Newsletter for LHH New York City office (Go to: http://www.esnips.com/web/LHHNYCJMC) February 20, 2007
• Media Resources ExecuNet, an executive career management and recruiting network, announced the
results of its survey of job satisfaction among currently employed senior level workers.
• Blue Steps
Although the respondents were well compensated—the average annual salary of the
• Network of Experts survey population was $192,000—an astonishing 73% were either “somewhat unsatisfied”
or “not satisfied” with their employment situation. What was causing their angst? The
• Job Lead Sampler principal reasons cited were:
Lack of challenge—14.2%
Get Your Copy Limited opportunity for advancement—13.9%
NYC Job Market Update Unfavorable company prospects—11.4%.
available online at: For a number of years, employees have also been expressing similar levels of
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unhappiness, yet there’s been no tidal wave of attrition among that group. So, it’s
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appropriate to ask: Are these executives simply venting or will they actually act on their
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dissatisfaction? While it certainly takes some courage to move from the devil you know to
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there’s more opportunity to do so. Openings at senior levels are on the rise as CEOs are
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NEARLY HALF OF WORKERS MULL JOB CHANGE
49 percent of respondents to a CNNMoney.com online poll expect to find a new position in the
CRN SpotLight coming year, whether through job search or promotion.
By Rob Kelley, CNNMoney.com staff writer
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Nearly half of all respondents to a recent CNNMoney.com poll are
Check out the approximately thinking about changing jobs soon.
150,000 jobs on LeadLink
and don’t forget to keep your In an online poll created as part of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For coverage, CNNMoney
resume updated on Resume asked readers "Do you expect to change jobs soon?" and found that many people were on the hunt.
Reserve. New employers 21 percent indicated they were already job hunting, while 21 percent said they'd start looking
and recruiters are added and sometime this year. Seven percent expected to be promoted in 2007. 42 percent of respondents said
are searching daily. they were happy where they were. And eight percent were "not sure" - let's clarify those goals,
people.
Access both on the web at: (CNNMoney.com article continued from page 1)…
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www.lhhcrn.com.
Over 11,000 respondents answered the question.
Blue Steps
Asked whether they'd rather have an extra week's vacation or an extra week's pay, more vacation
days won resoundingly - 56 percent to 41 percent, with 8,167 respondents.
We have negotiated a 20%
On the issue of perks employees wish their company offered, health care was the overwhelming
discounted rate for LHH clients
choice. More than half - 52 percent - of the 5,693 respondents said they wish their company would
with Blue Steps the executive cover 100 percent of health-care costs. Meanwhile, 22 percent said they'd like an option to
search web site owned and telecommute, and one in ten wished for paid sabbaticals. Perks receiving less than 10 percent of
operated by the AESC votes include having an on-site gym, on-site child care and paid time off to volunteer.
(Association of Executive
Looking at recent changes in benefits, readers were asked whether their employer had added or
Search Consultants) which is taken away perks in the last year. A full 42 percent of 6,757 respondents said their companies had
their professional organization taken perks away; 31 percent said there was no change; 14 percent said they'd added some and cut
made up of over 200 of the top others; and just 12 percent said companies had added benefits.
executive search firms. See Asked which of four unusual benefits they'd like, respondents (of which there were 8,847)
your consultant for details. overwhelmingly chose a $15,000 bonus for referrals hired (52 percent), 33 percent wished for a $250
AESC has around 200 gas card every year, 8 percent wanted free grocery delivery, and 6 percent liked the idea of an extra
member search firms, with week off if you get married.
around 4000 consultants On the question of why readers left their last job, the most popular responses were better pay (26
around the world. percent) and not liking their boss or company (25 percent). Meanwhile, 17 percent got laid off or
fired, 10 percent wanted a bigger challenge, and 10 percent wanted to change careers or industries.
15,684 respondents answered the question.
Finally, readers were asked if they'd leave their current job to work for the poster-child of on-the-job
benefits, and No. 1 on the Best Companies to Work For list: Google. A full 36 percent
answered "in a heartbeat," 26 percent admitted they don't have the skills the Web giant is looking for,
and 25 percent said they liked their current job. Meanwhile, 12 percent weren't sure, and 1 percent of
our 7,561 respondents already work at Google. Lucky bums. Get back to work.
This is an online poll and the selection of respondents is not scientific.
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the statewide Star-Ledger
http://www.chiefmonster.com a Monster.com site for Senior Executives
http://www.6figurejobs.com lists executive Jobs
http://www.ceoupdate.com lists non-profit executive level jobs
http://www.execsearches.com lists non-profit executive level jobs
http://www.bigfivetalent.com lists Big Five Jobs
http://www.employment911.com/asp/index.asp claims currently over 3,000,000 jobs posted by
companies that use them and searched from over 300 major career sites along with jobs including 1-
Jobs.com, Hotjobs.com, American Jobs, Infoworks USA, America's Employers, JobBank USA,
America's Job Bank, Job Pilot USA, Bakos Group, MarketingJobs.com, Career Avenue,
Monster.com, Best Jobs USA, NationJob Network, Career Builder, Net-Temps.com, Career Mosaic,
Perot Systems, Career.com, Prohire.com, Career Magazine, Recruiters Online Network, Career
Web, Select Jobs.com, Computerjobs.com, Softwarejobs.com, Computerwork.com, The Job
Resource, Crosswalk.com, Top Echelon, Dice.com, TopStartups.com, Employment 911, US Careers
Resource Center, Headhunter.net, Westech Virtual Job Fair. Offers some pay services but quite
effective without them.
http://seeker.dice.com/profman/searchEngineMarketing.jsp?rel_code=100 more tech jobs
http://www.guru.com/pro/professionals.cfm?tc=20010&kw=job%20search%20web%20 site helps you
find IT, creative, business and office/admin projects all on one website!
http://www.e-careercenter.com/ &
http://www.job.com/index.cfm?us=164&AID=6944408&PID=1225587 2 sites for posting resumes and
searching jobs
Entrepreneurial Sites:
http://www.startupzone.com employment
http://www.topstartups.com employment
http://www.garage.com lists tech ventures and employment
http://www.fastcompany.com online version of magazine
http://www.vfinance.com funding for entrepreneurs
http://www.vcbuzz.com venture capital info
Non-Profit Sites:
http://www.philanthropy.com non-profit info and employment
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http://www.nonprofits.org/ non-profit info
http://www.chronicle.com higher education info and employment
http://www.guidestar.org/ national database of non profits
Media Resources
Please update by sending additional resources/corrections to jay.colan@LHH.com news and
trends:
television/print/music/interactive/digital/telecom/advertising
http://www.mediabistro.com/ -- Media Bistro: media industry networking and informational site.
Includes, news, advice, events listings, job boards, and discussion groups.
http://www.iwantmedia.com/– daily round up of media and industry news; extensive links to
other, related publications and sites.
http://www.poynter.org/medianews– Jim Romenesko’s media news: news, trends, extensive
links to other news and media related sites.
http://www.mediachannel.org/ -- Media Channel: global media news, issue guides, educational
aides.
http://www.mediaweek.com/ -- Media Week: online media news magazine.
http://www.insidemedia.com/
http://www.media.guardian.co.uk/ -- The Guardian online specialized media site.
http://www.eweek.com/– eWeek online version: media and new media news and resources
http://www.media-news.com/– Media news site, segmented by industry.
http://www.internews.org/– Internews: promoting free and open media on a global scale.
http://www.broadbandweek.com/– Broadband Week online version.
http://www.telecomcareers.net/– TelecomCareers.net: career resources, etc.
http://www.catv.org/-- CATV Cyberlab: news, resources for cable, broadband, and new media;
extensive list of links.
http://www.cabletoday.com/index.html– Bigpipe.com: cable news, resources, extensive links.
http://www.emonline.com/index.html– Electronic Media online version.
http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi– DM News: online direct marketing news.
http://www.headlinespot.com/-- comprehensive news site: news, extensive links
http://www.tvinsite.com/broadcastingcable/index.asp?layout=webzine– Broadcasting Cable
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online: news for broadcast and cable industries.
http://www.cableworld.com/– Cableworld online version: cable and broadband news
http://www.minonline.com/index.html—Min magazine: media business resources
television/print/music/interactive/digital/telecom/advertising (cont’d)
www.paidcontent.org focus on "the economics of content"
http://www.212nyc.org/ - interactive focus
www.mediapost.com
www.inanet.com for designers and art directors
www.cynopsis.com - daily briefing for broadcasting and cable, with job postings for NY and LA
Digital Music News (site/publication?)
www.nyctechwire.com
Inside Radio (site/publication?)
www.adage.com Advertising Age site
http://www.poynter.org/ - Web Tips – tracks U.S. TV
www.entertainmentcareers.net
www.rightmedia.com
www.venturewire.com – v.c. focus?
www.variety.com Variety - entertainment focus –including job links
This Week in Technology
British Academy of Film and Television Artists
http://www.digitalmusic2006.com/ - digital music forum
www.worldscreen.com Int’l News on programming /content that inevitably includes notes on
many NY companies
www.lightreading.com technology news with many notes on content deployments
www.digitalmedia.com – conference listings are searchable to obtain contact info for speakers
Multi-Channel News – publication?/site?
www.fierce.com – mobile media including wireless, IPTV and mobile media
BillBoard – music publication
www.journalismjobs.com
associations:
http://www.catm.com/-- Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing: library,
research, job bank, etc.
http://www.ncta.com/index.cfm– National Cable & Telecommunications Association: industry
news, legislative information, career resources, etc.
http://www.cthra.com/indopps.html– Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources
Association: job opportunities and career related links
http://www.aaaa.org/news/related_assoc.html– American Association of Advertising Agencies:
related industry links.
http://www.nynma.org/– New York New Media Association:
http://www.cabletvadbureau.com/– Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau: news, research, links,
career information.
http://www.ctpaa.org/– Cable Television Public Affairs Association
http://www.wict.org/main.cfm– Women in Cable & Telecommunications: resources and links
dedicated to improving the standing of women in the cable industry.
http://www.interactivehq.org/ -- Association for Interactive Marketing: research, education,
events, networking.
www.americanbusinessmedia.com – association of business media companies
www.namme.org – National Association of Minority Media Executives
Magazine Publishers Association (MPA)
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Online Publishers Association (ironically I don’t have the URL)
theory and scholarship:
http://www.ctheory.com/– CTheory: current scholarship on cultural, media, and critical theory
http://www.theory.org.uk/– media and social/cultural theory focusing on pop culture
http://www.utexas.edu/coc/journalism/SOURCE/j363/keywords.html– quick resources to major
leaders in mass communication studies
www.release1.0.com – Esther Dyson publication on v.c. and new technologies
Edventures – same on Ester Dyson
other resources:
http://www.hbscny.org/upcoming_events.htm - Harvard Business School Club of Greater NY –
Look for the Media Guru breakfasts
Media Staffing Professionals - Chicago based with jobs throughout the country
"The Soul of the New Consumer" - book on thinking for marketers and product developers
www.current.org – resource on NPR?
www.voice123 – voiceovers
One World? – cable advertising?
Promo magazine and Events Marketer for event marketing people
Provided by Ben Baumes, Jay Colan and the generous, spirited people who participated in the NY Media and
Entertainment networking group in January and February of 2005.
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EVP Consumer Relationship Marketing, Healthcare Advertising Agy.-No. NJ
Executive Editor: "Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country", America's Test
Kitchen, Brookline Village, MA
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Architect - IT, Boutique Bank; Callaghan, Int'l.
VP Business Development, Shermans Travel, LLC
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Asst VP - Comptrollers Dep't., BTM-Mitsubishi
VP Portfolio Mgmt Grp, BTM-Mitsubishi
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