in 2007 and 2008. The... Read Full Story
ERI's Relocation Assessor ® is used by thousands of companies to compare cost-of-living levels in over 11,500 area worldwide. The Relocation Assessor ® free demo edition provides access to a limited dataset for product evaluation purposes. ERI's Relocation Assessor ® & COL Survey is a desktop software application that compares cost-of-living levels in over 10,000 areas. HR professionals and consultants utilize this software to calculate relocation bonuses (or salary adjustments) for... Read Full Story
ERI Distance Learning Center Presents... Analyzing and Using Salary Survey Data Webinar Nov 17, 2009, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (Pacific) This introductory webinar will discuss practical guidelines that may be used for identifying, selecting, analyzing, and using market data to complete essential tasks in determining external competitiveness and establishing an effective market-based pay program. The importance of communicating the compensation program effectively will also be discussed, and... Read Full Story
Two Free Editions for Subscribers of (ERI) Economic Research Institute... ERI subscribers now have free access to two new Assessor Series beta editions. The Nonprofit Comparables Assessor has the ability to search and review over thirty million individuals' names and compensation found in US publicly available documents in a new FullXwalk tab ; see ERI's October 2008 newsletter . And the redesigned Competency Assessor (Occupational) now contributes weighted subscriber Subject Matter Expert... Read Full Story
Two Free Editions for Subscribers of (ERI) Economic Research Institute... ERI subscribers now have free access to two new Assessor Series beta editions. The Nonprofit Comparables Assessor has the ability to search and review over thirty million individuals' names and compensation found in US publicly available documents in a new FullXwalk tab ; see ERI's October 2008 newsletter . And the redesigned Competency Assessor (Occupational) now contributes weighted subscriber Subject Matter Expert... Read Full Story
CostOfLiving.net is an affiliate to ERI Economic Research Institute which was founded in 1987 to provide compensation, benefits, and Human Resource research for private and public organizations in the form of published reports and software database products. The Top 20 Cities with the highest wage growth. The 2008 average wage growth for the United States is 3.4%. College Station-Bryan, TX saw the greatest wage growth at 9.5%. The geographic wage figures are reported by Bureau of Labor... Read Full Story
Salary Increases in 2010 Association and consulting firms have released their 2010 salary increase surveys. To summarize, they forecasted 3.75% in 2009,believe 1.85% occurred, and now knowledgeably forecast 2.65% for 2010! ERI , in contrast, has suspended its Salary Increase Survey for 2010, substituting 128 industry specific blog-like websites, plus 128unique ERI Salary Surveys mirroring that number. Our mid-year 2009survey input found over one-half of our subscribers not yet planning for... Read Full Story
ERI’s ( Economic Research Institute ) view is that the US is at the bottom of an L-shaped recovery and, when job losses stop, a sustainable, not “dig a hole, fill a hole,” slow economic recovery will occur under a heavy social burden. SSA DI (early retirement) rolls are above 10% of the working age populace (only 12,000/year return to work); unemployment is also above 10%; welfare payment values (including health care coverage) are higher than competitive unskilled wages (discouraging the... Read Full Story
The ERI Distance Learning Center (DLC) ... Train yourself and your staff online at www.eridlc.com . ERI provides over 50 HR courses devoted to compensation and benefits education. Online courses provide you more in-depth training on Assessor Series software features. The Distance Learning Center offers recertification credits for maintaining your PHR/GPHR/SPHR certification from SHRM, your CBP certification, CCP certification, or GRP certification from WorldatWork Society of Certified... Read Full Story
As Seen On PRLog.Org If you are without a job, now might be the ideal time to review your skills and interests and see how they match various jobs. Available for your personal use at no cost, ERI ( http://www.erieri.com ) offers a tool that has long been used by human resource professionals to assess the specific skills, knowledge sets, and mental and physical capacities needed for various jobs and find which local companies might be potential employers. ERI Economic Research Institute's... Read Full Story
