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Law Salary Central
Check out the most recent salary data at top law firms, as gathered by Vault's law editors.

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Check out the most recent salary data at top investment banks, as gathered by Vault's finance editors.

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Check out the most recent salary data at top management and tech consulting firms as gathered by Vault consulting editors.





Office Betting Pool Survey
With the Super Bowl, Oscars, and upcoming March Madness, workplaces across the country are inundated with office betting pools.





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Office Romance Survey
According to the just-released 2007 Office Romance Survey by career publisher Vault Inc., 17% of employees confess to being caught trysting at work, up from just 2% last year. Just in time for Valentine's Day, the survey was conducted in early January and is comprised of 575 responses from employees across the U.S.





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New Years Office Resolutions Survey
Vault's 2006 Survey on New Year's Office Resolutions was conducted in December of this year and is comprised of 714 responses from employees representing a variety of industries across the country.





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Crumbs on the Keyboard
A bag of potato chips from the local vending machine. A steaming tray of today's "chicken surprise" from the corporate cafeteria. Today's employees have numerous methods of breaking bread in the workplace. Vault goes inside our nation's kitchens and cafeterias to bring you the real culinary story, including menus from top companies and their nutritional analysis, and a look inside popular corporate cafeteria caterer Marriott.





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Tattoos and Body Piercings
Vault.com surveyed 500 employees and managers to learn about how people with body art are perceived in the workplace. Freaks, artistes, or regular Joes and Janes? You gave us the real tattoo story.





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Interview Manners Survey
Vault's 2006 Survey on Interview Manners was conducted in October of this year and is comprised of responses from employees and employers representing a variety of industries across the country. We asked similar questions to both the employee and employer for their opinions on interview etiquette.





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Executive Search Firm Survey
Love them or hate them, executive search firms are part of the recruiting process at most companies today. And the more prestigious and well-regarded the firm, the better. Vault brings you our first Top 20 Executive Search Firms ranking, profiles of top executive search firms, comments from insiders, advice on using recruiters, and more.





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E-mail Behavior Survey
Electronic mail, or e-mail, has made one of the greatest impacts on the workplace. In May 2000, Vault.com surveyed over 1,000 employees to determine how e-mail affects productivity, communication, and quality of life at work.





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Politics in the Office Survey
According to Vault's Politics in the Workplace survey, 35% of bosses share their political views with employees.





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Vault Holiday Party Survey
According to Vault’s 2007 Holiday Party Survey, 21% of respondents expect their holiday parties this year to be "extravagant."





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Stealing Office Supplies Survey
60% of those who responded to Vault's 2006 Stealing Office Supplies Survey admitted to taking unauthorized supplies from their employers.





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Burned Bridges Survey
According to the first-ever Survey on Employee Exits by Vault, 61% of respondents have exited a job on bad terms with their employer.





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Online Degrees Survey 2008
How do employers view online degrees? Does having an online degree change your attractivness to a potential employer? Find out here with Vault's 2008 Online Degree Survey.





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Internet Use Survey
Does the average employee spend an hour per day shopping for birthday presents and downloading porn? And are these frisky workers, according to employers, in danger of being busted – or fired?





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Smoking Survey
In recent years, smokers have found their habit increasingly marginalized at the office. Once smokers were free to exhale clouds of nicotine-scented smoke wherever they saw fit. Now, smoking in the workplace is a tricky thing that's just as likely to draw resentment as accomodation.





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Internship Survey
Internships are becoming ever more important for future career success, according to the Vault 2006 Internship Survey. 82% of more than 500 college students surveyed by Vault said completing an internship is "extremely important" for future career success; 53% of students surveyed said they have or will have completed two or more internships by the summer after graduation.





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Vacation Survey
Find out what employees and managers have to say about time away from the office: are they relaxing or still working? And find out how elsewhere on the planet, workers sneer at skimpy American vacations. Find out how much leisure time our European friends get.





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Workplace Fitness
As America's obsession with weight and exercise continues to grow in ever-larger proportions, workplace fitness is becoming more common. Check out the trends in fitness perks, attitudes toward working out in the middle of the day and more.





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