Be Realistic: Swallow Your Pride

Associations and corporations have been inflating salaries in recent years, but you may find in today’s environment that those big-dollar jobs just aren’t around. The biggest struggle for unemployed planners is that they’re competing for jobs with lesser responsibilities and lower salaries. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but it helps to look for mitigating factors. For example, maybe there’s a shorter commute involved. You also can try to negotiate non-hard-dollar items as part of your