Best Job Hunting Strategy if one has 15+ yrs of experience ?

[vulcanman]

I am looking for senior - level management positions with a salary that matches my experience. I make around $150K per year.

I am looking to move out of where I am now.

Here are the roadblocks:

- Company job sites almost never publish senior management jobs that pay that much. Most company job sites have resume posting forms that are designed for lower skill levels.
- Recruiters also are mostly trying to fill lower management posts. Every recruiter I call say that their focus is on much younger and less salaried folks. And most of them treat you like you are a bother to them.

Whats the best strategy to get my resume out to interested parties ?

Please help ... I want to get out of here !

Thank you !!

 

[radioouman]

Networking!!

Network with your customers and suppliers. Attend professional conferences and develop relationships.

 

[SSSnail]

Did you see that movie Fun with Dick and Jane?

Jokes aside, try to plant yourself in a place where you want to move to before making the move (duh! right?). Also, get to know some head hunters, network through your recruiters. (not the Congo kinds).

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: vulcanman
I am looking for senior - level management positions with a salary that matches my experience. I make around $150K per year.

I am looking to move out of where I am now.

Here are the roadblocks:

- Company job sites almost never publish senior management jobs that pay that much. Most company job sites have resume posting forms that are designed for lower skill levels.
- Recruiters also are mostly trying to fill lower management posts. Every recruiter I call say that their focus is on much younger and less salaried folks. And most of them treat you like you are a bother to them.

Whats the best strategy to get my resume out to interested parties ?

Please help ... I want to get out of here !

Thank you !!

you can't depend on job postings really, as you've found out. you really need to reach out to your network/contacts. i would assume if you've been working that long, you should know quite a bit of people out there already.

 

[johnjbruin]

Originally posted by: radioouman
Networking!!

Network with your customers and suppliers. Attend professional conferences and develop relationships.

He is on the money. Only knowing other people will get you a job once you become senior.

 

[lokiju]

Pretty much gonna come down to who you know.

 

[vulcanman]

Thanks ... the problem is ... and its a big problem ... I have climbed the corporate ladder by being very good at what I do ... and in the process making a lot of money for the companies I worked for ... not hobnobbing with people ... I guess its my personality. I don't attend conferences or trade shows ... I have always felt its a waste of time.

The reality that its not what you know ... but who you know ... is beginning to sink in !!

 

[JS80]

you gotta find a headhunter that specializes in middle management

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: vulcanman
I am looking for senior - level management positions with a salary that matches my experience. I make around $150K per year.

I am looking to move out of where I am now.

Here are the roadblocks:

- Company job sites almost never publish senior management jobs that pay that much. Most company job sites have resume posting forms that are designed for lower skill levels.
- Recruiters also are mostly trying to fill lower management posts. Every recruiter I call say that their focus is on much younger and less salaried folks. And most of them treat you like you are a bother to them.

Whats the best strategy to get my resume out to interested parties ?

Please help ... I want to get out of here !

Thank you !!

At 150k you're looking for director level or above. With the amount of experience you have, I would get in touch with a reputable executive search firm and put your resume in their hands. They'll do all the legwork from there.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: vulcanman
I am looking for senior - level management positions with a salary that matches my experience. I make around $150K per year.

I am looking to move out of where I am now.

Here are the roadblocks:

- Company job sites almost never publish senior management jobs that pay that much. Most company job sites have resume posting forms that are designed for lower skill levels.
- Recruiters also are mostly trying to fill lower management posts. Every recruiter I call say that their focus is on much younger and less salaried folks. And most of them treat you like you are a bother to them.

Whats the best strategy to get my resume out to interested parties ?

Please help ... I want to get out of here !

Thank you !!

At 150k you're looking for director level or above. With the amount of experience you have, I would get in touch with a reputable executive search firm and put your resume in their hands. They'll do all the legwork from there.

Are there any you know of or recommend?

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Are there any you know of or recommend?

What industry are you in and where do you live?

 

[vulcanman]

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Are there any you know of or recommend?

What industry are you in and where do you live?

Engineering (Technology - Product Development and Process Engineering)
Degrees - BS, MS and MBA in Finance
Currently in the Southeast.

 

[fLum0x]

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Are there any you know of or recommend?

What industry are you in and where do you live?

yea, and can you recommend for your job when you leave so i can make more money?

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: johnjbruin

Originally posted by: radioouman
Networking!!

Network with your customers and suppliers. Attend professional conferences and develop relationships.

He is on the money. Only knowing other people will get you a job once you become senior.

I agree completely. People-Networking is often overlooked by techs, but is one of the best ways to land a job, especially after you've built a ton of experience. All the jobs I've gotten in the past 10 years except one have come because someone knew who I was and knew my skillset.

 

[theknight571]

A "Sent you a PM" bump.

 

[bignateyk]

++ on the networking...

My dad became the interim director of one lab of a government agency (to remain unnamed) after he was a professor for 17 years through some contacts he had from conferences he spoke at. He now directs 6 of the national labs, and has been offered the overall director position for the whole agency, but turned it down because he didnt want to move to DC, and he has already pretty much maxed out what he can make from the government.

He has hired all new directors for his labs, and all of them are people who he has known for years.

In the end, it just comes down to who you know.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: vulcanman

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Are there any you know of or recommend?

What industry are you in and where do you live?

Engineering (Technology - Product Development and Process Engineering)
Degrees - BS, MS and MBA in Finance
Currently in the Southeast.

i'm sure you qualify for $200k+ jobs in the NE and west

 

[vulcanman]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: vulcanman

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Are there any you know of or recommend?

What industry are you in and where do you live?

Engineering (Technology - Product Development and Process Engineering)
Degrees - BS, MS and MBA in Finance
Currently in the Southeast.

i'm sure you qualify for $200k+ jobs in the NE and west

Thats what I am hoping for. Thanks.

 

[Rage187]

you need to find an Executive Head Hunter.

 

[AlienCraft]

Accept the reality that you will need to lower your expectations.