C2HR Surveys Reveal the Hottest Jobs that Command Higher Pay; Watch the Free Webinar on March 14

C2HR conducts annual compensation surveys and its most recent assessment revealed that pay at connectivity companies increased steadily with sales capturing the largest raises Among content developers compensation growth was more subdued than last year base salary increases were strong but bonuses lagged C2HR will share these statistics and many more in its Industry Compensation Trends ampamp Benchmarks webinar on Thursday March 14 at 100pm CT offered by C2HR at no cost to MFM members register here and use discount code MFM at checkoutHere39s a preview of the event though youamp8217ll definitely want to tune in to catch all the data points and details of the surveysHot Jobs Commanding Higher PayEach year C2HRamp8217s Annual Compensation Surveys reveal the industryamp8217s amp8220hotamp8221 jobs amp8211 those positions that achieved base salary increases well above a companyamp8217s salary adjustment budgetCompetitive pressures for call center employees coupled with a tight labor market and the ability for remote work continued to fuel pay raises for employees skilled in customer service For the third year in a row customer care positions garnered among the largest pay raises at connectivity providersBase salary for proficient reps rose 9 in 2023 while lead reps accrued 8 gains and expert reps achieved 6 increases The gains at higher job levels also reflect the important role these employees play in their organizations as they are the most experienced at not only serving their customers but also retaining them amp8211 a critical skill in this hotly competitive marketSoftware engineering has also regularly made the hot jobs list at connectivity providers The 2023 survey revealed the largest base increase amp8211 13 amp8211 for associate software engineer while those higher up the career ladder also garnered raises software engineer 9 principal software engineer 6 and senior software engineer 6Demand for Content Curation ContinuesContent continues to be king in the quest for viewers As such content developers rewarded those positions responsible for managing cataloging and tracking the wealth of shows previews shorts clips and ads available to viewersLibrarians secured a 19 increase in base pay amp8211 the largest raise in C2HRamp8217s 2023 Compensation Surveys Senior positions in the same job family amp8211 director of library and digital assets and senior librarian amp8211 scored 8 raises nearly twice the national averageSimilarly for the second year running jobs in market and audience research also captured big base salary gains Employees in these positions analyze viewership data to spot trends and better target content to viewers Manager of research garnered a 13 increase senior research analyst 11 and senior director of research 9amp8220As our industry evolves we need people who can consistently organize classify and store our content media assets and data amp8212 our library amp8212 to enable efficient distributionamp8221 said Rebecca Zambrana Vice President Human Resources INSPamp8220Equally essential are those in market and audience research who analyze the data from myriad sources and distribution platforms to equip us to make future decisions regarding programming distribution and our overall business practicesamp8221 Zambrana continuedProduction management and media relations positions jobs also landed on the 2023 hot jobs list Raises for production assistant rose 9 production manager 7 and manager production 7 Similarly in media relations pay for publicists averaged 9 more senior director media relations 8 and senior manager media relations 8 gainsamp8220Itamp8217s hard to get good production managers when everyone is making so much contentamp8221 said Hali Croner President and Chief Executive Officer of The Croner Company the research and compensation consulting firm that conducted the surveys for C2HR amp8220The short supply of experienced production talent drove up their compensationamp8221 Croner addedAnticipating New PositionsC2HRamp8217s Compensation Surveys are unique in that they include the majority of the industry amp8211 51 participants 156318 incumbents and 1376 job titles In addition compensation experts from participating companies meet each January to plan and hone the surveysamp8217 position titles and questions to ensure the survey positions remain relevant and stay ahead of marketplace changesAs a result of this planning the Content Developers Survey added four new job families in 2023Drone operationsLearning and organizational developmentStrategy and operationsInternational technologyIt also changed the recruiting job family to talent acquisition recruitingThe Connectivity Providers Survey also added four new positions in 2023Human resources coordinatorAssociate data scientistNetwork operations centerIP technician 1Director of web developmentThe surveysamp8217 comprehensive analysis which covers the bulk of positions in content and connectivity is valuable to survey participantsamp8220As our company expanded beyond local media and into national broadcasting we needed to integrate different businesses that we either purchased or grewamp8221 explained Jenny Striebich Lead Compensation Analyst with EW Scripps Co amp8220Many of the jobs were new to us This survey has been particularly helpful in figuring out how to price those jobs and how to pay people competitively in this marketamp8221Posted at MediaVillage through the Thought Leadership selfpublishing platformClick the social buttons to share this story with colleagues and friendsThe opinions expressed here are the author39s views and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillageorgMyersBizNet

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