How to Choose a Career That Is In Demand For Your Future

I personally would have loved to have a compendium like this whenever I was choosing my career. Rather than research careers that were in demand at the time, I chose to go to college for what I love: art. Since I am not preparing french fries or flipping burgers (jobs are at a premium now, so I am not devaluing people in the food industry) I consider my Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design well spent as it gave me a job as a webmaster. My student loans are paid off (thank God I won't be paying them until I'm retiring) and I can focus on paying for my daughter to live well and be taken care of.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to find a career that will give you job security in this shaky and volatile job market. Layoffs are happening all the time. Making a choice for not only the present, but the future as technology becomes more advanced, is a daunting task. In order to aid you through your own career-building process, I have researched several websites and found the college degrees that are in highest demand, the fastest growing industries in our society, this years most in demand careers, and ten skills that are in highest demand in computer and technology-based fields of study.

The Top 5 College Degrees In Highest Demand

Source: http://agbeat.com/news-business/top-5-college-degrees-employers-are-hiring-in-2012/

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1. Business Administration:
   starting salary: Associate's: Human Resources $49,821
   Bachelor's: Project manager, Construction $76,908
   Master's: Health Care $111,477
   PhD: Doctor of Philosophy in Organization and Management $150,000
   
2. Engineering:
   starting salary: Electrical Engineering: $103,350
   Chemical Engineer: $106,670
   Aerospace Engineer: $108,750
   Oil and Gas Engineer: $157,480
3. Computer and Information Sciences:
   starting salary: Associate's: $30,000
   Bachelor's: $50,000
   Master's: $60,354
   PhD: $98,179
4. Accounting:
   starting salary: 0-1 years experience: $45,500
   1-3 years: $54,750
   Senior: $68,250
   Manager: $82,500
5. Economics:
   starting salary: Associate's: $48,483
   Bachelor's: $57,000
   Master's: $80,000
   PhD: $96,000

Top 5 Fastest Growing Industries

Source: http://www.campusexplorer.com/college-advice-tips/65BD38D8/Top-25-Fastest-Growing-Industries/

1. Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
   Growth: 83%
   Degree Examples: Management Program Human, Resources Degree, Environmental Science Degree
   

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   Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities
   Growth: 74%
   Degree Examples: Human Services Degree, Social Work Degree
3. Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists and audiologists
   Growth: 56%
   Degree Examples: Physical Therapy Degree, Occupational Therapy Degree
4. Data processing, hosting, and related services
   Growth: 53%
   Degree Examples: Computer Science Degree, Networking Degree, Systems Administration Degree
5. Home health care services
   Growth: 46%
   Degree Examples: Nursing Degree, Adult Health Nursing Degree, Nurse Midwife Program

Top 5 In Demand Careers In 2012

Source: http://www.campusexplorer.com/college-advice-tips/38E0DE6E/What-Are-the-Most-In-Demand-Careers-in-2012/

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1. Office Careers
   All businesses need administrators, and it's your job to keep the office working at maximum efficiency. Choose your office carefully, and gain as much professional work experience as you can to improve your earnings.
   Example Degrees: Business Administration, Medical/Clinical Assistant, Administrative/Executive Assistant
2. Healthcare Careers
   There is not enough healthcare, so there will always be a demand for healthcare careers. If you want to skip medical school enroll in the nursing program. There are also more technological positions, and a degree in ultrasound tech, medical billing, and radiologist technology are all needed in our hospitals.
3. Technology Careers
   With our dependance on technology being so prevalent across all forms of business, this career is almost guaranteed to be around for a long time. You can be introduced to this career even earlier than a 4-year degree by applying at a trade school or technical college.
4. Creative Careers
   Over the years art and technical jobs have been merging. Graphic designers(like me) are in more fields of work than ever before. We don't just do graphics work now, we also do websites and information technology. In order to stay more in the artist and conception parts of graphic design, outsourcing and freelancing has become the staple of graphic designers' income.
5. Sales Careers
   If you're a people-person and have a knack for public speaking, a career in sales may be right up your alley. There will always be a demand for people with, “the gift of gab” to sell a company's merchandise or services. A marketing or merchandising degree will be a great way to get some reputation, but most salespeople will tell you, “you either have it or you don't.”

Top Ten Skills In Demand For Technology Jobs

Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224116/Career_Watch_The_most_in_demand_skills_of_2012

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1. Java/J2EE Developers
2. Software Developers/Engineers
3. Mobile Developers
4. Net Developers
5. Project Managers
6. Web Developers
7. System Engineers/Administrators
8. Network Engineers/Administrators
9. SAP Professionals
10. Business Analysts

Use this knowledge wisely, and make sure when you make a decision about your career you're serious about it. Confucious once said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Make sure you choose something you're prepared to do for the rest of your life, and always do your best at whatever you do. Most things in life don't have do-overs.

If you liked this article, here's another about work and jobs:

10Tips to Get a Bigger Salary

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Please leave a comment if you have any other information on these careers or general career advice to our youth and those that are looking for a new career!

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10 Types of Payroll Fraud

Unfortunately there are many types of fraud your employees(and supervisors) have been discovered using over the years through the daily punch of the time clock. The scariest part is this list is by no means comprehensive, as there could be other forms of fraud that employers may have not even discovered yet. Don't let your business fall victim to these crimes, and make sure anyone you find using these questionable business practices are disciplined or replaced to prevent further fraudulent actions. The good news is most of these can be prevented with accurate record keeping and proper employee and managerial rotations.

Not Paying Back Payroll Advances

Even if you legitimately forget about your payroll advance, it's considered stealing and fraud to not pay it back. No one on your payroll can get away with this if you keep proper records whenever an employee is granted an advance. Repayment must always be closely monitored as well to make sure the debt is paid in full. With proper staffing practices and recording methods, this form of fraud is easy to find and rectify.

Buddy Punching

Worry about this employee too, though!
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This is one of the methods of fraud that require a buddy(This isn't Fight Club buddy punching though, so don't look for your employees coming in with cuts and bruises.). The practice involves sharing personal information in order to clock each other in at times they wouldn't normally be able to log in themselves. A review of the time sheets and getting an actual head count on days you may suspect an employee isn't where they should be is an easy way for your manager or supervisor to find culprits and accomplices in this type of fraud. If you choose to keep them on, threat of termination is usually enough to quell further attempts at buddy punching. Make sure you identify all who are involved as well, to make sure no one else is pulled into the fraud scheme.

Ghost Employees

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No, Patrick Swayze hasn't joined your company, but if you don't keep up with how many employees you have or audit your payroll records, he might as well be. This form of fraud is masterminded by the payroll staff. Either they continue to log hours for an employee who has left the company, or they make a fake person all together then collect the accrued “work” said ghost employee has “logged.” Larger companies with more staff and a reduced manager-to-employee ratio have a harder time discovering a ghost employee. Always keep good records of your payroll, and watch even more closely when a supervisor has yet to be replaced in the event of a sudden leave or firing, as a greedy payroll staff member will use this as a prime window to reap extra funds from your business.

Pay Check Diversion

This form of payroll fraud takes place when one employee takes a paycheck from one of his co-workers when they are on sick leave or other forms of absence. Make sure you keep paper checks in one area, preferably locked in a safe with only trusted members of payroll and yourself allowed access. Presenting identification to receive a check and a proper sign-in sheet are also affordable ways to prevent pay check diversion.

Pay Rate Alteration

Your payroll staff are the gatekeepers to your funds, and this is another form of fraud they can subject you to. It involves an employee persuading the payroll clerk to increase their hourly wages to inflate their check. Often times your more savvy payroll manager will return the pay rate to normal after the fraud is committed. An after-payday payroll audit is a great way to find these types of fraud, as most payroll systems log such changes for further review in the future. The specific register and thus, the payroll staff member who authorized the pay increase, will be revealed for proper prosecution or discipline.

Unauthorized Claiming of Hours

This is one of the more common types of payroll fraud, rightly so because it is one of the harder ones to detect. This happens when employees fluff their time sheets by several means, including but not limited to, reducing lunch break times, increasing time before or after work, or sneaking breaks without clocking out. Make sure your supervisors are thorough in their review of employee time sheets, and this “siphoning” of your funds can be reduced greatly.

Exaggerating Sales Commissions or Figures

Make sure that your employees that have the highest commissions are becoming that way legitimately. If the commissions are logged by employees, do follow-ups on what they sold and how much they claimed. The frequency and size of the commission may also be tampered with, so make sure what your employee logs is accurate to what they actually acquired for your company.

Workers' Compensation Fraud

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No industry is safe from this type of fraud. Employees will attempt to fake an injury, such as a neck, back, or joint problem to falsely claim money from you and your insurance company. This can cause you to lose thousands quickly, and can cause unwanted raises in your premiums if left unchecked. Make sure your employees claiming these injuries were truly injured at work, either through camera surveillance or by supervisor witness. Sometimes employees will work together to perpetrate these “injuries,” so be cautious and thorough.

False Expenses or Exaggerated Expenditures

Don't let this go on the company card!
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This is for your employees who may go out on the road a lot or any other time they are given a company credit card for expenditures. They may use the funds for false expenses or exaggerate how much an item actually cost. Make sure your employees keep track of all receipts, and watch for counterfeit or fake receipts. This can be discovered by talking to your credit card company, or calling the establishment that the transaction was said to have occurred at.

Employee and Supervisor Time Sharing

Whenever an employee and supervisor form an alliance in order to commit fraud, it may be hard to discover. The most common type of this sharing is when an employee records extra time to get overtime pay, and splits it with his superior who approved of the overtime. This is why proper employee and supervisor rotations are necessary, as is a strict system for overtime approval.

Keep in mind as technology increases, it doesn't always help identify fraud. Sometimes it gives employees new avenues for which to prey on your business. Setting an example to anyone who is found committing fraud is critical in prevention, as is keeping proper records and regularly checking them yourself. Only you care as much about your business as you do, so make sure your employees know they will not be allowed to cheat you. There are a lot of people our there who want a job and will do a good job for you, so don't keep an employee who is stealing from you.

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Leave a comment if you know another way that employees have found to commit fraud, or tell us about a better way to prevent these types of fraud from happening!

Be sure to check out my other articles on fraud and theft:

Facts and Statistics About Employee Theft

Jonesboro Man Sentenced on Bank Fraud and Failure to Pay Payroll Tax Charges

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10 Tips to Get a Bigger Salary

I hope this article helped you get a higher salary!

Everyone should be thankful for the jobs they have. For those of us in the few careers that are still in demand, you should know how much you are worth. During the interview process we often believe, “You take what you can get.” which is not a bad mantra, but there's another one that rings just as true, “If you don't ask, how do you know they would've said no?”

Those that aren't afraid to ask continue reading, because contained in this article are ten tips that may get you an increased salary than what you were originally going to get! Companies are still in the game to make money, and these tips may help you get a bigger cut of those greenbacks that make the world go round.

1.  Research your career:
   Search the internet and find the average industry pay scale of your future position. Also take some time to see how much the company you're applying for pays their employees. Some companies only hire from within for higher positions, so you may only be able to get an entry-level position. Using the internet average of what you should be paid, make a minimum expectation on what you want to be paid. If the company isn't prepared to pay what you want then you're just wasting time attending the interview.
2. Know how much you're worth:
   Determine your demand in other areas and consider that a selling point. You can say something about it if you need extra ammo, but don't be a cocky smart ass. Don't be afraid to tell them you're interviewing with other companies as well. It might even help if you tell them some strong competitors in their fields, to see if that may weigh in your favor.
3. Practice, practice, practice:
   You can never anticipate how an interview or negotiation will go, but that shouldn't stop you from checking all the angles. Think about different personality types and how they would react to your own, and prepare responses for each way these “bosses” may react. Making sure you're not caught by surprise will help you keep your head in the game. A famous boxing quote is, “Everyone has a game plan until they get hit in the face.”
4. Keep the glass half full:
   Don't go into the meeting with anxiety or nervousness. Don't already come in the room defeated or expecting defeat, or you may get it. Don't be trapped in the presumption that you deserve less than you think you do because it will be easier to get hired. Don't settle, and exude confidence. Put your chest out, keep your posture and speak clearly. Maintain eye contact and keep a relaxed, yet confident smile on your lips when you're not speaking.
5. Put your best foot forward:
   Make sure you tell them your achievements when they ask about your last job. Make sure you use facts and figures when you talk, so you sound more reputable. Make sure you list anything that saved your company money, increased efficiency, or anything else that would make a positive impact on your past employers. Speaking to your future boss this way will make them think more highly of you and what you bring to the table. Anything you can say that will make them see you as an asset will make them spend top dollar to have you.
6. Don't pigeon-hole yourself:
   Anything on the application that asks you how much you expect to make, leave blank. Also omit any salary expectations from your cover letters or emails. There's no sense in putting down you want to make $50K if your boss was preparing to offer you $75K.
7. Don't be the first to bring up salary:
   Be patient...I know your first instinct is to jump at the chance to name your salary. Just don't. If you're forced to say a figure, tell them an amount but insist it's not set in stone. Don't go on too much, either. Say what you have to say then go back to listening.
8. Keep your poker face on:
   You just got the offer of a lifetime. Inside you're bouncing around your head with joy and excitement. This will sound completely strange, but hold it in. Don't respond until you've counted to ten in your head. Your silence will speak volumes for you, and if they considered their offer low, they may bump it up to make you respond. Pat yourself on the back later.
9. Don't go overboard:
   This is where research is most important. If you know they're shorting your salary, don't be afraid to just walk away. If you're not confrontational and just dismiss the offer, you'd be surprised how quickly they may call you back with a better offer. However, on the other side of the coin they may hire someone else if you turned down a reasonable offer because you were greedy and wanted more money than what your position is expected to get.
10. Roll with the punches:
    Depending on how bad you need the job, you may want to consider the introductory-level salary. Make sure they offer some form of compensation in the form of employee benefits or additional perks for your achievements. You may not get as much money as you wanted, but if you get a sweet parking spot and full health and dental, that may be just as good or better. Get anything they say you're entitled to in writing, and make sure you ask about how often the company raises salaries. Make sure you come out with what you want, and you were successful in your negotiation!

This may be more of a supplement to #4, but make sure you're confident and believe in yourself. You can't expect anyone to believe in you if you don't first believe in yourself. Be prepared to perform any tasks that may be required of you, and you will have a better chance at that dream paycheck you've always wanted. Good luck out there, everyone.

TL;DR: Be prepared, be awesome, and don't be greedy. These facts(with a little debonaire) will help you get what you think you deserve for a salary!

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Facts and Statistics about Employee Theft

You wouldn't think that people would “Bite the hand that feeds them.”, but that very phrase has become a grim reality...To the tune of about 994 billion dollars being reported as employees stealing. What is even worse is that theft by employees is rising, and no one is immune to the sting as workers are lured into theft of not just pencils and paper clips, but even electronics and office equipment. Time theft is another dangerous trend in the workplace, and it is becoming a driving force in Federal and private investigations around the country. I have assembled a lot of facts and figures, and some of the numbers that employers have claimed are staggering...

Office Theft:

• Large companies have seen a 27% increase in internal theft.
• 7 percent of their revenue is being lost to fraudulent activities annually!
• Management accounts for up to 37% of all frauds recorded.
• It takes about 2 years to detect office fraud.
• An average of 1 out of every 30 retail employees are arrested for theft at the workplace.
• Of all the employees recorded, statistically men steal more often and steal more. Men stole an average of $250,000 and 59.1% of the men surveyed said they stole from their employers. Women were much less at $110,000 and only 40.9% fessed up.
• Education levels were a surprising factor as well, and while the employees with the highest degrees were least likely to steal, they took the most at a time.
• The U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports about 75% of employees steal from the workplace and most do so repeatedly!
• One third of bankruptcies in corporate America are directly caused by employee theft.
• 20% of every dollar earned by a U.S. Company is lost to employee theft.
• 60% of inventory losses are caused by employees.

Time theft can destroy your company's productivity...and Profits!

Time Theft:

• The Boston Globe and Denver Post report that “time theft” and loafing cost U.S. companies over $400 Billion a year in lost productivity.
• Employee time theft costs as a result of buddy punching, early or late arrivals, and long breaks or meals are estimated to be $98 billion in the U.S. alone.
• Time spent surfing, shopping, or just checking up on their Facebook can steal enormous amounts of billable time.
• Late arrival or early departure.
• Taking long lunch hours and breaks.
• Requesting paid sick days for inappropriate reasons.
• Slowing down the work pace to create overtime.
• Excessive socializing and personal telephone calls.
• Handling personal business while at work.
• Using Company time and facilities to operate another business.

Time theft is not confined to any one type of person or industry. It applies to “white

collar” and “blue collar” employees in every type business, institution, profession and

governmental agency. It occurs in every organization with a payroll.

Sources:

• http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/employee-theft-statistics-infographic/
• http://www.jwpi.com/undercover
• http://www.b2bcfo.com/article/when-employees-are-stealing-time-theft-in-a-service-environment.html
• http://www.employeetheftsolutions.com/facts.htm
• http://www.iteminfo.com/Acroprint_700/TimeTheft.pdf

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Infographic: Explaining the Payroll Tax Cut to Small Businesses

via: What Small Businesses Should Know About the Payroll Tax Cut Extension [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Baker's Dozen of Common Payroll Mistakes

Though not as tasty, these payroll mistakes can cost you a lot more than the cost of these diabetes-inducing pastries.

Everyone makes mistakes, but in payroll it seems like there are a lot of mistakes to be made. Below is a list of 13 of the most common payroll mistakes I have seen and compiled them into a single list. I hope they are helpful to you and can help improve your own payroll system for your business!

1. Not backing up your system: Since the person who manages your payroll is most likely human, you can rest assured they will not be able to work every day. Make sure that you have some means of still operating your payroll program without them. You also need to have a manual means of recording payroll in the event of a technological malfunction.
2. Failure to Issue 1099's: When hiring a vendor or independent contractor, it is important to remember if you pay them more than 600 dollars for their services, they have to file a 1099. Harsh penalties are subject to anyone who doesn't provide this form, as it is an integral part of your outside employment and tax records.
3. Incorrectly Classifying Employees: Making sure that your employees are correctly classified is imperative to not only keeping good tax records, but different employee types are subject to different payments and/or benefits packages. Make sure you adhere to all your state and federal laws in regards to how your employees are classified and structured within your business.
4. Improperly Labeled Independent Contract Workers: Labeling all your employees independent contract workers is not a good way to avoid giving them compensation. The status of employment is also watched closely by the IRS, and improperly labeling employees is a good way to get audited and can greatly impact your worker's income taxes and tax withholding.
5. Exempt or Non-exempt?: Employees who are classified as exempt are not required to accumulate overtime. Simply putting an employee on salary does NOT exempt them from overtime. Classifying an employee's status requires you to be familiar with federal and state laws, and can be different for different jobs.
6. Excluding Travel and Commuting Expenses for Employees: As a general rule of thumb, traveling and commuting expenses accrued are not considered taxable income to a subordinate. If said employee is traveling to a work site not located in his permanent residence, however, than his travel and commuting benefits will need to be provided.
7. Miscalculating Unemployment for State Taxes: Being late or miscalculating your state's Unemployment Taxes can cost your business its unemployment tax credit, which can be up to 5.4%. You can also face a lawsuit if notice is not provided for employees who have been laid off of their unemployment benefits.
8. Improperly Recording Overtime: There are state and federal regulations on overtime pay. It is not limited to 1.5 times the hourly wage of the employee and may carry even more calculations to be accurate.
9. Security for Employee Paychecks: Technology has helped make businesses big and small be more self sufficient and have more advanced tools for their activities. This same technology is being used to cheat you in some situations as well. Check fraud is a very real occurrence, and you have to make sure your business is protected by way of watermarks or any other kinds of security paper methods. Because of this fact more businesses are paying their employees through direct deposit, which bypasses the paper method of fraud completely.
10. Mishandling Employee's Debts from Wages: It is vital to withhold any type of wage garnishments, tax levies, child support, or any other court-ordered paycheck withdraws. Be sure you confirm with the state that is ordering the payment that you are deducting the employees check correctly.
11. Lack of or Unsatisfactory Record and Data Acquisition: Almost 2% of all total payroll costs are contributed to errors in record-keeping. The Internal Revenue Service demands you retain four years of records at least, and some states require even further archiving.
12. Not Properly Recording Taxable Items: Federal tax laws requires you to consider prizes and awards fringe benefits subject to income and employment tax withholding. Gift cards are considered as cash and should never be excluded from taxable wages.
13. Not Meeting Timetables for Taxes: Depending on how late a company is on reporting their taxes, they may be subject to late deposit penalties and interest rates. Depending on how late the tax payments are, the range can vary from 2% to up to 20%

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Arkansas Top State Salaries 2011

Taken from: http://www.arkansasonline.com/right2know/statesalaries/

This database contains salaries of employees from all state agencies as well as public universities and colleges. The information for employees making less than $100,000 was collected through Freedom of Information Act requests filed in October 2011 and reflects employee data from the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Salaries of $100,000 and more reflect information collected in February 2012. Salaries and compensation are only shown for those earning more than $37,823, the equivalent of $18.18 per hour, the median household income level in Arkansas as determined by the U.S. Census.

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Name/Institution/Position/Pay

Bobby Petrino/University of Arkansas-Fayetteville/h. football coach/$2,985,000.00

Mike Anderson/University of Arkansas-Fayetteville/h. basketball coach/$2,200,000.00

Gus Malzahn/Arkansas State University – Jonesboro/h. football coach/$850,000.00

John D. Day/UAMS/chair, neurosurgery/$648,327.00

Richard Hampton Turnage/UAMS/chair, surgery/$630,129.00

Michiaki Imamura/UAMS/chief, cardiovascular surgery, CH/$629,838.00

Daniel Rahn/UAMS/chancellor/$612,000.00

Stephen Canon/UAMS/chief, pediatric urology, CH/$575,000.00

Thomas G. Pait/UAMS/prof., phys./$550,000.00

Richard Nicholas/UAMS/chair, orthopedics/$524,581.00

Curtis L. Lowery/UAMS/chair, ob-gyn/$511,163.00

Philip J. Kenney/UAMS/chair, radiology/$501,000.00

Samuel D. Smith/UAMS/prof., phys., CH/$490,000.00

Tom D. Collen/University of Arkansas-Fayetteville/h. bskball coach/$485,034.00

Christopher T. Westfall/UAMS/chair, opthalmology/$485,000.00

Vaneerat Ratanatharathorn/UAMS/chair, radiation oncology/$482,864.00

Debra H. Fiser/UAMS/dean-College of Med./$481,185.00

Paul Vincent Petrino/University of Arkansas-Fayetteville/offensive co./$475,000.00

Paul J. Haynes III/University of Arkansas-Fayetteville/defensive co./$475,000.00

Jeff Long/University of Arkansas-Fayetteville/VC-athletics/$475,000.00

Frederick R. Bentley/UAMS/prof., phys./$467,000.00

Richard J. Jackson/UAMS/prof., phys., CH/$452,000.00

Gregory W. Albert/UAMS/asst. prof., phys., CH/$450,000.00

Carmelita S. Pablo/UAMS/chair, anesthesiology/$437,000.00

Robert Todd Maxson/UAMS/assoc. prof., phys., CH/$432,400.00 

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