Very true, I used to work for a decently sized private University and while the pay was not all that great the benefits more than made up for it. Unfortunately I left it because our department was not rock solid and was uncertain where it was going at the same time a contracting company came knocking on my door offering a rather large pay rate. I did that a few years back and ever since then I keep my eye open for any jobs in the local universities that I think I would be happy in.
I have been working with CF since it came out and have maybe only once or twice ran into jobs that people felt I wanted too much money for. I do change my rates greatly though, just depends on the type of work that needs to be done and my interest in it. I usually do not play up my years of experience with things which maybe is why I have not really ran into people blowing me off because they think I either want too much money or I will want too much money. I think to pull in a hefty pay range on a consistent basis it takes a lot more than CFM knowledge. On the jobs I get paid a high rate on the CFM work is probably the smaller percentage of the total work I do. On 2/13/06, Sonya Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For reference, when looking for full-time jobs, a good place to always > look > even with tons of experience would be higher education. Universities > always > seem to be more inclined to look at people with a lot of experience in a > field who say they're willing to work for a limited salary in exchange for > other benefits. > > I took a solid paycut to take the position I have now, but it came with > wonderful retirement, tuition, health and vacation/sick leave benefits I > wouldn't get anywhere else. The contracting on the side makes up the > financial difference and it's a good, stable environment. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2867 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
