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I start out asking to see a printed version of the job description which they will send me in email. Then I ask them the following questions if I am interested in the role:
1. Who is the company? Yes, they will answer you.
2 What the rate range is for the role. They will usually tell me. Sometimes it is in the range for what I want to get and sometimes it is too low. I've sometimes been surprised to find that it is even higher than what I list as my low end of the acceptable range. For this reason, I now give them a range back and they volunteer to pay me higher if the money is there and it fits with the job description.
3. Where (the exact location of the role and if remote is possible).
Sometimes the conversations are very short this way and I don't have to listen to 15 minutes of conversation about roles I'm not interested in taking.
Sometimes I will also ask about parking because to park in Seattle is almost $30 per day in some places. And what the core business hours are because depending on location, that can kill me off.
So basically, ask them. Don't work too hard to figure it out yourself but also look at your qualifications before you pick the high end of the range. I hope that helps you.
Lin Laurie
www.linlaurie.com
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This was published in 1989, but the approach is still valid --
On 9/4/19 8:08 AM, Sion Lane wrote:
> How does one go about figuring out your hourly or daily rate? Obviously one can be derived from the other, but how do you come up with a figure to start from?
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Alan Houser
Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing arh on Twitter
412-450-0532
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