Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Big Baller Salaries in Your City

When we’re young, we grow up with the mentality that we should pursue what we love and everything will work out for the best. Then come the student loans, the car payments, the cell phone bills and the realization that we wished we would have chosen a major in college that would allow us to score the high paying jobs! But what and where are the high paying jobs? What are the highest paying jobs in your city and which cities pay the highest for people in your field?


Luckily, FindTheBest has a Salary Range for Career and City App that allows you to sort through and compare thousands of jobs, and their average salaries, in cities across the United States.


Are you a communications major in Los Angeles who dreams of living in a two-story Beverly Hills home? Well, unless you’re planning on winning the lotto, it may be time to think about changing majors. Studying anesthesiology or dentistry may sound like a jump, but anesthesiologists and dentists—along with chief executives and surgeons—have the highest paid jobs in Los Angeles.


If you’re one of those people who love what they do, but would also love to tack a few grand onto their current salary, find out which cities pay the most for people with your career. For example, if you’re a social worker, you might consider moving to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where the annual mean salary for mental health and substance abuse social workers is more than $100,000. Have you recently passed the Bar and are looking for work? You might consider moving to San Jose, where the average annual salary for lawyers is $181,850.


Interested in finding the highest paid jobs in your area? Looking to find out which cities pay the highest average salaries for a person with your job? Check out FindTheBest’s Salary Range for Career and City App to find out the answers to these questions. You can also try entering your desired job and city in the table below.


Monday, April 5, 2010

Get A Head Start on Summer

With summer quickly approaching, people are starting to make plans from month-long adventure travel vacations abroad to day trips to amusement parks for more short term thrills. If you’re just beginning to plan out your summer, FindTheBest is a great place to start.


The site has Apps perfect for summer planning including Summer Camps, Libraries, Museums, Amusement Parks, Zoos, Sky Diving and Adventure Travel. Each App has tons of filterable information that allow you to find and compare different products, services and places based on factors like location and price.


Looking to go abroad for the summer? Check out FTB’s Adventure Travel App that allows you to find and compare exciting travel tours and destinations from Antarctica and Belize to Germany and Egypt. The App helps you tailor your search by allowing you to use filters like Trip Length and Level of Difficulty to Starting Price and Tour Operator.


Don’t have time to travel abroad this summer? Not to worry, FTB has great resources to help you plan fun and stimulating things to do around your city. Looking for thrills that only the fastest roller coasters and tallest drops can give? Check out FTB’s Amusement Parks App for listings from Disneyland to Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. The App will help you find the amusement park perfect for you based on Price, Location, and Ride Type.


For those of you whose thrill seeking far surpasses what amusement parks have to offer, FTB’s Sky Diving App can help get you suited up and ready to jump—out of a plane that is. FTB’s Sky Diving App allows you to find and compare hundreds of sky diving locations across the world, from Belgium and Italy to Canada and the United States. FTB can help you choose the best drop zone based on factors from location to price.


We realize that not everyone is up for these types of heart pumping thrills, so for those of you who prefer to keep your feet on the ground, FTB has Apps from Zoos and Museums to Libraries across the United States. Vacationing in southern California this summer? Check out the San Diego Zoo, which is home to more than 4,000 animals, or look into the Los Angeles Public Library, which attracts more than 16 million visitors a year. Traveling to the opposite coast? Check out the New York Public Library, which welcomes more than 16 million visitors annually or stop by the Bronx Zoo, which houses 600 different types of species. Not interested in libraries or zoos? No problem. Check out FTB’s Museums App to help you locate museums like San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art or New York’s Guggenheim Museum.


Looking for some quiet time away from the kids? FTB’s Summer Camps App has info on more than 1,500 summer camps based on Location, Camp Format, Category, Camp Type, Cost and Camp Length. You can sort through soccer, surf, football art and music camps.


If you’re looking to get a head start on your summer planning, FindTheBest is the best place to turn to for help.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Looking for some laughs this April Fool's Day?

Looking for a good laugh this April Fools? FindTheBest’s Comedy Clubs App allows you to find and compare dozens of fabulous comedy clubs in your city based on admission type, cover charges, venue style, dinner options and famous celebrities that frequent the club.


If you’re low on cash but are in need of a good laugh, sort through comedy clubs in your area based on cover charge. You’ll find tons of clubs that have low cover charges like New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theater or the San Francisco Comedy Club in San Fran.


Looking for a comedy club where you may spot a celeb? Use the regulars filter to see which hot celebrities frequent clubs in your town. If you swing by Rooster T Feathers in Sunnyvale, there’s a good chance you might spot celebrities like Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, and Drew Carey. If you’re on the opposite coast and need your celebrity fix, check out New York’s Comedy Cellar where celebrities like Chris Rock, Kevin James, Colin Quinn and Jim Narto are often spotted.


If you want to be able to enjoy a nice meal with your comedic entertainment, use the dinner options filter to locate comedy clubs that offer dinner—like Backdoor Comedy in Texas or The Denver Improv in Colorado.


Visit FindTheBest’s Comedy Clubs for all your comedy-club related questions.