| How about that Robert Wright? He got more than | | | | * Nonprofits |
| $15.6 million in compensation from General Electric in | | | | * Pharmaceuticals |
| 2006, including $520,291 in above-market earnings on | | | | * Real Estate |
| an employee salary deferral plan. | | | | * Retailing |
| But if you're thinking about a job change - regardless | | | | * Sales/Marketing |
| of whether you're after a payday like Robert | | | | * Senior Executives |
| Wright's - money's still something to consider. And | | | | * Telecommunications |
| until recently, I thought was the only game in town | | | | What's more, they break those industries up into |
| when it comes to doing research on salary rates. | | | | dozens of subcategories, so you're bound to find the |
| Turns out I was wrong. One source is collecting | | | | level of detail you're looking for. |
| salary information direct from industry sources - even | | | | Why go to the trouble? Three reasons: |
| if they're making it not so easy to find on their | | | | 1. Planning. If you're going to make a change in your |
| website. It's CareerJournal.com, and they go deep | | | | executive career, make it an informed one. Don't |
| into the executive levels in a number of fields, | | | | make a leap to a new industry until you have a firm |
| including: | | | | grasp on what it could do to the rest of your life. |
| * Accounting | | | | 2. Targeting. You want to go for the right position - |
| * Advertising/Public Relations | | | | one that matches your interests as well as your |
| * Aerospace & Airlines | | | | monetary desires (should that be a factor for you - |
| * Banking | | | | it's not always in the top three reasons for |
| * College Administration/Academia | | | | executives deciding to switch jobs). |
| * Computers, IT & Internet | | | | 3. Negotiation. If the recruiter you hook up with |
| * Construction and Architecture | | | | matches you with an employer who makes an offer, |
| * Consulting | | | | your research will give you a better idea of how |
| * Corporate Finance | | | | good the offer is - and whether to take it, negotiate |
| * Energy & Utilities | | | | it, or pass on it. |
| * Engineers | | | | So check it out, and while you're at it, check out this |
| * Financial Services/Insurance | | | | other salary source, They tout their free site as an |
| * Food Marketing & Processing | | | | "online database that provides compensation data for |
| * Health | | | | officers and directors of publicly traded companies." |
| * Hotel, Restaurant, Leisure | | | | I've got no loyalty or ties to any of these salary |
| * HR & Executive Recruiters | | | | source sites - just a desire to make resources like |
| * Law | | | | these available. Which one helps you best is going to |
| * Librarians | | | | depend on your own personal situation. |
| * Manufacturing | | | | My advice? Check 'em all out! |
| * Media/Journalism | | | | |