When I was a kid, in social settings, my dad would ask people what they do for a living. He’d then innocently inquire, “How much does a job like that pay?” The recipient of the question and everyone within earshot would cringe. I was used to it, and 20-plus years later I’m asking the same questions to people as a recruiter.

He wasn’t being an insensitive, rude jerk. My father was a school teacher in Brooklyn and later went into administration. He always felt that he was in the wrong profession as it paid substantially less than what peers earned in the private sector. He was curious about just how much less he earned and what other types of careers paid. READ MORE