The search firm is a perennial President Club winner within the MRINetwork®, the world?s largest search and recruitment organization. It works domestically and internationally with a focus on the industries of Payments and Prepaid Systems; Retail and Hospitality Technology; and Supply Chain Planning, Purchasing, and Consulting for both permanent and contract hires.
TopGrading Solutions has spent the last 3 months surveying candidates from the Payments and Retail Technology Sector to determine exactly how long they would hold out before taking a new job at a lower salary, if they lost their job today.
Results indicate that despite the unstable economy, people are still willing to wait for better, or at least equal compensation. 29.7%: The majority of candidates surveyed, indicated that they would wait at least 120 days (4 months) before considering a cut in their annual salary. 20.3% said they would wait 60 days (2 months) while another 20.3% said they would not take a cut in pay. 16.9% would wait 90 days (3 months). Only 12.8% would consider it after the first 30 days of unemployment. Read more below.