What Does SVP Mean?
SVP stands for Senior Vice President — the executive tier above VP and below EVP. What an SVP actually owns, what they earn, and where the title fits.
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AI in Job Evaluation: What It Actually Changes (and What Still Needs a Human)
How AI changes point-factor job evaluation, where it reduces bias and saves time, and where human judgment still has to decide. A practical guide.
How Many Pay Grades Should You Have?
How many pay grades your company needs, the formula that sets the number, and the four tests your grade structure has to pass before you roll it out.
Job Codes: How to Build a Job Code Structure That Scales
A practical guide to job code structure: what to encode, smart vs sequential codes, governance rules, and how to map codes to SOC and EEO-1 categories.
Competency Framework: How to Build One That Fits Your Job Architecture
Build a competency framework that connects to your job architecture: choosing competencies, writing proficiency levels, and keeping them out of your pay decisions.
How to Design a Job Evaluation Plan (Step by Step)
Build a point-factor job evaluation plan from scratch: choosing factors, writing degrees, setting weights, allocating points, and testing before rollout.
How to Write a Job Description That Holds Up in Job Evaluation
A step-by-step method for writing job descriptions that survive job evaluation, FLSA review, and ADA scrutiny — with the sections that actually matter.
Span of Control: How Many Direct Reports Should a Manager Have?
Span of control benchmarks, the formula, and how to use direct-report counts in job leveling without letting headcount drive your pay grades.
IT Job Titles and Levels: A Hierarchy for Technical Roles
A complete IT job title hierarchy by track and level, with 2025 BLS wage data and the leveling logic that keeps engineering grades defensible.
Supervisor Job Titles: Examples and How to Level Them
Supervisor job titles by function, plus the test that separates lead from supervisor from manager — and how to level each one without breaking FLSA.
Job Title Levels: How Many Should You Have?
How many job title levels does your company need? Size-based benchmarks, the math that sets level count, and how to derive levels from evaluation scores.
Job Titling Conventions: How to Build a Title Standard That Scales
Build job titling conventions that scale — naming syntax, prefix rules, level words, governance, and how to retire vanity titles without a pay revolt.