Hot Tip: Signing bonuses

 

Thanks to a tight labor market, signing bonuses for new employees are becoming increasingly common. "You don't have to be Bill Gates or Michael Jordan to get a signing bonus anymore," observes Barry Lawrence, a spokesperson for the Society for Human Resource Management, in Alexandria, Va. "You could be a butcher or hairstylist."

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