2. Employers are people and organizations for whom you work. Start by
searching through more than 100 major industry groups of Industries
at a Glance at www.bls.gov/iag. Each industry is described by types
of organizations, occupations, earnings and employment trends.
3. Locations . If you want to
work where you live now, use your home zip code with occupational
and employer keywords in our Job Connector search tool to not only
relocate and explore other locations, go to www.bestplaces.net.
4. Income
consider looking at websites like www.salary.com. Cash compensation
is not only salary/wages, but also commissions, bonuses and tips.
For a helpful checklist, see pages 109-111, Understand Offers Better.
as much as you can, especially if you are changing careers, during which time
you may have to earn less as you learn a new occupation or industry.
5. Platforms are about working as either an employee, self-employed
contractor, business owner or volunteer.
You are an employee if the employer can control what work will
be done and how it will be done. The employer withholds a
portion of your income for taxes, Social Security and Medicare which are
summarized annually on a W2 form. Some advantages include:
• Being part of an organization.
•Training and development.
You are a self-employed contractor if the employer only has the right
to control the result of the work done, but not the means or methods.
Employers do not withhold taxes on payments to contractors. Employers
issue a 1099 statement to the contractor that summarize the earnings
paid to a contractor, who is then responsible for paying taxes directly to
the IRS. Advantages of being a contractor are:
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