Please help me find information on the influence of communication
skills on salary. That is, how much can good business communication
skills increase your salary (dollar amount or percentage)? How much
will bad communication skills deduct from your salary? I am looking
for national statistics and/or, if available, statistics per industry
(only for 3-5 industries, including IT and Business Administration).
This information is for my presentation to college students who are
likely to end up with
executive jobs. An example of the information I am looking for is:
"The study shows that employees with good communication skills in the
IT industry receive on average 45% higher salaries that employees
without such skills." Information is required prior to April 25, 10:00
AM EST. Otherwise, disregard this request. THANK YOU!

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Clarification of Question by alexvic-ga on 24 Apr 2004 08:19 PDT

$20 tip will be provided if the question is answered clearly with good
statistics. $10-tip will be given if statistics are still present, but
are not extensive/comprehensive. Thank you for helping me with my
question!

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Clarification of Question by alexvic-ga on 24 Apr 2004 11:52 PDT

If you fail to find any information on the subject, please leave a
quick comment to let me know... Thanks!!

Alexvic,

I was not able to find relevant data for you; however here is a
previous question that I answered that might be of your interest.

Good Communications skills in the Corporate World
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=295224

Best regards,
Bobbie7
Google Answers Researcher

Thank you Bobbie7. I've already read your previous findings before
posting this question. You did an amazing job on answering Good
Communications skills in the Corporate World. I still had to post this
question because I need more numeric data. I guess it what I am
looking for is just not there - I spent hours looking for it with zero
results... Or maybe I just don't know where to look :) Still, thank
you very much for your comment and effort!!

Have a nice day,
Alex