Summary and Another Peek...

Thanks to everyone who watched the Springraise Video Series. We had overwhelming response! Much better than we had anticipated. As promised here's the summary of the case videos with an added twist..a sneak peek at the springraise app.

The launch of springraise is only hours away. Springraise has (finally) come....

All 8 Videos are Live!

It's time to go to springraise.com to see all eight of the video series. Learn these techniques to maximize your compensation at every step of your career!

Here are the case summaries. You can see that we're talking about extraordinary compensation increases here.

Case 1: My first jump - a 16% increase in salary...not bad

Case 2: 35% salary increase…we’re movin’

Case 3: 19% salary increase…still rising!

Case 4: 80% increase that could’ve been more!

Case 5: 28% total compensation increase!

Case 6: My first (and only) pay cut…for strategic reasons

Case 7: A 123% total compensation increase? Wow!!

Case 8: 51% increase after all…

We've gotten incredible feedback from viewers of the videos so we know you're going to love them. It's time for you to take control of your career compensation. Check out springraise.com.

Springraise Video Series Case 7 Live!

This is the one everyone's been waiting for. How did I get a 123% increase in total compensation? You'll only find out if you go to springraise.com to see the case video.

You've got to see the video to believe how the events played out. I'll take you step by step through the process in under 5 minutes!

These cases will only be up for a few more days, so this is your chance to learn how to get HUGE pay raises whether at your job or while changing jobs.

Springraise Video Series Cases 1-6 Live!

The Springraise Video Series is in full swing. For each of the past six days we have released a new video detailing techniques of how to maximize compensation by obtaining extraordinary salary increases. Each unique case takes a chapter our of my career to show how I've moved rapidly up the career compensation chain.

To get access to the cases, go to springraise.com. Want to preview another case? Here's Case 2 where I was able to get a 35% salary increase!



If you haven't seen any of this series, you better hurry! There are only two more cases and a summary before Wednesday when they're gone. Why will they be gone?

Because springraise is coming on May 21. Are you ready?

Springraise Video Series on Now!

The Springraise Video series has started. Just go to Springraise.com to see how I was able to get extraordinary salary increases throughout my career. Each video details a situation where I was able to "springraise" my compensation.

Here are the video cases you'll get to see...

Case 1: My first jump - a 16% increase in salary...not bad



Go to Springraise to see the rest!

Case 2: 35% salary increase…we’re movin’
Case 3: 19% salary increase…still rising!
Case 4: 80% increase that could’ve been more!
Case 5: 28% total compensation increase!
Case 6: My first (and only) pay cut…for strategic reasons
Case 7: A 123% total compensation increase? Wow!!
Case 8: 51% increase after all…
Summary: Lessons learned and more...

We will release a new video each day leading up to the launch of Springraise. Enjoy!

Springraise launching May 21st!

Yes it has finally happened. After a year of work, springraise is now here! In just 8 days springraise.com will launch its beta product. It's not a finished and polished version just yet, but our closed beta testers liked it so much, they told us to launch it anyway.

How Springraise Works

1. Enter your full background and employment information (past and present)
2. View your career over time to see how you compare to others like you
3. See the careers of others like you (in one click) and compare your career to theirs
4. Perform scenarios to see your career prospects
5. Discuss with others to learn how they made their career decisions
Note: Other users can not see your past or current Company and Title information

What is Springraise?

Springraise is the first and only career sharing network. We don't provide you with job listings, we give you the power to see where your career has been and where it can go. We're here to maximize your career decisions, from taking a job in a particular industry to getting your graduate degree. It's our job to illuminate areas of your career that you wouldn't know without us.

Springraise maps careers and shares the results with everyone in real-time. Therefore, you can not only see the progression of your career, but also compare it to others with your similar background. Imagine comparing your career to multiple people with the same background who are five years ahead of you on their career paths. You instantly have insight into career prospects that you may not have known are open to you. It's like seeing your career future.

Are you ready? Check out the teaser demo!

Why Big Pharma should lose 100,000 jobs

With Merck's announcement today that it will cut 1,200 US-based pharma reps by the end of July, the total layoffs in the pharma industry since November 2006 exceeds 80,000. This is certainly not good news for employees in the industry. Jobs are there to be lost as the repetition of jobs within each company is appalling. We at springraise believe that 100,000 jobs lost isn't out of the question.

Big Pharma isn't called "big" for nothing. These companies employ massive numbers of people and often boast about their cushy working conditions. Those days are coming to an end. Most pharma execs haven't seen the writing on the wall, however, and haven't prepared their companies--which is 90% why we're seeing the carnage of job losses we see today. If the industry were to lose another 20,000 jobs over the next 12 months, it wouldn't be a surprise, or a bad thing for the industry. The employees, we're sure, have a different take.

Careers should be based on the longevity of companies as well as the overall transferability of employees' skills to other industries. The people who are best positioned to succeed overall are those who invested in the great training programs the pharma industry affords its employees. With everything from sales to branding scientific data interpretation, pharma companies invest heavily in their employee training programs. Some people take little advantage of these resources whether by their own choice or the short-sidedness of their managers. Regardless of reason, those people have lost a golden opportunity for free education.

These people will likely have to take pay cuts in order to secure other jobs, thus adding insult to the injury of being laid off. The comps for people like themselves getting new jobs will show this trend almost certainly--if big pharma selects the right people to cut. If they don't, they'll see further depressed returns, with continued lag vs. all major market indexes. If you're in the pharma industry at the moment, take a training course. It will help your marketability should the worst happen.

So while we never advocate laying off employees, we predict that the pharma chopping block is still in use. Expect further regulation by the FDA to curb approvals, while the likely transition to Democratically controlled executive and legislative branches will forecast the last rites of the pharma "good ol' days." It's time for Big Pharma to take its bitter pill.