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		<title>Skip The Raise, Ask Your Boss For These Perks Instead</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/02/skip-the-raise-ask-your-boss-for-these-perks-instead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your company is already tightening its belt, it might not do a lot of good to ask for a raise during your next performance review. Instead, consider asking for other perks that might be almost as good as cash in your pocket.
Photo by TedsBlog.
Workplace blog WorkAwesome has some great tips for getting the equivalent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiate Your Way To Getting Paid What You&#8217;re Worth</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/01/negotiate-your-way-to-getting-paid-what-youre-worth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the trickiest parts of landing a new job is making sure you get paid what you&#8217;re worth. Negotiating your salary is part art and part science, but there&#8217;s one rule that never changes: be nice.
Photo by Orin Zebest.
Wired&#8217;s How-To Wiki has a great collection of tips on figuring out what a job ought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why A 3% Pay Rise Isn&#8217;t All Bad News</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/why-a-3-pay-rise-isnt-all-bad-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The average growth in pay for a typical Aussie worker over the past year is under 3%. That makes careful financial planning essential, but there should be light at the end of the tunnel if you&#8217;re patient.
Picture by euromagic
Figures released this week by the Melbourne Institute show that total pay growth in the 12 months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ditch The Range Scale When Negotiating</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/ditch-the-range-scale-when-negotiating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/ditch-the-range-scale-when-negotiating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Azadeh Ensha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people are born negotiators, but for most, it&#8217;s a skill set that requires honing. Finance weblog Feld Notes suggests improving your powers of persuasion by eliminating ranges from your negotiating vocabulary.
Photo by laenulfean.
Blogger Brad Feld says that &#8220;when you put the range out there, you are by definition showing your negotiation flexibility at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contract Workers Are Seeing Pay Decline</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/contract-workers-are-seeing-pay-decline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/contract-workers-are-seeing-pay-decline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=340759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One reason your salary might not have kept pace with general trends in recent years is the increasing shift to contracting. Flexibility is one of the great benefits of a contract/freelance lifestyle, but a recent survey suggests increased earnings won&#8217;t necessarily follow.
Picture from Wikimedia Commons
The study of 256 independently contracted workers by Monash University for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Happened To Your Salary In The Last Decade?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/whats-happened-to-your-salary-in-the-last-decade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/whats-happened-to-your-salary-in-the-last-decade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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Chances are good that you&#8217;re making more money now then you were just before the millennium turned &#8212; but are you keeping pace with the average Australian?
I started reflecting on this issue the other week when a mailing list I follow started discussing pay rates in various industries. Most of us have a reasonable idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid Tipping Your Hand In Salary Negotiations</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/avoid-tipping-your-hand-in-salary-negotiations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/avoid-tipping-your-hand-in-salary-negotiations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re in the midst of a job interview, your potential boss-to-be seems very interested in what you&#8217;ve got to offer, and then she pops the question: &#8220;What were you making before?&#8221; How should you reply?
Photo by star5112.
That&#8217;s exactly what career blogger Marci Alboher set out to answer over at weblog Manage Your Life, turning to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiate Your Salary More Effectively</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/negotiate-your-salary-more-effectively/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/negotiate-your-salary-more-effectively/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=334544</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us grew up being told to work hard but how many of us were coached on the importance of negotiating our salaries, the most tangible reward for our hard work?
Whether you&#8217;re searching for a new job or review time is creeping close at your current one, there are some great suggestions over at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should you get paid a sickie bonus?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/06/should_you_get_paid_a_sickie_bonus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/06/should_you_get_paid_a_sickie_bonus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/06/13/should_you_get_paid_a_sickie_bonus.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, it&#8217;s now so hard to get construction workers in the Northern Territory some employers are paying staff a $100 a week bonus not to take sickies. The Northern Territory News reports that paying money to ensure people don&#8217;t take Monday off for fishing or drinking has proved necessary to prevent a labour shortage. Is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan for a pay rise by not asking for cash</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/06/plan_for_a_pay_rise_by_not_asking_for_cash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/06/plan_for_a_pay_rise_by_not_asking_for_cash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the end of the financial year approaches, it&#8217;s tempting to head into the boss&#8217; office and ask for a pay rise. An article on strategies to do that at news.com.au offers a bunch of useful suggestions, including this one: don&#8217;t just think about asking for cash. Getting the option of flexible working hours, or [...]]]></description>
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