Professors Have the Highest Pay, Highest Wage Growth, New Study Reveals

Professors Have the Highest Pay, Highest Wage Growth, New Study RevealsProfessors Have the Highest Pay, Highest Wage Growth, New Study Reveals It pays to be a professor these daysIn the monthly Glassdoor Local Pay Reports , we examine pay growth trends for 60 different jobs across 10 major metros and the United States. We took our research one step to examine which jobs are both high growth (looking at year-over-year pay growth) and high paying (according to median kusine pay). And while software engineers and registered nurses were in the so calledSweet spot, professors beat out all the other occupations as having the highest growth and the highest salary.Thats right In April, professors saw a year-over-year pay increase of $4,934 (5.8% growth from last year) and an average salary of $90,007. When it comes to having high growth and high pay, professors followed by customer tafelgeschirr managers ($3,733, $54,177), attorneys ($3,426, $98,594) and programmer analy sts ($3,360, $69,233).Like many of todays employment trends, experts say professors are experiencing high growth and high pay because of increased demand. The source of high salaries and rapid growth of professor pay is rooted in competition, says Glassdoor chief economist Dr. Andrew Chamberlain. Universities must compete with major corporations for talent in the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and all STEM fields. Therefore, in order to attract and retain talent, universities in many cases are making attractive counter offers, and thats likely driving the rapid rise were seeing in pay for professors nationwide.Sounds a lot like those college lessons on supply and demand, right?Overall, our research found that theres a slight negative relationship between pay and growth. Higher paying jobs on average are correlated with lower pay growth. And lower paying jobs are correlated with higher growth rates.For example, data scientist is among the highest-paying jobs i n the U.S. today, with a median base pay of $94,944 per year. However, data scientist pay is only growing at 1.1 percent from a year ago, well below the national average of 2.7 percent. On the contrary, cashiers earn a median base pay of $27,582 per year, but are experiencing rapid pay growth of 5.0 percent year-over-year.But its important to note that not every job follows this pattern. Some jobs have both high pay and high wage growth, while others have both low pay and low growth. Interested in the data? The figure below is divided into four quadrants to illustrate both these general trends and the outlier jobs.Dig in, then find a job that fits your life on Glassdoor var divElement = document.getElementById(viz1495143866546) var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName(object)0 vizElement.style.width=654pxvizElement.style.height=719px var scriptElement = document.createElement(script) scriptElement.src = https//public.tableau.com/javascripts/api/viz_v1.js vizElement.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, vizElement) Source Glassdoor Local Pay Reports , April 2017. Figures show U.S. estimated median annual base pay for full-time employees.

5 unconventional team-building activities that really work

5 unconventional team-building activities that really work5 unconventional team-building activities that really workIn order for a business to prosper and be more successful, the people working there should give their maximum and invest all their effort and creativity into building the company along with their boss. So, if you want your staff to be happy to work for you and with you, you should organize some team-building activities for them occasionally. However, if these activities arent interesting or stimulating enough, you might end up with a bunch of disgruntled people, blaming you for wasting their precious time. So, here are five activities your employees will actually like and which can make them function better as a team.Zombie EscapeThis activity requires good problem-solving skills, but also close collaboration of all the members of the team. The scenario is fun, interesting and maybe even a bit scary. The team is locked in a room with a zombie tied with a rope. The goal is to escape the room by solving different puzzles and problems, without being caught by the zombie. In the beginning, it might seem easy, since the rope holding the zombie in place is short. However, every five minutes the rope gets longer and the zombie gets closer to the living. By that time, the team members will be desperately trying to find the answers to all sorts of trick questions in a space that gets more limited as the zombies rope gains length. Solving riddles and putting heads together towards a common objective will help your employees build a strong team culture and provide them with the experience they can later use on your next company project.Laser TagThis is anotlageher activity which will force your team to solve problems together, but also make quick and vital decisions under a lot of pressure, all the while working on enhancing their communication skills and building mutual trust. What more could you want from a team? Plus, this is a recreational activity, sinc e theres a lot of moving around while trying to avoid being shot, or trying to eliminate a player from the opposing team. Physical activities such as this one can boost their self-esteem, but also improve their immune ordnungsprinzip and overall wellbeing. So, while theyre having a blast and going through an adrenaline rush, theyll also be gaining experience theyll later be able to use at work. And not only that. Theyll be happy and excited as children, which will enhance their mood, promote good health and help them focus next time they go back to work.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreVolunteeringEverybody feels better and more useful when they help someone and do something inspiring. And when its a team effort, theres a shared sense of achievement, which grows and multiplies as it moves from one person to another. The key is to find something most of your employees are passion ate about and work towards helping that organization or charity. For example, in companies where most employees are female, the team might find a foundation which give disadvantaged girls scholarships to improve their odds at getting good education. These kinds of foundations provide girls with study equipment, various resources and even tutoring, which is something everybody would be happy to contribute to. So, by engaging in activities with such great goals, not only will your employees be a part of something memorable and show good initiative, but theyll also exhibit social responsibility, which could be a great asset to you and your company.Tough MudderWhen it comes to team-building activities, this is probably one of the most challenging one, mentally and physically. This is something that requires people to train and prepare themselves for weeks or even months ahead, since the activity includes a whole range of difficult challenges, which you can only overcome if youre fit, of clear mind and dedicated. And even though it may appear that having grown people crawling through mud, dangling from ropes and jumping over pits isnt something that a business could have any use of, this is actually a great way for a team to bond and bring some new energy into the office. It teaches people not to give up, no matter the obstacles, as well as to turn to each other for support and advice when they get stuck. Once they realize thats the best way to go forward, theyll implement it at work and your company can benefit from it greatly.Museum HackThis is a new and innovative way to visit museums. Museum hack is an interactive and quite an adventurous way to go through different museums and to introduce people to art and history in a way theyll love and remember. The goal is not to overload people with information about everything there is to see in a museum, but rather to choose specific wings and works of art which will be presented through interesting stories and games, making the tour more dynamic than anything you could have imagined. This is a great activity for your staff, since it will give them the opportunity to see something they havent before, to learn something new and intriguing, but in a stimulating and thought-provoking manner. What your employees can draw from the experience is that there is always a new and different way to approach each problem, project or job and that some fresh perspective can improve their efficiency, along with your business.The ideas are all there. Now just pick one and make your company work better by making your employees happy.Isabel William is consultant by day and a blogger by night and om to twins 24/7.

New site wants to help connect work-related sexual misconduct survivors

New site wants to help connect work-related sexual misconduct survivorsNew site wants to help connect work-related sexual misconduct survivorsHarvey Weinstein. Larry Nassar. Bill Cosby.Three of the most high-profile sexual misconduct cases from the MeToo era share a commonality For each perpetrator - whether alleged or convicted - there were dozens of survivors who came forward to tell their stories.On magazine covers, survivors appeared together, stacked one on top of the other to show their mass. The sheer volume of people who were affected overwhelmed readers as they parsed through information about men who had dominated their fields and wielded power over the women who looked up to them.It may seem as though the MeToo movement was as quick and forceful as an avalanche, but a closer read shows that it sometimes took decades for these women to find each other as their antagonistswent unchecked. And in office buildings with no celebrity power or media attention, connecting with su rvivors who have faced the same harasser or assailant can be difficult.But a new website is trying to change that. ImWithThem.org, from sexual misconduct prevention nonprofit Im With Them, is a resource for people who have experienced work-related sexual harassment or assault and suspect their perpetrator may be a serial offender. Its a platform to connect victims of the same bad actor to one aelendlageher, but only after a number of reports have been received (its developers are still deciding what that number is, though theyre more inclined toward groups than pairs).When you put them together, they create a pattern of behavior that represents pervasiveness, and I think thats something that we really havent had, saidLaurie Girand, Im With Thems president.The site is not for everyone - a fact that is explicit in its text. Because the User is our priority, if the outing of their experience or their association with the perpetrator would make the User uncomfortable, they should not u seIm With Them, it says. Though its confidential and relatively private, the platform is not intended as a tool to anonymously report for those who are more inclined toward that form of action, Im With Thems resource page has information about a hotline.But for survivors who want to share their stories and believe in the power of numbers, Im With Them provides a network for people to make that connection.I believe theres a set of victims that are upset - and rightfully upset - and believe that this person should be stopped. And that set of people will be the people who tend to come forward, said Girand.How it worksThe process to register atIm With Them is simple, yet comprehensive. An individual who chooses to register is redirected to a form, where they fill in personal information such as name, address, and the last four digits of their social security number. With this data,Im With Them authenticates the bentzers profile through BlockScore, an identity verification API. The pro tection is intended to keep out those who might use fake email addresses or pseudonyms.Once a user is authenticated, theycompletea series of identifying questions, including information about their perpetrator name, phone numbers, license plate, social media accounts, and other potential indicators. Users are asked about their relationship to the alleged offender, as well as the incidents that occurred between them.After that, users have to wait. They may get a quick response, but it could also take months or years to find a match. In some instances, nothing may happen. Outcomes depend on who registers for the platform, among other case-related variables.If a group doesform a match, they will be sent each others names and contact information with details on how to safely proceed. But their stories will not be shared. Survivors have agency to decide whether they want to tell those peers what happened to them, and they can make that decision on their own terms if they decide to move forward.Who will use it?Girand said there are groups of survivors who will not necessarily be attracted to her platform - people who are still traumatized by the experience may feel as though they arent ready for the exposure, and on the other end of the spectrum, some workers may dismiss the harassment they experienced as an awkward exchange instead of full-fledged misconduct. But shes banking on the fact that the majority of people feel differently, andIm With Them is for that critical mass who believe they were put in an uncomfortable position and now want justice.The site is also a resource for victims who feel vulnerable and dont know where to turn. For example, Girand said, interviewees or vendors who face harassment are not always empowered to report their harassers. They might fear losing business or their job, or they might not even know who to contact. Im With Them provides one vehicle through which survivors in more precarious situations may be able to access what they n eed to feel they can speak out against their offender.Im With Them also has the potential to serve an institutional purpose. Girand said she could foresee anonymizing data and working with companies to identify problem areas within their ranks. She could not point to a particular employee, but she would be able to indicate that an entire department could use more training or attention.The platform went live on Jan. 23, and Girand said she expects anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of records filtering through her site.