My business career has spanned a long time and working from both sides of the desk. First as a compensation practitioner filling out survey questionnaires … Read more

Chuck Csizmar CCP is founder and Principal of CMC Compensation Group, providing global compensation consulting services to a wide variety of industries and non-profit organizations. He is also associated with several HR consulting firms as a contributing consultant. Chuck is a broad based subject matter expert with a specialty in international and expatriate compensation. He lives in Central Florida (near The Mouse) and enjoys growing fruit and managing (?) a clowder of cats.
My business career has spanned a long time and working from both sides of the desk. First as a compensation practitioner filling out survey questionnaires … Read more
The competitive market pricing of jobs for an organization is relatively straightforward when looking at common benchmark roles – the ones that you can … Read more
It’s likely that your pay-for-performance program has a fatal flaw built into it; an inadvertent side effect of the design that, if ignored by … Read more
How many of you reading this article have a piece of paper that you can lay your hands on, one with the title, “Compensation Strategy”? Do you know if such … Read more
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where someone (usually your boss or a higher-up) makes an announcement or a decision using draft or preliminary … Read more
It’s not unusual in the recruiting process for a candidate to balk at the company’s initial salary offer. Sometimes in their pushback they … Read more
Have you ever wondered why some employees in your organization are recognized and moved upward, while others with more impressive credentials, experience, … Read more
I’ve worked in Compensation my entire career. Spent most of it in Corporate America and now, for a bunch of years, as a global consultant. I love … Read more
It’s often said that each of us can learn a great deal from having a good boss to work for, a solid role model of just how a manager is supposed to … Read more
Picture the scene: Your company is seeking to employ a Department Manager, and the leading candidate is currently “in transition.” Human Resources has … Read more
Have you ever found yourself relaxed in a comfy chair, either warm by the fire or enjoying a good read with a favorite beverage close by? Perhaps … Read more
Picture the scene: Your company doesn’t have enough money in the annual merit spend budget to grant more than an average 2 percent increase to … Read more
I’ve written before about how managers hated job descriptions. Now, let’s take a fresh perspective and look at how writing descriptions should be … Read more
Every employee out there, no matter what their job, has certain tasks or responsibilities as part of their role that they enjoy doing. Likewise, there are … Read more
“Spreading the peanut butter” is a term used by one of my international clients to describe a general increase, the granting of an … Read more
You’ve seen your company’s want ads and heard the pitch from your recruiters; you offer competitive pay to qualified candidates. That’s … Read more
You just received an above average performance rating from your boss, which naturally put a large smile on your face. But, that was subsequently wiped away … Read more
Nice guys finish last. We’ve all heard that phrase before. Which probably means that there’s something to it. Now why is that? Because … Read more
To what extent is your compensation program transparent to employees, or on the other hand, how much is kept a big secret? Early in my career I worked for … Read more
You just received an above average performance rating from your manager, which naturally put a big grin on your face. Which was subsequently wiped away … Read more