So, Readers, another common question I get as I meet with people across the country is “Are you seeing the recession impact hiring?” As the nation’s (and the world’s) largest source for $100k+ jobs, lots of folks are interested to know what insight we can share about the current state of the economy.

Well, with the unemployment rate increasing to 5.5% in May, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the economic woes caused by the subprime crisis and high gas prices impacting hiring at the senior–most levels of the workforce.

It wouldn’t be surprising, but that’s not (yet) what we’re seeing.

I dug into our stats and found, for example, that in the last week of March, 1,136 members of TheLadders reported accepting new jobs, while last week, 1,461 did. So, the truth is, the market for $100k+ job seekers still looks very strong.

And in that light, here are just a fraction of the jobs accepted by TheLadders.com subscribers which they found on TheLadders.com in June (we obviously can’t post all of them for space considerations):

Associate Vice President	$240k
Business Communications Manager	$120k
Business Development Director	$135k
CEO & President	$300k
CFO	$140k
Chief Knowledge Officer	$156k
Clinic Manager	$210k
Controller	$145k
Corporate Human Resource Director	$100k
CTO	$215k
Data Architect	$120k
Director Business Lean Initiatives	$140k
Director of Global Product Planning	$130k
Director of Marketing Communications	$150k
Director of Planned Giving	$115k
Director of Research and Development	$150k
Director of Telematics Software Dev.	$138k
Director, Global Automotive	$160k
Director, Global Creative	$130k
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary	$150k
General Manager	$200k
Global Brand Director	$150k
HR Director	$170k
IT Architect Strategist - Security & Mobility	$135k
Operations Manager	$120k
President	$210k
Product Management Director	$170k
Quality & Operations Manager	$165k
Sales Director	$130k
Senior IT Manager	$120k
Senior Vice President	$150k
Six Sigma Lean Leader-Master Black Belt	$130k
Sr Linux Field Engineer	$120k
Tax Director	$130k
Vice President Customer Service	$200k
Vice President of Sales & Marketing	$140k
VP Internal Audit	$230k
VP of Marketing	$230k
VP, Group Account Director	$200k
VP, Human Resources	$190k

So I know that when you are out looking for your next job, the “big picture” stats don’t do much to ease the hassle and frustration of the job hunt. The most important “job accepted” will be your own.

But I do hope our insight into the broader market gives you some solace this Monday morning, Readers, and a renewed confidence that, yes, there are a LOT of hires going on out there at the $100k+ level, your level.

Now the thing to do is to fire up the laptop, get out that resume, and start looking through the over 80,000 jobs we have available for you this week at TheLadders.com!

Thanks, Readers, and have a great week!