Posted on 06/21/2018 1:42:08 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If you’re on the hunt for a six-figure job — and who isn’t? — you might want to send your resume over to Deloitte Digital, Amazon or Cynet Systems.
Those companies have been hiring for a bevy of high-paying gigs over the past six months, according to data provided to MONEY by job search site Ladders. Since the start of the year, Deloitte Digital, Amazon and Cynet Systems have each sought out to fill more than 5,500 positions with starting salaries of $100,000 or more.
And they all have something in common: They’re linked to the tech industry, which Ladders coincidentally identified as the top hiring field for $100,000-plus jobs. Deloitte Digital calls itself a creative digital consultancy; Amazon is (obviously) an online marketplace; and Cynet Systems deals in IT staffing and engineering consulting.
The tech trend is one Ladders founder Marc Cenedella says people should be watching.
“Tech jobs are making more people rich than ever before,” he tells MONEY. “Where the image of American success 30 years ago during the ’80s was Wall Street and suspenders, today it’s a guy in a hoodie in California.”(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Why so glum, honey?
Mine will be up for grabs by the end of the year.
I moved from Seattle to rural KY. I left a six figure job for a less than six figure job and am living much better.
What good do six figures do when they all go to rent/mortgage and taxes?
I agree. $100,000 in D.C. or New York is nothing when you consider the cost of living. Rent in either city can run $2500 for a 600 sq. ft. apartment, or if you prefer to buy a similar sized apartment, $500,000 will be the buying price.
The Ladders is pretty much a scam. They charge both the client and the candidate, an inherent conflict of interest. I’ve also heard that half of the jobs postings on their site are fake.
I’m a headhunter, and most of the job growth I’m seeing in in manufacturing.
Meanwhile, the annual RE taxes on my ten year old home on 32 beautiful acres are less than one months Toyota payment.
And my monthly mortgage isn’t much higher - on a fifteen year mortgage.
People are amazed that those 1970 era muscle cars were only around $3,000. But back then, if you made $60,000 a year you were considered, quite literally, rich.
But this gets me into the depressing subject of the government stealing from its people via inflation, so I’ll stop now.
Yeah, a $100K gig in a market where it takes $200K+ to buy an entry level house. Been there, done that!
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