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If you can't take the heat...

My response to "If you can't take the heat" --- would be to find some place with really good AC...because it feels more like Arizona --- than NYC... here in The Big Apple! The heat is on in a number of ways though --- for many of us. There are those of you who have been dedicated to your job search -- since some type of downsizing or restructuring --- left you without a job between 2008 - now. Then, there are those of you who stuck it out --- on understaffed teams --- in companies with bad morale --- without a salary increase... who are READY to move on! There are yet others --- who "anticipate" changes that may occur -- that will not be in their favor... and want to be proactive in their search. Here are some FACTS about the job market in NYC: - There have been more SEARCHES conducted and OPENINGS posted in 2012 than there were in 2011...however; I have placed FEWER people Counter-Offers, Turn-Downs and "Unrealistic Expectations" are the prim