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You can tap dance around the question as much as you like (and I have done
so), but you will find some recruiters who will absolutely bring the whole
process to a screeching halt until you answer the question. I know there
are a lot of people here would just take a "walk away from it" attitude
about any such company, but when you're still early in your career that's
not that easy to do.
BTW, when I was asked that question during my last job search, I told
several recruiters that my current (at that time) salary was one of the main
reasons I was looking for a new job.
Someone raised the question of why you would take an underpaid position. I
took a job on the low end of the scale about a month after I was graduated,
expecting my pay to progress somewhat as I did. Well, my boss was such a
cheapskate that after 2 1/2 years I was making about 73 cents/hour more than
when I started, and was no longer even on the scale.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Murrell [mailto:trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:32 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: salary & resume issues
I think it is perfectly legitimate to NOT answer the question about what
you're
currently making or what you made in your previous position or even what you
expect to make. Salary IS a negotiation, and in my experience it IS true
that
whoever mentions money first loses.
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