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Plotting a Career in Compensation

Compensation professionals’ career paths are varied, but typically begin in the HR world. Within compensation, there are many subcategories, like sales incentive compensation and executive compensation. While executive compensation is important, it’s not a popular specialty.

Switching to the compensation specialty from another area of HR is possible, but timing is key.

HR professionals who have the interest, stamina, and mathematical abilities to complete certification training establish a standard of excellence in this specialized field. Every HR person ought to learn enough about compensation to understand what impact it has on staffing and development, performance management, and the rest of HR.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and its affiliate, the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), and both are headquartered in Virginia. There are also other organizations that offer compensation courses for HR generalists. Many compensation certification courses qualify as recertification credits, so you may want to consider taking one to keep your certification up to date.

Certificate or Certification?

A «certificate» and a «certification» may sound like the same thing, but they are vastly different. Plus, some companies offer certificates, but not certification.

A certificate merely states you have completed a certain course or group of courses. In contrast, certification means that you have passed one or more examinations developed by a professional organization in your field.

Some organizations offer compensation programs that individuals may undertake either instead of certification or while they are pursuing certification. The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), in addition to its certification programs, offers a certificate series in topics such as compensation and benefits, and compensation management.

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Contact FAQ

How can I get in touch with CCP?

While we don’t offer telephone support for our titles, you can always get in touch with us on the list of addresses below, depending on your query!

info@ccpgames.com

This address is for general queries and information regarding CCP and our products.

support@eveonline.com

legal@ccpgames.com

This address should be used for all queries relating to legal issues relating to CCP, including licensing and partnerships. This address can also be used for reporting misuse of our IP and games.

media@ccpgames.com

This address will put you in contact with our Communications Team for press and media related enquiries.

communityteam@ccpgames.com

Our Community Team, which forms part of the Communications Team, can be reached at this address for all community related queries and for community related support.

security@ccpgames.com

Information security and game account security is incredibly important to us at CCP.
This address is a direct line to our Security Team for any security related concerns or queries you may have.

officetours@ccpgames.com

This address should be used for all studio tour enquiries. You can find more information on visiting our studio for a tour over on the EVE Community website.

CCP FAQ

Who is CCP?

Founded in 1997, CCP is a leading independent game developer that has been praised for its artistry, game design, unique player driven storytelling narratives and incredibly close and collaborative relationship with its community of players.
Best known for the critically acclaimed sandbox MMO EVE Online, CCP also produced DUST 514, a multiplayer first-person shooter set in the EVE Universe for PlayStation 3, as well as EVE: Valkyrie, a competitive multiplayer first-person spaceship shooter for PC and PlayStation 4.
In addition to this, CCP has also produced Sparc, an original virtual sport for PC and PlayStation VR, and the Gunjack series, VR arcade-action games for PC, PlayStation VR, Google Daydream, and the Samsung Gear VR mobile platform.

Where is CCP Located?

CCP is headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland, which serves as the home of the EVE Online development team.
In addition to our headquarters on top of the world, we also have development studios in London and Shanghai working on additional projects and supporting our existing titles in those regions.

How can I get a job at CCP Games?

We’re always looking to add creative and technical talent to the CCP family, and you can find a list of our open positions at ccpgames.com/careers.

Can I visit your studios?

Sure! We offer regular tours of our headquarters in Reykjavík and are more than happy to welcome our fans into our studio to look around. You can find more information about how to arrange a tour over on the EVE Online Community Website.

Please be aware that we can only offer studio tours during business hours, and tend to close our studios to the public in the run up to the deployment of expansions and before large events such as EVE Fanfest and EVE Vegas.

Where can I buy your games?

All CCP’s titles are available digitally, for your convenience. You can find EVE Online over on the EVE Online Website as well as in the Steam store.

EVE: Valkyrie, Gunjack and Sparc can also be found in the Steam store, as well as in the PlayStation store and on Google play depending on their availability on a given platform.

What are EVE Fanfest and EVE Vegas?

EVE Fanfest and EVE Vegas are regular gatherings of our incredible community of spaceship pilots that are hosted by CCP.

EVE Fanfest is hosted in Reykjavík, the home of EVE Online, and EVE Vegas is of course hosted in Sin City, catering more toward our North American players.

Aside from these officially hosted gatherings, there are hundreds more hosted by our community that occur around the world in cities including London, Amsterdam, New York, San Diego, Dusseldorf, Toronto, Paris, Tokyo, Atlanta, Sydney, Austin, Melbourne, Los Angeles, Brisbane, Berlin, Athens and many more.

What the hell is Chessboxing?

This is just all part of the weirdness of CCP. While internet spaceships are serious business, we do like to let our hair down a little from time to time.
With our own in house band and a little Viking blood in our veins, from time to time we tend to do some crazy stuff.

Compensation Certification

Certification isn’t an obligation for compensation specialists, but it is becoming more common. Employers often require it for those just entering the field to have them start with a minimum standard of knowledge.

A younger compensation specialist tends to have certification more often than an experienced compensation specialist. However, certification requirements will likely increase as more companies are looking for certain credentials and ask to verify a candidate’s qualifications. Indicative of the importance and complexity of the specialty, there are four U.S. compensation-related certifications:

1.CCP

2.GRP

3.CEBS

4.Compensation Management Specialist (CMS)

CCP and GRP certifications are offered by WorldatWork; CEBS and CMS certifications are offered by the IFEBP. CEBS is a joint program of the IFEBP and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It’s like having an undergraduate degree that’s concentrated in employee benefits.

What Does Each Program Entail?

The CCP designation assesses strategic and functional competence in rewards management, with the primary focus on compensation. There are six core examinations plus three elective examinations that assess the applicant’s competence of compensation on nine 100-question multiple-choice examinations.

HR professionals need to decide whether they want a specialization in domestic or international compensation planning. An individual also needs to determine whether it is crucial to learn both benefits and compensation management or just compensation.

Compensation and benefits are somewhat linked, but not all companies group them together. The CEBS program covers both benefits and compensation, but the CCP program covers compensation only. HR professionals need to consider how much detail they would like to cover and how much time they have available to complete the courses.

In total, it will take around two to three years to become a CCP. You can take the two-day class offered by WorldatWork before the third morning exam or you can self-study. One could probably self-study out of the job description module, but other modules, like the statistical, are much more difficult. It is possible to take the exams more than once.

The classes are taught by experienced compensation professionals, and there is always the opportunity to self-study for all nine exams. The downside? You would miss out on the face-to-face time and networking that you’d get from attending the in-class courses. Do it for the experience and the opportunity for interaction, not for the certification!

Other Requirements

Compensation professionals need to have 12 continuing education units (CEUs). They can get credit in a variety of ways, which include (but are not limited to):

• being a member of our organization
• attending classes or conferences
• work projects
• publishing
• teaching

In the end, compensation specialists choose their education path according to their immediate needs.

What Type of Company Does a Compensation Professional Work For?

A compensation specialist role is typically found in the 1,000-plus employee-sized organization. In smaller organizations, this responsibility would be taken care of by a more generalized HR person, the finance department, or a general manager. At larger organizations, there can be a dozen compensation professionals or more.

Most of the time, compensation specialists report to the head of HR. «Normally, in a 1,000-plus organization, you would have an analyst reporting to a compensation and benefits manager who reports to the head of HR. The larger the organization, the more you have in the lower levels,» says a CEO of a training company in Carefree, Arizona.

Compensation Professional as a Career

Becoming a compensation specialist offers some impressive career rewards. The field of compensation is so specialized that there are plenty of options in the job market, as companies are often pressured to comply with corporate governance regulations and need to account for all payroll spent.

On average, compensation professionals earn higher salaries than HR generalists or any other HR specialty, according to the 2003 Human Resource Management Compensation Survey, conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Compensation managers receive an annual median salary of $97,800, whereas HR managers receive $91,400.

Another reason to consider this specialty is because of the nature of their work; compensation professionals are exposed to the highest levels of management. Compensation specialists spend more time with senior management than other mid-level HR professionals, which can translate into more prestige and visibility. The performance of the business is directly related to your work, and that’s a big benefit.

Compensation professionals also get to meet interesting people and get great exposure, A compensation specialist’s «contribution is respected and listened to by senior executives.» Perks may be compelling, but keep in mind that choosing to become a compensation specialist might preclude working at smaller organizations.

Games developed

EVE Online

EVE Online is CCP Games’ first video game, originally published by Simon & Schuster in May 2003. CCP Games later reacquired the rights to publish EVE Online and continues to manage it to this day. EVE Online’s core gameplay revolves around player decisions around mining, exploration, industry, factional warfare and piracy. A major design choice is the freedom to do what would be illegal activities, such as scamming for in-game items.

Dust 514

On 18 August 2009, Hilmar Veigar Pétursson announced Dust 514, a new ground-based first-person shooter (FPS) with real-time strategy elements being developed by CCP Games’ Shanghai office. Dust 514 was released for the PlayStation 3 on 14 May 2013. It features a core first-person shooter experience, with a high level of customisation. The game was shut down by CCP Games on 30 May 2016.

Eve: Valkyrie

Eve: Valkyrie is a first-person space combat simulator set in the EVE Online universe for the Oculus Rift on 28 March 2016 and on PlayStation VR on 13 October 2016. It was made available for the HTC Vive on 17 November 2016. In the game, players take the role of an immortal fighter pilot, fighting with teams of other pilots to capture objectives and to defeat the opposing team. As of 26 September 2017, Eve: Valkyrie can be played without VR.

Gunjack

Gunjack is a virtual-reality arcade shooter released for the Samsung Gear VR on 20 November 2015, the Oculus Rift on 28 March 2016, and the HTC Vive on 5 April 2016. A PlayStation VR version is planned for release in 2016. Players take the role of a turret operator defending a mining operation, set in the EVE Online universe. It gathered positive critical reviews on release.

Gunjack 2: End of Shift

Gunjack 2: End of Shift is a virtual-reality arcade shooter released for Google Daydream on 8 December 2016. Players take the role of a turret operator defending a mining operation, set in the EVE Online universe.

Sparc

Sparc is a virtual reality sports game and was CCP Games’ first non-Eve title. The game was announced on 27 February 2016.

Cancelled games

World of Darkness Online

In October 2006, CCP Games chief marketing officer, Magnús Bergsson, stated that Eve would not be the only game to come out of CCP Games. On 11 November 2006 CCP Games and White Wolf Publishing jointly announced that CCP Games would be working on a World of Darkness Online. CCP Games planned to focus on the development of this game from March 2009 onward. It was scheduled to launch in 2012 at the earliest, but due to problems in EVE Online, several layoffs in 2011 and the planned release of the PlayStation 3 FPS game Dust 514 in the summer of 2013, the launch of the game was delayed indefinitely. On 14 April 2014, CCP Games announced that the game had been cancelled.

Project Legion

Project Legion was set to be a first-person shooter for similar to Dust 514. The project was cancelled in 2015 and was replaced with Project Nova.

Eve: The Second Genesis

Eve: The Second Genesis is a collectible card game set in the universe created for the online game EVE Online. Each player represents a CEO of a corporation, aligned with a particular , and through exploration, mining, and military strength, their goal is to defeat opponent CEOs.

Project Nova is a class-based first-person shooter (FPS) for the PC taking place in the EVE Online universe and was in development by CCP Games Shanghai. Project Nova was created on Unreal Engine 4 and they intended to focus on the competitive FPS feel as well as focus more on space combat and less on planet combat which is a different focus than Dust 514. Project Nova was replaced by a now unannounced third-person shooter as of February 2020.

TOURS FAQ

How long in advance should I request a tour?

You should contact officetours@ccpgames.com a minimum of two weeks before your preferred date for a tour. For security and internal scheduling purposes, we need at least 10 working days of notice to ensure that office tours are timetabled correctly.

Can I stop by CCP without a scheduled Tour?

For security and scheduling reasons, we cannot offer studio visits on a walk-in basis. Typically, it isn’t recommended to arrive at our offices without a prior appointment, as we are unable to grant unscheduled visitors access to the building beyond our reception area in these cases.

Do I need to sign any paperwork in order to visit CCP?

All visitors who venture further into our studio than our reception areas will need to sign a visitor’s non-disclosure agreement. This is due to the fact that there may be sensitive information on display on whiteboards and walls around our development areas.

Can I take photographs in CCP’s offices?

While you’re more than welcome to take photos of our reception area and games room, photography and all forms of recording are strictly prohibited in our development areas. Any areas in which you can photograph will be pointed out by your tour guide.

Can I interview or speak with specific Developers while visiting CCP?

If you’d like to arrange an interview with a specific member of CCP staff, you should always contact media@ccpgames.com in order to do so. We don’t provide the opportunity for staff interviews during tours of our studios, however if you see any of our developers around the office that you recognize while you’re visiting, you’re more than welcome to say hi!

Compensation Management

A great compensation program will attract the right people, reward the right behaviors, and retain valued employees. A compensation professional is charged with making sure the compensation costs are aligned with the business culture, philosophy, and objectives.

A compensation specialist, also called a remuneration professional, holds a number of responsibilities:

• calculates overall compensation for employees
• maintains databases for compensation structure
• produces job post descriptions
• benchmarks the compensation outside of the organization 
• coordinates employee performance reviews annually

A compensation specialist occasionally is responsible for structuring employee benefits. As compensation specialists move forward in their careers, their job duties become less administrative and more strategic.

Senior Compensation Specialists

A compensation specialist in a senior position will develop and maintain compensation plans with the objective of linking overall performance and company goals with pay (both sales incentive pay plans and compensation earned by executives). However, the main responsibility of any compensation specialist is to efficiently and effectively manage the company’s rewards and compensation programs.

This strategic role is important. «They spend a lot of time benchmarking and keeping job documentation up-to-date, strategizing how to tie pay to performance. Even if there are no desires or plans to specialize in one particular area, the training and skills required for compensation management can benefit an organization’s HR generalist.”

What Is CCP Certification?

CCP Certification is the certification needed to become a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP). This is a designation that demonstrates that you possess the essential knowledge to integrate compensation programs with business strategy, design, and administer base and variable pay programs. It also verifies that you comply with legal and regulatory requirements, and you effectively communicate compensation information. The Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation is known as a mark of expertise and excellence in the fundamentals of compensation.

Compensation is a key element in all total rewards strategies. The CCP gives the employee and their employer confidence in their job skills and sets them apart in today’s competitive world. It is earned after obtaining a passing score for all required exams.

Типы файлов CCP

Ассоциация основного файла CCP

.CCP

Формат файла:	.ccp
Тип файла:	CopperCube JavaScript File

Сайт 3D, игры и редактирование приложения программа под названием CopperCube генерируют этот тип файла. Она состоит из готовых объектов, которые могут быть введены в 3D-сцену. Это, а также содержит ссылки на .png и .JPG графических файлов, которые генерируют внешний вид объектов,.

Создатель:	Ambiera
Категория файла:	Файлы трехмерных изображений
Ключ реестра:	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ccp

Программные обеспечения, открывающие CopperCube JavaScript File:

CopperCube, разработчик — Ambiera

Совместимый с:

Windows

Mac

Android

Web

Ассоциации других файлов CCP

.CCP

Формат файла:	.ccp
Тип файла:	CodeCharge Studio Page File

CodeCharge студия, программное обеспечение для разработки быстрых веб-приложений создает этот XML-файл. Она включает в себя дизайн-макет на веб-страницу компонента и используется для многократного использования компонентов, таких как макеты отчетов и форм.

Создатель:	YesSoftware
Категория файла:	Файлы разработчика

Программы, открывающие файлы CodeCharge Studio Page File :

CodeCharge Studio, разработчик — YesSoftware

Совместимый с:

Windows

.CCP

Формат файла:	.ccp
Тип файла:	RIB Import Converter Profile

ITWO, набор программ используются для проектирования и планирования строительства использует этот файл данных. Файл сохраняет внутренний ITWO XML и профиль преобразования (помогает в отображении полей данных).

Создатель:	RIB Software
Категория файла:	Файлы данных

Программы, открывающие файлы RIB Import Converter Profile :

iTWO, разработчик — RIB Software

Совместимый с:

Windows

Legal FAQ

Can I compose music with samples from your games?

So long as any music produced remains within the realms of personal use and is not created for commercial purposes, CCP has no issues with audio samples from our titles being used to supplement your compositions.

We always enjoy seeing the incredibly creative results that come from the minds of our players, and so long as content of this nature does not infringe copyright or breach our EULA, we have no issue with this.

Can I write novels, short stories or produce cinematics based on your titles?

While we have no issue with the creation of fan content such as written stories, videos, music and artwork, consistency in our backstory and universe is incredibly important to us.
CCP reserves the right to expand our IP to all forms of media, and we want to ensure that any fan created content is represented as such to maintain consistency and integrity of our IPs.
So long as content is created for your personal enjoyment, not for commercial purposes, and is identified as fan created content, we have no issues with allowing the creative juices to flow!

Where can I send gameplay suggestions?

While we appreciate the passion and energy that our community has for our titles, we cannot accept unsolicited game, feature or content ideas for legal reasons.
If you’d like to discuss EVE Online, or make suggestions for changes to New Eden, you can do so over on our official forums here.
You can also raise suggestions and discuss changes with the Council of Stellar Management on the official forums here.

How does CCP feel about the use of its IP for community fan projects?

So long as these projects are for personal use, are non-commercial and remain within the bounds of our EULA, we have absolutely no problem with our IPs being used for fan art, model making, videos and streaming, along with all manner of other fun.
We value the creativity and ingenuity of our community above all else, and love nothing more to harness the love that our players have for our titles.

How does CCP feel about the use of its IP for mods and other game projects?

While we love to see the creative side of our players flourish, we don’t permit the use of our IP, art assets or game content for mods in other games.
We are concerned that this could cause confusion for our community, and that they could assume that any such projects are associated with or created by CCP.

Can I create my own CCP themed merchandise?

While we have no issue with our fans creating merchandise for personal use, creation of any merchandise for commercial purposes that will generate revenue is prohibited and infringes on our copyright.
You can find a full offering of official EVE related merchandise over at the EVE Store.