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From Marc Cenedella
Marc Cenedella How do you prevent yourself from making the type of mistakes I just made in the headline? My advice is to not trust the computer and to keep it simple.
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Busy week here at TheLadders.com, folks. We're spreading the word far and wide in order to get you your next job faster.

I was on CNN over the weekend to discuss workplace attire:

 

That Ali Velshi is a hoot! Did you get a load of his suit at the auto show?

And while I was talking about dressing for success, the Wall Street Journal was tracking the success of TheLadders.com in helping people find their $100k+ job faster and easier....

When Scott Wood began his search for a job paying around $130,000 earlier this year, he did what many senior professionals do. He reached out to recruiters at executive-search firms about his interest in a senior law position at a large East Coast company. But recruiters typically pursue job candidates, rather than the other way around, so it wasn't surprising that his efforts failed to generate any interviews.

Eventually, Mr. Wood, 36 years old, tried theladders.com, a job site that advertises positions only if they pay salaries of $100,000 or more. Within a few weeks of signing up, he says, he applied to 40 employers, landed six interviews and secured three job offers. In April he accepted a counsel position at Lowe's Cos., a publicly traded chain of home-improvement superstores based in Mooresville, N.C. "I got the salary I wanted, and I like the benefits," he says.

If you're in the market for a high-paying job, consider narrowing your search to online career resources specifically aimed at experienced professionals. Many job boards that service professionals at all career levels don't list salary ranges, leaving job hunters uncertain as to how a position fits with their financial expectations. Meanwhile, a growing number of lucrative opportunities have been showing up on job sites in the high-paying category in recent years. For example, theladders.com now averages about 70,000 job listings at any given time, up from around 40,000 in 2005, according to a company spokeswoman.

Before discovering theladders.com, Mr. Wood, who holds J.D. and M.B.A. degrees, says he searched general job sites such as Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com. "They didn't really cater to anything that I was looking for," says the attorney and U.S. Air Force veteran. "The jobs weren't senior enough."

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So all this press, Readers, is of course very flattering. But what's even more important is how many recruiters it drives to our site - and that means more jobs, more contacts, more interviews, and more hires for you, our loyal subscribers.

We'll keep doing our part if you keep doing yours!

Have a great week, Readers!

 
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