pfj the specialist recruitment company servicing a full range of job discipline within the media owner, media agency, new media/digital and conference and exhibition industries has revealed the findings of a survey that encompassed face to face interviews with over 6000 job seekers. Importantly the survey ignored job titles and focussed on length or work experience regardless of employment history to give a true reading of the value of experience.
The first of the 3 surveys compare 3 of the largest media sectors: Media Sales, New Media/Digital and Media Agency. Key findings from the report indicate that sales people within the new media / digital sector are commanding higher salaries than the traditional media sales and media agency sectors.
However as the skills for these roles are transferable, and with the increased demand for good sales professionals within the new media sector, we are likely to see an even greater shift in the coming months towards the new media sector, as we continue to see a growth in the online and mobile arena.
The second of the surveys compares salaries for Editorial staff amongst Local Press, B2B, Consumer and Online, whereby salaries for Online and B2B staff are greater than those for the more glamorous consumer market and the more over-worked local press staff.
The third of the surveys covers the growing Conferences, Exhibitions and Events industry, whereby the bonus and commission element are surprisingly high, averaging a third of salary for individuals with 6 months to 5 years experience.
In order to assist, pfj not only provide candidates with the opportunity to find roles that deliver these salaries and are able to assist candidates in the transfer of sectors, but have also created a guidance video clip for negotiating a salary rise for those individuals who demand higher salaries but do not wish leave their current place of work.
Paul Farrer, Chairman of pfj, said ìrewards packages are hotly debated from company to company and sector to sector. It is often a red herring when people move job so as with all surveys ourís must be used with caution. People move job because they feel undervalued not necessarily underpaid. There is a difference that is important to understandî.
To view and download the pfj salary surveys, please click here
To watch a short video about negotiating a salary rise, please click here
pfj Reveals 2007 Media Salary Survey Findings
pfj has revealed the findings of a survey that encompassed face to face interviews with over 6000 job seekers
