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[quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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