Pay scales begin above the national minimum wage and are adjusted every three to four months to reflect the experience and skills acquired by each employee. Lucrative bonus and incentive plans are offered to encourage quality service and extended tenure.
Many interviewers work at the lab throughout their undergraduate and graduate terms.
Supervisors Supervisors are selected from the pool of interviewers once they acquire sufficient experience and knowledge to train and manage newer interviewers. Once promoted, supervisors are given the opportunity to acquire human resource management skills and to work within their career specialities. The statistical and Analytical staff is drawn from the pool of graduate students at Florida State University. Generally these positions are filled with doctoral candidates in the Social Sciences who have completed all degree requirements except the defense of their dissertation. These students are extensively trained in econometrics, formal theory, strategic analysis, and social science research techniques.