Never take a promotion without negotiating pay
Don't let your employer pressure you into accepting a promotion before you've discussed a pay raise, Alison Green writes. Your negotiating power disappears as soon as you accept the offer. "If they put you off and push you to start doing the new job now, you need to hold firm: 'I'm not comfortable taking on a new job without discussing the terms, such as salary,' " she writes. Ask A Manager blog
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Start today at making your workplace great
Even entry-level employees have the power to make their workplaces better for everyone, Alan Henry writes. Start small by having a conversation with your manager about possible morale boosters. "The key ... is to be tenacious. You won't be able to just throw a suggestion at your manager or their manager and then walk away," he writes. Lifehacker
(3/6)
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Fed report on economy is cautiously upbeat
The Federal Reserve maintains a broadly optimistic tone in the Beige Book, citing a pickup in consumer spending and a resurgent housing market. "For the Fed, it's slow progress but not enough to alter its rate of asset purchases," BNP Paribas economist Yelena Shulyatyeva said. Reuters
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How to explain your job hopping to employers
If your résumé shows you've switched jobs multiple times in several years, make sure to explain why you made each move and which skills you learned along the way, experts say. "Your résumé should tell a story rather than just being a chronological laundry list of all the jobs you've held, which is very boring anyway," leadership coach Nancy Friedberg says. CNNMoney/Fortune
(3/7)
Other News
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Most large employers expect to continue health benefits
A survey of 500 large employers by Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health showed 60% said it is unlikely they would stop offering health care benefits for regular employees in the next five years and 82% would not send full-time employees to insurance exchanges without a financial subsidy. To control health costs, employers are using wellness incentives and health plans are discouraging overspending by making employees more responsible for costs. Chicago Tribune (tiered subscription model)/Reuters
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How 10th-century music lovers got their fix
For about 1,000 years before Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, people sought ways to record and reproduce sounds. This gallery includes ornate music boxes, self-playing pianos and 10th-century musical transcriptions. BuzzFeed
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Help SmartBrief cover SXSW Interactive!
SmartBrief will cover the South by Southwest Interactive Festival through Tuesday in Austin, Texas, and we need your help! SXSW has too many must-see events for our staff to cover, so we're turning to readers to help document the best panels as blog contributors. If you're headed to Austin and want to contribute to SmartBrief's blogs on social media, leadership, finance, food and beverage or education, check out our guest-post guidelines and send a note to Jesse Stanchak.
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