By Jessica Dickler, CNNMoney.com staff writer

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Would you be willing to take a pay cut in exchange for a secure job? Stephanie Jenkins would.

Jenkins, 51, worked in the hospitality industry for over 25 years until she was laid off for the third time in 14 months. It was then that she decided it was time for a fresh start, in an industry that offered more job security.

Sometimes making a good living requires working with blood, guts, dark spaces, or creepy-crawlers. Are you up for a little fright? The following jobs each include something a little unsettling or, in many cases, down right scary. Take a look and see if you're brave enough to make a creepy career move.

By Kate Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com

Last month, I wrote a post about 50 jobs that pay $50,000 or more and a lot of you commented that you wanted to see jobs that pay that amount at the entry level.

Here are 20 jobs with high entry-level salaries:

Do you think you deserve a higher salary? Don't fret. These sure-fire tips from Reesa Staten, vice president of communications and director of research at recruiting firm Robert Half International and Anna Ivey, a Boston-based career and admissions counselor, will help you get the most out of your employer this year:

By Jeremy Taylor for Asylum

Men with genial personalities make an average of $2,500 a year less than their more aggressive colleagues.

Researchers at the University of Essex grouped nearly 3,000 men into five personality types, before surveying them on salary information. The 6 percent deficit nice guys suffered was the same as the penalty for possessing a high degree of neuroticism. This was even after accounting for other factors such as education, occupation, work experience and training.