What being "overqualified" really means

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That same accountant might be able to get a job at an accounting firm like KPMG Peat Marwick, whose primary business is accounting, at a higher salary because their time is being billed out to clients.

Even if you're not working in accounting, there are many types of professional positions where their consulting counterparts pay more thanrepparttar staff jobs inside corporations. The downside to consulting jobs is they often require more hours and can be more stressful because ofrepparttar 139085 demands byrepparttar 139086 clients.

If you've been working for a large company, you may be able to get a higher salary by working at a small business. Small businesses often pay higher salaries because they don't offer as many ofrepparttar 139087 intangible benefits asrepparttar 139088 larger firms - such as after-work company events, a company cafeteria, andrepparttar 139089 prestige that comes with working for a well-known firm. However,repparttar 139090 difference between what businesses of different sizes pay narrows when there's high unemployment becauserepparttar 139091 small businesses don't have to work as hard to attract people that might otherwise work for larger companies.

One place to go to research different industries and possibly map out a plan for transitioning to a different type of company that might be in a better position to pay you more for your work isrepparttar 139092 Vault Reports web site. Vault surveys people working at all sorts of companies aboutrepparttar 139093 pay, work environment, etc. and makes reports available on their web site. For more information about Vault or to visit their site, go to this web address: http://www.jobsearchinfo.com/vault.htm

Another way to find out aboutrepparttar 139094 best places to work to maximize your salary is to network with other people in your profession and talk to leaders in your local professional association. If you don't know a lot of people in your profession, you can attend networking events to meet them. Here is a brief (but not exhaustive) list of places to go to find networking events: - Technology Executives Networking Group (TENG) - For Technology Executives. Website: www.theteng.org - Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) - For Finance Executives (CFOs, Controllers, etc.). Website: www.thefeng.org - ExecuNet - General networking for executives making $100,000+. Website: www.execunet.com - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) - Website: www.ieee.org - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - For I.T. Professionals & Computer Scientists. Website: www.acm.org - Crain's Business Publications - Publisher of Crain's New York Business, Crain's Detroit Business, Crain's Chicago Business, et. al. These publications list local networking events in these major cities. Website: www.crain.com - If you don't know if there's an association for your profession and/or industry, one way to find out is throughrepparttar 139095 American Society of Association Executives' web site. They have a search engine to let you search through all ofrepparttar 139096 professional and trade associations inrepparttar 139097 U.S. Get to it by going to www.asaenet.org and clicking "Directories" onrepparttar 139098 home page.

Once you knowrepparttar 139099 type of company you want to work for,repparttar 139100 next step is to start generating leads, which then leads to interviews. We have several tools listed on our website that are effective in generating job leads.

Scott Brown is the author of the Job Search Handbook (http://www.JobSearchHandbook.com). As editor of the HireSites.com weekly newsletter on job searching, Scott has written many articles on the subject. He wrote the Job Search Handbook to provide job seekers with a complete yet easy to use guide to finding a job effectively.


Handling Strange Interview Questions

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Once you determinerepparttar type of personrepparttar 139084 interviewer is looking for, you then need to decide for yourself whether you could fit in that position. If they're looking for someone they can pay a low salary to (like what they'd pay someone right out of school), you may decide to declinerepparttar 139085 offer. However, if you're not a recent grad but you're comfortable with taking a job that was designed for one, your next step becomes explaining torepparttar 139086 interviewer how you would be a good fit forrepparttar 139087 job even though you're not a recent grad. You could talk about how you are open to new ideas/experiences, would loverepparttar 139088 challenge of learning something new, and that salary is not of utmost concern to you because you are very interested in working for their company (or something along those lines).

Another possibility if you determine that they're looking for someone who's different from you is to explain how your skillset and attributes would be a better fit than what they originally had in mind. For example, if they're looking for a recent grad to do an accounts receivable job, you could tell a story about how you worked at a company once where they hired a recent grad to do A/R and it didn't work. This puts you inrepparttar 139089 position of being a coach/advisor torepparttar 139090 interviewer, and your perspective may be something they hadn't thought of.

One ofrepparttar 139091 best ways to deal with strange interview questions isrepparttar 139092 same way you deal with all kinds of interview questions: preparation. The Job Search Handbook (www.jobsearchhandbook.com) has a chapter on interviewing which can help you come up with a strategy to prepare for your interviews.

Scott Brown is the author of the Job Search Handbook (http://www.JobSearchHandbook.com). As editor of the HireSites.com weekly newsletter on job searching, Scott has written many articles on the subject. He wrote the Job Search Handbook to provide job seekers with a complete yet easy to use guide to finding a job effectively.


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