salary requirements
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- mangosnot
When a job posting is asking for your salary requirements, what is the best way to present this?what I mean is, should I just write a littel blurb in the email, or should I create a separate document with what I would like, or should I say something like, I need enough money to live and support my family. I am open to reasonable offers. How do some of you go about this?
- doesnotexist0
id just put salary: $45-50k or whatever.
- mangosnot0
nah man! anytime I give an amount, I never have gotten a position. I found this:
http://www.collegerecruiter.com/…
- blaw0
historically, i've ignored the request.
i have seen places state that inquiries not providing salary requirements would be ignored, but that's the exception.
- material-10
ask them to double it or no deal
- e-pill0
never ignore the request, but never give out a number either.
explain that you are looking for a "Competitive Salary" dont give out a number as your number may be much less than whaat they have originally thought to offer you.
also you dont have to come up with a figure on the spot, you can tell them you need to figure out your numbers with the new information about the job itself and go over it with a fresh head and get back to them.
but you should definitely know the numbers you want to play within. create a number spreaad of maximum lowest to maximum highest within what you feel you are worth and what you feel the client can afford to pay you.
dont assume anything.
good luck!!
:)
- mangosnot0
thanks guys, that helps alot!
- canuck0
Yeah i'd be careful. Personally, I don't say how much until I can get an interview lined up. Had too many places not reply when I tell them how much I need to earn.
- doesnotexist0
hmm, you learn something new every day!
- monkeyshine0
Don't ignore a request...it doesn't speak well to your negotiation skills.
Research the market. Determine what your bottom line is vs. what you would like to be making and give a 10k range. Or say 'I'd like to be making in x range, but I'm open to negotiating depending upon requirements'. If a company really likes you they won't rule you out unless you are crazy out of their reach.
- doesnotexist0
ive never thought of it that way, but if they cant even come close to your requirement, why would you want to take the job?
and i always thought of the salary requirement as being flexible on either end if it needed to be.
- mangosnot0
This is what i came up with, let me know what you guys think:
My salary requirements are negotiable, however I am looking for something competitive, and I am open to reasonable offers.
This is such a tricky trick on their part. MAN! I just want a job! I SWEAR I can rock it! I swear!!!!
- doesnotexist0
MAN! I just want a job! I SWEAR I can rock it! I swear!!!!
mangosnot
(Feb 20 07, 11:35)you should use that for your objective
- monkeyshine0
exactly. you don't want to waste your time if the company can't come close to what you want.
salary is flexible but usually in a range. if we're looking for someone in the 60s range and they tell me they want 90s then that's outside of the scope of what we can offer and I say, thanks but no. If they say 70 then there's room to negotiate if we think they are a great candidate.
- Mick0
Best approach is to say what you're on now - they are allowed to ask that and just state that although money is not your motivation, you would require a salary increase for it to be worth your while.
- ldww0
you are not wasting your time by being vague about your salary req.
alot of the hiring process has to do with the interview. if they have a set $ amount in their head because thats what their accountant told them, then you come in and blow their socks off, they will up their amount if thats what its going to take to get you.
- -sputnik-0
say "competitive" and feel them out during your first interview. i rarely talk money until the second interview, but if they put you on the spot, be honest. i always have a figure in mind which i want, one i will concede to if other compensation is there, and one i will absolutely not go under.