In The Arena

In The ArenaIn The ArenaShhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Its the 4th of July and while the whole nation is sleeping, why dont we get cracking on a week full of great jobs?Check out the almost 5,000 new jobs in this weeks issue and then come back to read the words of this great AmericanIt is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs and comes short again and again who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.That was Teddy Roosevelt, folks, speaking at the Sorbonne in 1910. But he could have j ust as easily been speaking to you.Readers, the critics, those professional naysayers and doom-and-gloomers, will tell you No. It cant be done. Dont try. Give up. Why do you have to stand out? Give up.But dont mistake their words for truth, my friends. Dont buy into their message of settle-settle and underachievement.Because youve been blessed with talent, because youve had the fortunate happenstance to be born in this great country (or emigrate, or visit), because youre one of the leading professionals in this land, you have a higher calling this Fourth of July, Readers.You need to use the great powers youve been given, you need to find the forum where your talents will shine, you need to be in that place where your spirits soar and the work seems like victory to you.So enjoy this 4th, and then find your new arena. Ill be there with you all the way.A LISTING IS NOT A LISTING IN YOUR $100K+ JOB HUNTA job listing is a job listing, right?Nope.A job listing is only as good as the atten tion paid to it.And a recruiter pays better attention to the candidates from the best sources.Let me explain.Say youre a recruiter looking to find more VP candidates. Where would you most expect to find her?a) Business School Alumni Clubb) A Yankees-Red Sox gamec) Roller-blading on the beachWell, b) and c) would be a heck of a lot of fun, but a) is the answer youd get from recruiters.Why? A higher percentage of attendees are going to be VP-level.Similarly, where would you go to find VP-level job-seekers?a) Ladders.comb) Monsterc) CraigslistA recruiter really wants to spend his time interviewing great candidates and placing them in jobs, not scrounging around the internet. Thats why they come to Ladders.com.And that, dear Readers, is where your $25 / month goes.Were at the trade shows for you.Were burning up the phone lines coast to coast for you.Were marketing and selling and shouting to the roof of the world the praises of our fantastic 430,000 subscribers for you.Your five dozen $ 100K+-job-loving fanatics here at Ladders.com are doing it day-in and day-out, with almost 5,000 new jobs this week, and we do it all for you