CLARK/BARDES CONSULTING /North Barrington, Illinois Benefits Firm Finds Compensation Can Pay Off.(THE NEW AMERICA)

Byline: Richard M. Rogers

If you're happy with your pay and satisfied with your retirement benefits, raise your hand. For the rest of us, there's Clark/Bardes Consulting.

The company helps design and administer employee benefits packages for clients. Its work includes helping clients figure out how to compensate good employees so they'll stay happy.

The way Clark/Bardes officials figure it, good people who earn less than their peers usually wind up checking out the competition.

Compensation isn't just pay. Benefits packages are complex. And they're of special interest to highly paid executives seeking to minimize the tax hit.

That's where Clark/Bardes comes in. It scouts businesses with at least 15 …