It is a good time to update your CV

I think it is a good idea to update CV and job profiles in internet from time to time.
I suppose we should do it at least one time per year or half of year.
Even if you do not what to change you job I would suggest you to update CV.
The reason is just to write your key achievements down.

How often do you update your CV?

United Arab Emirates. Information Technology Salary report 2008.

Qualification level	Salary per month in AED
	Basic salary range	Typical
It Support Engineer	12,000-18,000	15000
It Help Desk	08,000-12,000	10000
Software Developper	08,000-12,000	10000
System Analyst	10,000-15,000	12000
Data Base Administrator	12,000-20,000	15000
Systems Architect	18,000-30,000	20000
Architect ( Solution, SOA, Enterprise	20,000-40,000	25000
Infrastructure Specialist	20,000-30,000	25000
Help Desk Support/ IT Manager	15,000-30,000	20000
CIO	35,000-55,000	40000
Business Analyst	20,000-30,000	25000
Project Manager	20,000-35,000	25000
Project Coordinator	08,000-15,000	12000
Security Specialists	20,000-35,000	25000

Salary per month in AED

10,000 EUR = 51,453.6 AED as of 12/22/2008

England. IT salary report 2008.

Region	Junior Development Officer		Development Officer		Senior Development Officer		Development Team Leader
	Typical	Range	Typical	Range	Typical	Range	Typical	Range
Inner London	31304	25,044-35,061	35932	26,132-42,574	40070	30,073-50,632	46665	43,554-56,620
Outer London	30052	22,866-33,809	33703	25,044-40,070	38000	26,00047,000	45628	42,517-52,265
South East	28000	24,000-33,000	33000	24,000-38,000	38000	26,000-47,000	42000	38,000-48,000
East of England	26000	22,000-30,000	28000	25,000-32,000	32000	28,000-35,000	38000	35,000-45,000
The Midlands	25000	22,000-28,000	30000	34,000-26,000	33000	28,000-36,000	36000	34,000-41,000
South West	23500	20,000-29,000	27200	23,100-37,800	32000	28,100-39,500	35750	34,100-41,250
North West	25000	22,000-28,000	29000	26,000-35,000	31000	28,000-38,000	37500	32,000-43,000
North East	25000	22,000-28,000	29000	25,000-35,000	35000	28,000-39,000	37000	30,000-45,000
Wales	23749	20,600-29,187	27011	22,616-36,800	31362	27,756-37,888	35653	33,924-40,063
Scotland	22000	19,000-26,000	29000	25,000-35,000	35000	28,000-39,000	37000	30,000-42,000
Northern Ireland			25000	21,000-29,000	30000	27,000-35,000	31000	27,000-36,000
National average	25,873		29,713		34,13		38,381

All salaries are specified in pounds.

Dublin, Ireland. IT salary report.

IT Contract	Lower €/ Day	Average €/Day	Specialist €/Day
Mainframe	250	350	425
RPG400, GUI, Java	255	350	400
C# /VB.net	285	320	350
C/C++	255	300	350
Lotus Notes	205	350	400
PHP	175	200	300
Graphic Designer	205	300	320

Please see full report here.

Book review. Poor Dad, Rich Dad.

Name: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Author: Robert Kiyosaki
Links:
- amazon
- richdad.com
Review:
Everything is simple in this book. Ask only one quick question to yourself: Do you want to have financial independence? If yes, go on and read this book.
I would say this story can't give you direct answers to your questions but it may give the way to move. At least you will definitely start to think your current financial situation over.

Top-Manager's salary survey for Russia by Antal International Russia

Just read one article about salary survey on CNews and must say that top-managers in Russia have a good salary. Please check it out below.

Average month salary for top-manager in Russia (thousand RUB)
	Russian Company	Foreign Company
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)	600	500
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	375	350
Chief Information Officer (CIO)	250	225
Director of Sales	275	225
HR Director	300	275

Ireland, Dublin. Cost of living.

Tax:
Ireland taxation of an individual's income is progressive. In other words, the higher the income, the higher the rate of tax payable. In Ireland the tax rates for an individual in 2007 are 20% and 41%.
1. Tax base (EUR) = 0 - 34,000; Tax (%) = 20%
2. Tax base (EUR) = 34,001 and over; Tax (%) = 41% on base exceeding 34,000
For more detailed information please see www.revenue.ie or www.worldwide-tax.com or www.irelandtax.com.

Average salary:
Software engineer - 36.000 EUR
Sr. Software engineer - 50.000 EUR
Project manager - 57.000 EUR
For more detailed information please see www.payscale.com

Property to rent:
I just have a quick look for properties rent and have to say you can rent 1bedroom flat for 1.000 EUR. It might be cheapest but convenience would be considerably worse.
For more detailed information please see www.draft.ie or www.myhome2let.ie.




Transport:
Dublin has a wide range on transport systems. Each system have different fares and prices. You can see it all if you follow by links defined below. However I just want to show approximate values. So please see:
Bus adult - 85 EUR
Bus+Rail - 119 EUR
For more detailed information please see www.dublinbus.ie or www.transport21.ie or www.transport.ie or www.softguides.com.

Salary survey and salary calculator

Salary is always delicate point during negotiation.
There is no rules salary discussion but there salary survey.
A few minutes I've found such one. Check this out. http://www.salaryscout.com/
Also if you plan to move to another country and you'll face with tax.
Often we don't know laws and that's why it's hard to estimate salary.
I was trying to find out some calculator and find :)
For example if we just google "salary calculator" we'll find following:
http://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/salary.php