ASK THE HEADHUNTER Don’t Fill Out That Job Application!

[deanwebb]

Don't Fill Out That Job Application!

In the July 11, 2017 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job seeker tries to avoid going down the job application hole. In the last edition, we discussed mistakes people make regarding information they share about themselves — and about information they fail to get from an employer. Now we'll focus on a special kind of information employers demand from job applicants — your salary history. This has always been a hot topic, mainly because employers just won't stop asking for information that's none of their business. Even if HR managers swear up and down that they need your salary data

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[icecream-guy]

Learned that a while ago,  when recruiters want to know your salary, one should tell them :looking for a salary in that range of xxx:   if they keep insisting, it's a company you probably don't want to work with.    they're just trying to maximize the pay in their pockets.  it's weird how some recruiters get paid, sometimes a percentage of the difference between the bill rate and pay rate

so at 20% of the difference where the customer is billed at $100/hr and contractor is paid $90/hr. they recruiter might get 20% of $10 or $2 for every hour the contractor works.

[deanwebb]

Get things going with two or more companies.

"I'm getting (x) right now at CurrentCorp, but OtherGuy, Inc., is talking (x+lots) for a potential role with them."