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Body Art in the Workplace
Nearly 40 years after "flower power," body art has seen a resurgence. Men and women flaunt pierced n...
Ellison Says, Stock Only
A look at Oracle Corp's (ORCL) proxy statement filed September 11, 2000, reveals that CEO Lawrence E...
Dividend Reinvestment Plans
If you're short on cash but keen to build an investment portfolio, you may want to consider a DRIP. ...
How should I prepare for my review?
My performance review is coming soon, and I would like to learn more about the do's and don'ts of pe...
Index Funds
Who has the time, interest, or confidence to pick and track individual stocks (unless, of course, it...
How should I represent my co-op position on my resume?
I am working on my associate degree with a double major in purchasing/business management. I have be...
Physician Career Education and Advancement
Physicians serve an essential role in our society. They diagnose and treat sick and injured people t...
Be an Ant, Not a Grasshopper*
Most people know they should invest for the future, but at least half would like to do better. In a ...
Should I leave my startup to seek a better salary and title?
I joined my current company (Pre-IPO) right out of school as a junior QA engineer testing our produc...
How to Evaluate a Job Offer
Just like an interview, a job offer can tell you a great deal about a potential employer. An offer c...
The Temporary Staffing Industry
In September and October of 2004, U.S. firms topped the 100,000 mark in announced job cuts, accordin...
Salaried vs. Hourly
I recently hired on to a new company and could use some advice. On my second interview with my new c...
Should I let headhunters lure me away?
I have been at the same company for three years. I work in a relatively small, but expensive state a...
Is the grass greener somewhere else?
I keep hearing and seeing salary surveys that say I should be making about $10,000 to $20,000 more t...
Terms and Definitions
Before taking advantage of your stock options or participating in an employee stock purchase plan, i...
Everything is Negotiable
It's all negotiable. Every new job - every performance review, in fact - is an opportunity to negoti...
12 Ways to Get out of Credit Card Debt
Everybody with a credit card knows it's smart to pay what you owe at the end of every month - right?...
Bullish on the Network
Have you been to a trade association event lately? Suddenly heard from an old college buddy? With so...
Did my time off affect my raise?
I took some time off this year, and I think it affected my performance review. I got only a 2 percen...
The Importance of Job Descriptions
Salary History
At some point in the job application process, you might find yourself in a tight spot. What do you d...
Executive Compensation
In researching the pay for an executive position, it's best to consult several of the many sources ...
What to Look for Before, During, and After an Interview
An interview is the only time during the hiring process when you and your interviewer can form a mut...
Could an employee get a promotion without a raise?
Would you discuss the risks of promoting a deserving employee (title change) but not increasing sala...
Option Grant Practices in High-Tech Companies
Until it became common practice in the last decade to offer stock options to a relatively broad spec...
Hiding a Job Search
I work in an office that has a casual atmosphere. Next week I have a job interview at a company with...
How do I get the raise I thought I was promised?
I was promised by my supervisor, but not in writing, that the company would increase my pay by 10 p...
Industry Commitment to Training
In a study by the American Society for Training and Development, more than 750 U.S organizations pro...
How close to the median should I be?
As my experience runs a little short of the job requirements, what should I submit as my salary requ...
Productivity Bonuses
How do I trade off long-term incentives for short-term ones?
I work for a company that pays me $72,000 a year with no bonus. However, they match 50 cents to the ...
Preparation for Meetings
No matter how informal the meeting, preparation in advance can improve the effectiveness of the meet...
Dress Code
Inventor
"Imagine a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity...
You're It! How Layoffs Happen and What to Expect
Michelle Babineau of Boston, Mass. has been laid off three times in seven months. The dot-com vetera...
Life and Work in a Temporary Job
You've decided to give temping a try and have found an agency that appears to serve your needs. You'...
Eager to Please
I have an interview tomorrow with a prominent company and am very eager to please them. Can you give...
Pay Structures
A company's pay structure is the method of administering its pay philosophy. The two leading types o...
Should I take the offer or the counteroffer?
I've recently been offered a position in another company making $6,000 more than I earn now. When I ...
Can the U.S. government give my prospective employer a salary cap?
I am being seriously considered for a position with a large Washington, DC-area IT consulting compan...
Should I show a prospective employer my pay stub?
I am in negotiation with an employer for a higher position than the one I currently hold. They are a...
Pay Philosophies
A pay philosophy is a company's commitment to how it values employees. A consistent pay philosophy g...
Stock Market Indexed CDs
People work hard for their money, so risky investments often make them think twice. A volatile stock...
Should I ask for more in base if I'm happy with my total compensation?
How do I go about requesting a "fair" base salary when the company knows I'm happy with my overall c...
Revising Job Description
I have been working as a human resources assistant for the last two and a half years. Although I had...
Do I have rights regarding my raise?
Full-Service Brokers
"Full-service" brokers get their name and reputation from the dogged and devoted work they're expect...
The Gift of a College Degree Lasts a Lifetime
Any way you measure it, a college degree is the best investment of your life. In today's dollars, a ...
Should I ask for $25,000 more?
I was hired four years ago as a desktop technician for a Fortune 500 company. Since then I have sky...
Can my boss get away with nepotism in pay raises?
My boss has cut back my hours because of budgetary concerns, yet she has "found" the money in her b...
Industry News

Avo Photonics Names VP, Sales and Marketing
Avo Photonics of Horsham, Pa., specialists in optical packaging, has announced that Neal R. Stoker h...
Edmund Optics Adds 2 to Asia Team
Edmund Optics (EO), a Barrington, N.J.-based maker of optics, imaging and photonics technology, ...
Feds Raid Spectranetics
Spectranetics Corp. said it is cooperating fully with an investigation related to its products and b...
Innovative Silicon Names Michael Van Buskirk Senior VP
Innovative Silicon Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., developer of the Z-Ram zero-capacitor floating body ...
Adept Technology Taps President, John Dulchinos, to be CEO
Adept Technology Inc. of Livermore, Calif., a leading provider of intelligent automation software fo...
Helios Project Awarded $12M
Helios, a four-year project that seeks to find an innovative way to combine a photonic layer with a ...
Sonofusion Scholar Sanctioned
A Purdue University professor found to have committed research misconduct will remain on the faculty...
Newport Outsourcing Lasers
Newport Corp. will move some of its laser and other manufacturing to China and cut about 10 percent ...
Edmund Optics Celebrates 15 Years in China
Edmund Optics (EO), producer of optics, imaging, and photonics technology, has announced they will c...
Atom Smasher Dates Fine Wine
French scientists are using high-energy ion beams from a particle accelerator to tell vintage Bordea...
Former DARPA Manager to Lead R&D at QinetiQ
Technology solutions developer QinetiQ North America of McLean, Va., announced that its Technology S...
AiDi appoints Katsunari Okamoto as CTO
AiDi Corp., a global company that specializes in passive optical network (PON) products and services...
BitFlow Taps Cooper Vision as Canadian Rep.
Cooper Vision Technologies has been named Canadian distributor for BitFlow Inc., manufacturer of ind...
Jmar to Develop Lasers for Johns Hopkins APL
San Diego-based Jmar Technologies Inc. has been awarded a contract to develop two prototype special ...
Janos Acquired by Fluke
Precision infrared optics manufacturer Janos Technology of Keene, N.H., announced today it has been ...
Coherent Lays Off 144
According to documents filed with California’s Employment Development Department, Coherent Inc. laid...
Joint PV Project for Rofin-Sinar, Manz
Rofin-Sinar of Plymouth, Mich., a manufacturer of high-performance laser beam sources and laser-base...
Newport Unit to Cut 80 Jobs
Newport Corp.'s Spectra-Physics facility in Tucson has laid off 29 of its 200 workers and will let a...
Lab to Reopen After Injury
Three weeks after one of its senior engineers was seriously injured, the Laboratory for Laser Energe...
Epolin Mourns Loss of Morris Dunkel
Epolin Inc. of Newark, N.J., has announced that Morris Dunkel, member of the company’s board of dire...
Lawrence Tan Hired as JPK’s Singapore Manager
JPK Instruments of  Berlin has hired Lawrence Tan as the new Singapore manager for all its Asian sal...
Vitex, Novaled Collaborate on OLEDs
San Jose, Calif.-based Vitex, a maker of thin-film encapsulation, and Novaled of Dresden, Germany, w...
Cilas Nabs New Monomorph Deformable Mirror Customers
Cilas of France, a maker of lasers, optronics products and systems for defense and security applicat...
Photronics Names New VP for US and Europe
Photronics Inc. of Brookfield, Conn., a supplier of photomask-based imaging solutions for the global...
Hoya Vision Care Expands in Czech Republic
Vision Care, a division of Hoya Corp., and maker of ophthalmic lenses, has announced that it acquire...
Jozef Straus to Chair GigOptix Advisory Board
GigOptix LLC of Palo Alto, Calif., a maker of high-speed circuits for optical communications and sto...
Chip Vision Taps Craig Cochran as VP
Chip Vision Design Systems, which helps semiconductor companies reduce power consumption with system...
Lockheed Awards Multimillion Dollar Contract to LightWorks
LightWorks Optics Inc. of Tustin, Calif., has been awarded a multimillion-dollar direct commercial s...
Cancer Probe Trials Funded
A new grant will allow a researcher to continue developing and testing a device that uses light to d...
Steve Kelley Joins Cree as Chief Operating Officer
Steve Kelley has joined Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C. as executive vice president and chief operating of...
John Markovich Hired as Emcore CFO
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Emcore Corp. announced that its board of directors has appointed John M. Mar...
Laservision Adds Rich Greene to Sales Team
Laser protective product maker Laservision USA of St. Paul, Minn., announced it has added Rich Green...
Bruker AXS Buying AFM Maker
Analytical x-ray systems manufacturer Bruker AXS GmbH of Karlsruhe, Germany, announced it will acqui...
Bami Bastani Resigns as Anadigics CEO
Anadigics of Warren, N.J., a provider of semiconductor solutions in wireless and wireline communicat...
Prism Awards Entry Deadline is Sept. 12
The submissions deadline for the first annual Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation is Sept. 12. The...
NXP's Pascal Langlois Transfers to Wireless Venture
NXP Semiconductors of Eindhoven, Netherlands, an independent semiconductor company founded by Philip...
Teseda Taps Mark Moore as VP; Adds Silicon Valley Office
Teseda Corp. of Portland, Ore., provider of diagnostic and debug solutions for semiconductor yield i...
Arbor Photonics to Commercialize UMich Optical Fiber
Arbor Photonics of Ann Arbor, Mich., has signed an exclusive license agreement for chirally-coupled ...
SPIE Show Soars
This year’s SPIE Optics+Photonics symposium was the largest meeting of the annual symposium thus far...
AEi and 3-Edge Partner for European Sales
Automation Engineering Inc. (AEi) of Wilmington, Mass., will partner with 3-Edge of Munich, Germany,...
John Carson Appointed Chairman of Irvine Sensors
Irvine Sensors Corp., of Costa Mesa, Calif., a developer of compact solid-state microcircuitry for m...
Lockheed Buys Nanotech Unit
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. announced it has acquired the government business unit of p...
Plexus Closing Mass. Plant
Plexus Corp. announced today it will close its Ayer, Mass., manufacturing facility by March 2009, el...
ORA Announces Design Contest Winners
Optical software maker Optical Research Associates (ORA) of Pasadena, Calif., announced it has selec...
Indium Adds 2 to Solar Engineering Team
Indium Corp. of Clinton, N.Y., announced it has hired Clark Scharett and Justin Weiler as manufa...
Reliant, Philips Partner for Home Laser Skin Care
Reliant Technologies Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., developer of Fraxel laser systems, has announce...
Veeco, Asylum Research Settle AFM Patent Dispute
Metrology and process equipment provider Veeco Instruments Inc. of Plainview, N.Y., announced today ...
Zecotek Photonics: Talented Team Brings Rapid Success
For Zecotek Photonics, the key to its rapid success doesn't lie in cutting-edge technology, an impre...
Serious Injury Closes Lab
Operations have been suspended at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE...
Engineer Hurt in Laser Lab
A senior lab engineer at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) was ser...