Can someone explain in full detail how salary caps work?
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Well in football they have revenue sharing so all teams make a profit. Some teams are much more aggressive than others when it comes to advertising and marketing. The more aggressive ones have more profit to spend. So the NFL has a salary cap so all teams are on a level playing field as opposed to MLB which has a handful of big spenders and a bunch of small market teams. The salary cap is set according to a certain percentage of revenues taken in each year. Every year each team has to be under a certain limit, set by their Collective Bargaining Agreement, by the end of training camp. The way the owners circumvent the cap each year is to pay rather large signing bonus money up-front which is pro-rated over the course of the contract to spread the cap hit evenly. If a player is cut before the end of their contract the remaining pro-rated signing bonus is all lumped onto that last year which usually means a huge cap hit for that team. Alot of players sign huge contracts knowing full well they will never see the back-loaded contracts to their end, and they end up restructuring their contracts to accommodate the team if they really want to stay. So somewhere down the line difficult player cuts have to be made. Hence why you see teams letting older players go and keeping younger players , it all leads back to salary. Now they have what they call veteran minimums on contracts for older players, if you can convince a player with say 5 years experience to sign for a  veteran minimum the cap hit is not the complete total of the contract yet the player still makes a decent salary and the team gets to keep an experienced player for a lesser salary cap hit. This is the NFL's way of taking care of veterans yet while still considering the owners costs. Of course some owners don't manage their books correctly and end up sending their teams into a tailspin. They have all the signing bonuses and big contracts end up hurting them in the long run and have some down years. Now some teams don't even approach the salary cap spending limit which really bugs the owners who market aggressively and have more revenues. But this also keeps things even because it would just lead to the problems seen in MLB, the haves and the have-nots. Most teams have what they call a salary cap guru to keep things under control. Some are successful, some aren't. It all boils down to fiscal responsibilty and due diligence. I hope this helps you understand what can be a difficult thing to follow.
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I am a former account executive, manager, training manager and vice president with Management Recruiters International, the worlds largest contingency executive search firm.  I am close enough to the business to know that recruiting firms are getting from 25% to 35% of the first years annual salary of the hired employee from the hiring company.  \n\nIf you're very good at what you do and recruit in an area of an industry where good employees with highly valued skills are hard to come by and you are among only a few people recruiting in the field or if you're recruiting very high level executives with a highly specialized background, your fees can be as high as to 50%.\n\nIf you are working on straight commission typically the recruiting firm will have you on a sliding scale where you get about 30% of the fee and with increased fees your percentage will increase to as high as 55%.  If you are working for an unscupulous organzation they will pay as little as the person who said they are getting 5%.  \n\nMany indepdendent firms may have a myriad of different types of compensation packages, some higher and some lower than what I have stated.  Depends on what you'll accept.   Working for a reputable firm or if you learn the business from a reputable firm and then go independent yourself, you can make quite a bit of money.
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It depends on what you're selling, but generally, salespeople get a commission or percentage of the total price of the item they sell - some companies will provide what they call an advance on the commission, which is very similar to a salary per month, but if the salesperson consistently falls short of that amount each month, they usually get fired! Some places also provide a salary which is generally fairly low, like a few dollars above minimum wage, and also a commission for each sale they make.
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On Target Earnings - not always something to be wary of as most people now put a basic +OTE (i.e guaranteed salary then the OTE amount) so that you know your minimum.  This is due to loads of changes to legislation where salary should not be hidden.  Most "sales" jobs including recruitment advisor get paid by basic that is increased by OTE, just remember it can be a bit cut-throat as you are always trying to get a certain number of sales so you need to enjoy winning and competition (oh and ever changing targets if you perform well they may try to stretch the number of sales so it gets harder).  The best bet, don't be put off but ask lots of questions at interview (or before if there is an option to talk to a manager or recruitment contact)!  Good luck!
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here is a tool that will tell you what you are worth at different points in your career.  It is also location specific.  It may anser your question better\n\nhttp://seeker.dice.com/profman/salaryWizard.jsp
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i got a 15% increase once hired on full time. You can discuss salary with them. Your current company doesnt now what u get paid. find out what people in your position get paid and work from there. Salary has to be discussed when going permanent.
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u can find out at salary.com
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I used to work at a bank and I knew of a few baseball players that had accounts at the bank I worked at.  They all got paid every two weeks, even during the offseason.  The pay wasn't always the same leading me to believe that stipends or per diems were included as well, possibly some incentive bonuses as well.
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Caps means the number of International matches played for your country. I don't know if it still true but in the old days you litterally got a cap every time you played for the English national team. I have a photo at home of a football player surrounded by 80 school children all wearing one cap when this player had played his 80th International match.\n\nA-Rank games should be the same, but it is called A-rank games to differentiate between matches played for your country against another country (England vs Brazil for instance) rather than against other teams (for instance England vs Inter Milan). The latter games are sometimes played to prepare for big matches. \n\nThere once was a player who claimed to have 144 caps, but it turned out all matches against club teams had been included, which is not the common thing to do.\n\nFor instance Wayne Rooney now has 29 caps, Ronaldinho has 63 and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has 110.
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A demotion can effect both a title and salary. I usually see that a demotion affects about 50% of salaries.
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You should visit monster.com and look in Salary Advice.  They'll tell you loads of stuff.
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temps don't typically get raises, but if you would, it should be based on your performance or company % rates. The company I work for is usually 15% of your pay.
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each job has variable salaries based on where and in what capacity you are working. sorry, can't give you a number.
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Its usually a good idea to give a range.  Like lower 50's or upper 40's.  That way you have some wiggle room when they low ball you.  Companies are just trying to reduce costs, so they want to pay you as little as possible.
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Generally, no. BUT, it wil ldepend on your company.\n\nIf there is a corporate pay scale, then they may adjust all scales accordingly, but not $1.70 worth. \n\nFor example, if the starting pay where you are is 5.15 and the second level is $8.00 and they raise the starting pay to 6.85, the second level may adjust to start at 9.00. \n\nit's hard to say. \n\nBut if your company does not employ minimum wage workers, then any substantial raise is HIGHLY unlikely.
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www.salary.com is the BEST and most thorough website for finding out that information. Hope it helps!
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Go to www.salary.com and input the information.  It determines the median salary ranges for many careers/fields and it is not a generalization as it asks you to fill in fields such as location, length of experience, etc.