Updated May 20, 2016. A signing bonus is a lump sum of money that an employer provides to a prospective employee. The purpose of the signing bonus is to entice the applicant to sign-on with the employerâs organization. The employer hopes that the offer of the bonus will provide extra incentive for the prospect to accept a job offer. The signing bonus is most often used with executive level positions or to recruit employees with special, hard-to-find skills and experience.
Alton is the county seat of Oregon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 871 at the 2010 census.
ALTON, TX (HILDAGO COUNTY) (HIDALGO COUNTY) ALTON, TEXAS (Hidalgo County). Alton is four miles north of Mission on State Highway 107 in Hidalgo County. It originated as a stop on the San Benito and Rio Grande Valley (Spiderweb) Railway in 1911, when the population was fifty, and was named by railroad officials after the Alton Railroad that had been founded by citizens of Alton, Illinois. A post office operated there from 1913 to 1916. In the late 1920s the Alton Independent School District was formed.