ASK THE HEADHUNTER Revealing my salary earned me a lower job offer!

[deanwebb]

Revealing my salary earned me a lower job offer!

In the September 5, 2017 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader succumbs to an employer’s demand for his salary information and pays for not keeping his mouth shut. Question Nick, I need your help. I’m in a very tough spot with salary negotiations. HR told me the salary range for the position ($65K-$70K) on the phone before our interviews. They also asked for my salary expectations, and I told them $65K-70K. So we had the interviews knowing we were all on the same page. Or so I thought. After the first interview, I was contacted by the HR rep and

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[deanwebb]

I've applied at some places where they did a background check and would actually hold it against an applicant if he didn't correctly self-report income, so your mileage may vary with this advice to not offer up salary info.

But he is right about the bait 'n' switch stuff. If the job desc. offers a certain range and then they come back with a lower offer than what was quoted in that range, say thanks but no. That's a company that will jerk your chain on compensation every step of the way and life's too short to waste on working with those guys. Or if you do take the job, keep your search active so you can use that slightly higher salary to report for the next job.

[NetworkGroover]

Amen - that's a big slap in the face.

[deanwebb]

Both my current employer and my previous employer asked for pay history, but did not cut back on the pay band for my role. I was happy about that.