What is the job market like for midlevel professionals?

[Anonymous]

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Have you looked? Easier or harder to find a job right now?

I know two people who have left our company and they say it is worse.

[Anonymous]

I think it's always tough to find a good, white-collar job. They say it takes a month for every 10k in pay that you want. All the stars have to align really. It takes tons of networking, and there being a fit between your experience and the job. Then, the job has to be right: the culture, the salary, the benefits, the commute, the hours, and they have to hire you! And there may be 50 other similarly qualified candidates out there, it just depends.

I find that if you are in a more quantitative role like analysis or finance, it is easier to find a job. But for creative or marketing types? Much tougher to prove your qualitative skills, and a lot of times you have to have come from a big name company or consulting firm to "prove" that the qualify of your work will be good enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's always tough to find a good, white-collar job. They say it takes a month for every 10k in pay that you want. All the stars have to align really. It takes tons of networking, and there being a fit between your experience and the job. Then, the job has to be right: the culture, the salary, the benefits, the commute, the hours, and they have to hire you! And there may be 50 other similarly qualified candidates out there, it just depends.

I find that if you are in a more quantitative role like analysis or finance, it is easier to find a job. But for creative or marketing types? Much tougher to prove your qualitative skills, and a lot of times you have to have come from a big name company or consulting firm to "prove" that the qualify of your work will be good enough.

I'm currently looking and this sounds about right. I have a quant background but am trying to switch industries, so that's a little harder. And coming from Finance, I'm too far above the range for similar positions in other industries. I'm willing to take a cut to move to a more interesting field, but don't want to take too big of a cut. It was much easier to move around when I was younger & making less money.

[Anonymous]

It just took DH about 4 months to find a new job. He is a (young early 30's) VP in the banking/finance sector. Making low 6 figures.

[Anonymous]

OP here- 4 months is impressive making low 6 figures. Has he been happy with the move? Two people who left our organization recently have regreted their decision. How long was he in his prior job? Does he have an MBA from a tier 1?

[Anonymous]

DH has been looking for another job for over a year. He currently has a job but there is a lot of competition

[Anonymous]

Husband got a job. Only applied to one place but he had worked with those people in the past.