Web users believe that Jon Stewart deserves a higher salary than his fellow Comedy Central host, Stephen Colbert.
Speaking of attention-getters and salary, here’s another one: “Job Hunters: Price Yourself Like a House.” This interesting article by Liz Ryan looks at real-estate tricks and applies them to the job-seekers’ task of figuring out what salary to request.
She makes a good point: If you do the research and know your “market value,” you should have confidence in asking for it — even if you have to bring up the subject after your second interview (or some other appropriate point).
