From the Wall Street Journal’s CareerJournal.com comes these interesting statistics about average lengths of job search linked to age and prior salary:
Age ……….. Prior Salary ….. Months to New Position
35-40 $83,450 5.00
41-45 $123,461 4.96
46-50 $125,161 5.51
51-55 $115,100 6.33
56-60 $96,444 5.94
61+ $94,600 6.13
Averages: 50.2 from $112,552 in 5.62 months
Credits: http://www.careerjournal.com/myc/fifty/20060328-capell.html and Career Masters Institute
– Jan Melnik, MRW, CCM, CPRW, President, Absolute Advantage