Climbing to the top

I was watching Food Network yesterday when a commercial came on that piqued my interest and I was immediately moved to check it out. The Ladders is a job search website that “roots out” lower paying jobs and only finds high paying jobs for your skill set. The job search engine only notifies you of jobs that pay over $100k based on your resume and level of experience. Of course, this site is specifically dedicated to “senior-level professionals searching for $100k+ jobs” and neglects those who hardly any work experience, but it is an interesting concept.

Right now, the site offers a search through 44,961 jobs- A number that seems to fluctuate daily. The site is similar to other job search engines offering a resume upload, e-mail alerts, and “expert career advice” like Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com. Even the example search contains titles such as “VP” or “Director” in whatever zip code a user types in so for kicks I typed in Glassboro’s zip code and “Public Relations Manager” to see what came up. You must become a member to see job details, but I was able to peek behind the pop-up to see what the search engine found. While I was honestly expecting next to nothing, two management positions appeared, both posted on February 17th and both located in Salem. Again, automatically, both jobs that pay at least $100k.

Membership does have a price of $30 a month for “unlimited job access” and benefits such as the weekly jobs newsletter, but I’m assuming that if you have enough experience in the workforce to only search for jobs that pay $100k and up, I doubt this little fee will break the bank.