A recent survey revealed that one third of working moms are burned out as they struggle to provide for their families in a tough economy. 30% of working moms whose companies have had layoffs in the past 12 months are working longer hours and 14% of working moms have taken on second jobs in the last year to help ends meet. 34% reported they are burned out. Increased workloads are impacting the quantity and quality of time spent with their families as nearly 19% of working moms said they spend two hours or less with their children each day.

According to a recent survey, Managers & support staff are not in sync on top rewards. While supervisors rated job promotions and cash as the two most valued forms of recognition to administrative professionals, support staff favored a simple thank you and having their accomplishments passed on to senior management. The forms of recognition most valued by administrative professionals as ranked by Managers were as follows:

• #1 - Promotion
• #2 - Cash
• #3 - Paid Time Off
• #4 - Boss Shares Achievement With Senior Management
• #5 - In-Person Thank-You

Because we want to best serve our readers, we feature a segment of our Newsletter where you can submit questions directly to our OperationsInc professionals. Do you have a question related to the management of the Human Resources function? Email it along to enewsletter@operationsinc.com. The best ones will make it into a future newsletter, along with the answer... and those that don't get published will still receive a response.

This week's question:
"When I make a new job offer, what is the best way to determine the new employee's base pay?"

--- Controller - Retail Co.

Answer:
In this market you need to look at three sources. The first is the salaries you are presently paying your staff in the same role or similar, as well as those you perceive to be at a similar level. The second is the job boards, which will show you what the market is bearing for similar roles. Lastly you can check the websites that specialize in publishing salary survey data.

"Things may come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hustle."

- Abraham Lincoln

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