What occupation do you see where friends and family readily find new jobs?

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Allowing for the fact that there is stiff competition for an executive position in any function, which fields consistently seems to have more openings and constant if not growing demand?

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I have always heard it takes a month for every 10k in salary you make to truly replace a job--so budget for that if you ever lose a job.

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Engineering
Nursing

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DH is in programming/development. He has always been able to easily find a job within his salary demands (150K). In the 10 years we have been together he has changed jobs 4 times (by choice) and had multiple offers extended to him each time. Most of his friends are in the same situation.

Now that I have experience as a nurse, I have also been able to change jobs easily.

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I'm in marketing and the market is hot right now. In good years, it's only taken a few weeks to get a new 6-figure role (3 weeks this time). Obviously, if you are looking to be the CMO of Google then it's another story.. But plenty of director, vp and exec positions available. If I were in NY, LA, Boston or Chicago it would be even easier.

In bad years, marketing is tough. It's first to get cut and last to hire. So, you need to be able to move a lot during good economies and hold on for dear life during recessions.

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Nursing. Absolutely. I feel like the Nurses I know are constantly changing jobs and never have trouble finding new positions.

Teaching. While the available jobs are not always the best, I have never seen a good teacher have trouble finding a position. Trouble finding the ideal position- sure. But no trouble just finding a position.

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DH is an accountant and he's never had a problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in marketing and the market is hot right now. In good years, it's only taken a few weeks to get a new 6-figure role (3 weeks this time). Obviously, if you are looking to be the CMO of Google then it's another story.. But plenty of director, vp and exec positions available. If I were in NY, LA, Boston or Chicago it would be even easier

Is this true for all marketing jobs right now, or only those that require more experience? My sister works in the field and has struggled for months to find something.

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Anonymous wrote:I have always heard it takes a month for every 10k in salary you make to truly replace a job--so budget for that if you ever lose a job.

I think it's way more random than that. Most attorneys make in 150K+ range....but if you are out of work for 15 months, unless you have a damn good reason (taking time off for a child, LLM or medical issue), you are probably not going to find another job in that field. And even if you have a good reason, you're going to have an incredibly tough time.

Lawyers have really crappy job mobility -- firms generally don't want a lot of laterals unless you're bringing clients or you've got some great demonstrable set of skills. Depending on your field, there's a limited field of inhouse counsel positions, but then not really anyplace to go from there (unless a very similar company).

So I think it depends a lot more on fields and how in demand and transferable your skills are. That's one of the great things about tech or nursing -- they are solid, objective, transferable skills.

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Anonymous wrote:DH is an accountant and he's never had a problem.

CPA?

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Pp in marketing here answering above - I would think that if you have good skills and are polished then you should be able to land a marketing role. The sweet spots for experience are 0-3, 5-7 or 10 years. I have 15 years (which is sometimes a detriment) but had no trouble at all in this market. I am B2B which is back in growth mode.

Traditional marketing is coming back as are more generalist roles. Data/analytics are hot. Digital is getting more specific. If your contact is young and just wants to play on Facebook all day then roles may be harder to find than a few years ago. Companies are getting smarter about social marketing and would rather pick someone who can do a bunch of things as well as strategy.

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Anonymous wrote:I have always heard it takes a month for every 10k in salary you make to truly replace a job--so budget for that if you ever lose a job.

I think it's way more random than that. Most attorneys make in 150K+ range....but if you are out of work for 15 months, unless you have a damn good reason (taking time off for a child, LLM or medical issue), you are probably not going to find another job in that field. And even if you have a good reason, you're going to have an incredibly tough time.

Lawyers have really crappy job mobility -- firms generally don't want a lot of laterals unless you're bringing clients or you've got some great demonstrable set of skills. Depending on your field, there's a limited field of inhouse counsel positions, but then not really anyplace to go from there (unless a very similar company).

So I think it depends a lot more on fields and how in demand and transferable your skills are. That's one of the great things about tech or nursing -- they are solid, objective, transferable skills.

Absolutely this about the law. I don't know of another profession that is as strict about drumming out unemployed members of the profession as the legal industry is. I've done hiring and it's shocking to me.

The effect for me is interesting. I am always job hunting. ALWAYS. I am always applying, talking to recruiters, etc. And I've been all over the place (biglaw, clerkships, DOJ, in-house, biglaw again, in house) over my 20 year career. It's exhausting. And beyond fulfilling my client duties ethically, I have no loyalty to any employers. It makes for a strange, strange thing because the profession seems very chummy and build on relationships but it's so transactional.

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Restaurants. It's hard work and crazy hours, but most GMs, Somms & Chefs in positions making $60k+ change jobs frequently & easily.

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Lawyers.

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Accounting- I'm one and a dozen of my friends. I had 2 job offers in a month after getting laid off.