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I was in a workshop that helps you to get through the interview process and I responded to the question ‘why should I hire you’. I said because I will be a great return on investment because I will be using 1/3 of what I earn to further educate myself in technology. They felt that I was coming off wrong. They said I shouldn’t talk about what I would do with money I haven’t earned yet.

What do you guys think? And what about the analogy of having 100 dollars, what would you do with it, buy sneakers or buy dress shoes and slacks for work? I tried to use that to explain what I was saying but that bombed worst than what I first said. HELP!

I recently started a small web design & development that caters to a very specific blue-collar industry niche. One thing I am considering doing is bringing onboard an independant sales rep to drive sales, since like many tech gurus, I’m more comfortable with programming than I am selling. Since the salesperson would be independant, they would be compensated via comission only.

The upfront web design package will be priced at around $3,100, with an additional montly fee of about $300. The monthly fee pays both for hosting, site maintaince, and an Internet marketing and advertising campaign. These are largely cookie-cutter sites designed using highly refined templates. This ought to reduce the sales cycle a bit (and hopefully make them easier to sell?) What percentage of each sale should I offer the sales rep? So I or shouldn’t I offer him/her a percentage of the monthly fees as well? If so, how long do I continue to pay the rep a cut of that monthly fee? Thanks!

I am talking about interactive viral web sites for consumer brands, web games, web apps, etc. I am interested in being involved with this type of marketing campaign though I would like to stay on the corporate or client side of marketing. So, I am wondering what type of position I need to go after in order to commision this type of creative and work on such high visibility integrated marketing campaigns.

In the stone ages, it was newspapers, or in technical/trade journals. Sometimes at the Unemployment office. College Career Advisement Offices tended to be good resources, too. Then Monster.com became a big deal. During the Bubble, recruiters were really popular – now only used for CEOs. Craigslist also had gained prominence among certain localities. Colleges have enhanced their alumni association networks, but mostly re-post stuff from commerically-available websites?

Many actively recruit from their homepage and announce this during their corporate branding campaigns on TV/Radio/Web ads.

What is the best site today for jobs that are high-paying finance/marketing/administration/sales/IT?