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Salary.com has issued a call for Six Sigma practitioners to participate in its third annual salary survey of quality professionals. via Managing Automation

“It's important to keep in mind that compensation may be a key factor as to why employees would consider leaving a job but it's not the top reason they stay in their current job”

Despite a downturn in employment growth, more than half of the nation's workers plan to keep looking for a better job, according to Salary.com, a Boston, Mass.-based employment services software firm. via Inc. Magazine

“Since my current employer does not know that I'm pursuing a more challenging opportunity, please respect the confidential nature of this application [or this interview].”

A Salary.com report released this month found that nearly two-thirds of the more than 7,000 workers surveyed are likely to intensify their job search in the next three months. via ABC News

Salary.com survey reveals workers likely to intensify job search By Jeanie Casison The United States may be in the wake of a possible recession but the impending crisis doesn't seem to plague unhappy employees ... via Potentials

“Job satisfaction varies from person to person and is based on many different factors”

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Salary.com, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions, unveiled results from its third annual Job Satisfaction and Retention Survey. via WDWB-TV Southfield

“Job satisfaction varies from person to person and is based on many different factors”

Salary.com, Inc. , a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions, today unveiled results from its third annual Job Satisfaction and Retention Survey. via Imaging Magazine

For the third year in a row, Salary.com will provide valuable information on compensation and organizational practices for companies with Six Sigma quality initiatives. via Earth Times

“Only 6 percent of employees selected this as a reason for leaving a job, while 30 percent of employers felt this was a major factor.”

Employers who think their human resource teams have a good handle on how their employees feel may want to reconsider.

The annual 'Employee Job Satisfaction and Retention Survey' finds 'that confidence is unwarranted,' according to survey sponsor Salary.com.

Nearly two-thirds of employers responding to the newly released survey felt they were 'somewhat perceptive' and about one-fourth felt they were 'highly perceptive' about employee satisfaction.

But, Salary.com found, employers are vastly underestimating one measure of employee dissatisfaction: Job searching while on the job. The survey found that far more workers were surfing online job postings, updating their resumes, reading classified ads, sending out resumes and networking with others than the employers believed. Read more

Workers are weighing their employment options more actively than employers think, amid economic worries and a weak job market, according to a survey released on Wednesday by Salary.com. Nearly half of workers ... via WNED.org