A daily look at life on the job by TIME's Lisa Takeuchi Cullen

Are you willing to take a lower salary?

Another finding in the Jobfox survey below:

...the professions in highest demand among employers found that some median salary ranges being asked for by job seekers dipped $10,000, compared to a month ago. Median salary ranges demanded by job seekers fell for workers seeking jobs in:

Software Design/Development, with a median salary range of $95,000 to $105,000 in April to $85,000 to $95,000 in May.

Product Management, with the median salary range falling to $85,000 to $95,000 in May.

Networking/System Administration, dipping to $65,000 to $75,000 in May.

Finance, shrinking to $65,000 to $75,000.

Government Contracts Administration, settling for $55,000 to $65,000.

If you're on the job market now, have you ratcheted down your salary expectations? By how much? In what fields?

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