{"id":759,"date":"2007-03-19T06:40:33","date_gmt":"2007-03-19T11:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/the-job-search-equation\/"},"modified":"2007-03-19T06:40:38","modified_gmt":"2007-03-19T11:40:38","slug":"the-job-search-equation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/the-job-search-equation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Job Search Equation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the StarTribune&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/198\/story\/1060248.html\">Beyond The Basic Job Search Rules<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>His company (<em>Jericho Communications<\/em>) has conducted research that shows <strong>on average it takes one month for every $10,000 in salary in order to find a new job<\/strong>. So, if you&#8217;re looking for a $50,000 per year position, it could take up to five months \u20ac\u201d if you work at it daily.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t heard of that equation before reading this article.  We work on the company side of hiring, but I suspect this equation holds water for candidates?  My initial take on sales positions is that candidates find opportunities faster than this rate.  Of course, a strong salesperson can find a new career opportunity much quicker than a schmoozer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the StarTribune&#8217;s Beyond The Basic Job Search Rules: His company (Jericho Communications) has conducted research that shows on average it takes one month for every $10,000 in salary in order to find a new job. So, if you&#8217;re looking for a $50,000 per year position, it could take up to five months \u20ac\u201d if you work at it daily. I haven&#8217;t heard of that equation before reading this article. We work on the company side of hiring, but I suspect this equation holds water for candidates? My initial take on sales positions is that candidates find opportunities faster than this rate. Of course, a strong salesperson can find a&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/the-job-search-equation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-cf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":870,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/how-to-lose-revenue\/","url_meta":{"origin":759,"position":0},"title":"How To Lose Revenue","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"CareerBuilder.com offers a short article titled The Cost of Leaving a Position Unfilled.\u00a0 Now that is an important understanding when it comes to hiring salespeople - the choice to do nothing comes with a price.\u00a0 First a reason that drives our business: When you receive the green light to make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring Salespeople&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring Salespeople","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/hiring-salespeople\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":34,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/an-opportunity-limiting-move\/","url_meta":{"origin":759,"position":1},"title":"An Opportunity-Limiting Move","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 17, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"What If Employers Want You to Take a Personality Test? is a stretch of an article from monster.com. 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