Comments on: 4 Reasons Your Job Doesn’t Pay Well

By: Your low salary isn't you're fault | The Wisdom Journal

Your low salary isn't you're fault | The Wisdom Journal — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:47:16 +0000

[...] You show up. You work hard. Yet, you still have a low salary and you can’t make ends meet. It has nothing to do with your own abilities (or lack of them), it has nothing to do with your people skills (or lack of them), it has nothing to do with your education (or lack of it), and it has nothing to do with your spending habits (or lack of them), and it has nothing to do with your personal drive to make extra money. No, the whole world is against you and there are just some barriers to opportunity and higher salary that you cannot overcome. And you just don’t understand why your job doesn’t pay well. [...]

By: Elliott - 21st Century Dad

Elliott - 21st Century Dad — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:18:48 +0000

Most of the jobs I got were through networking. I only ever got one job through resume blasting.

Good networking skills make the difference, no matter what field you’re in. You hear about opportunities before they’re broadcast on CareerBuilder or Monster.com. Those sites cost a big chunk of change for employers, so employers naturally go for the free or cheap measures first, then step up the spending if the position isn’t filled.

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By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:11:12 +0000

Thanks Elliott,
I can see how that would make it tough. Is there a reasonable way for the top quality designers to stand out or is it a matter of developing good networking skills that will make a difference?

By: Elliott - 21st Century Dad

Elliott - 21st Century Dad — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:20:52 +0000

Ron,

You’re right about the high quality designers being in short supply. The unfortunate side effect is, the exceptional ones are lumped in with the rest of the pack.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:44:09 +0000

Thanks Elliott,

Not to be too picky but would you say that the high quality designers are in shorter supply and that there is a large supply of mediocre ones?

On reason #3, that’s why the dollars are higher for those shifts…no one wants to work them without added incentives. Economists would say the trade-offs are the same for 1st shift vs 3rd shift, that is to say, considering what YOU give up vs. what the company pays you, the pay is the same even if the dollars are more. But remember what Reagan said, “If you lined up all the world’s economists end to end, you still wouldn’t reach a conclusion.”