Re: STC Salary data collection

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

This why I said "pretty much useless," rather than
"completely, totally, 100% useless," and provided
an exception.  I probably should have also allowed
for the situation of a small company with no HR and
no experience hiring writers, but my experience with
these has been that I've not had to produce stats to
support my salary/rate requirements because they
had no more interest in "the market" than I did; my 
requirements were set, what they could budget was 
set, and they could afford me or not.

But if using the survey "to indicate that your market-
based numbers are useful" is not attempting to convince 
the company that your requirements are valid and that 
they need to meet them if they want to hire you and a 
part of "negotiation," then I don't know what else to
call it.  Even a discussion that ends with both parties
concluding there's no deal to be made is "negotiation."

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
> Don't assume that the old STC salary survey was useless for all
> jobseekers, just because it was useless for you. Your experience is very
> different from mine when I interviewed with small firms in the Metro DC
> area. The STC salary survey was useful for me *and* for the
> interviewers. And in most cases, their suggested range was subject to
> change; the one exception was a very large company, and their suggested
> range was fine for me anyway.
> 
> Like you, "I've never used the surveys to try to convince a company to
> offer me more money" -- that's not negotiation. You use the survey to
> indicate that your market-based numbers are useful for both sides. If
> they can't offer you your minimum, then just shake hands, smile, thank
> them for their time, and wish them the best of luck in all endeavors.

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