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Subject:Re: Salary History From:Rose Wilcox <RWILC -at- FAST -dot- DOT -dot- STATE -dot- AZ -dot- US> Date:Mon, 12 Jun 1995 15:55:00 PDT
Jan Boomsliter wrote:
>For the same reasons, you should include salary information in your job
>description, e.g., "Paying $30-40/hour, commensurate with ...," or
>"Salary range for this job title is $52K to $60K."
And, to which, I add:
Those company's who prefer to hire someone at midrange (or who *have* to
hire someone at midrange) can include that information, also. That way an
applicant will know that the high-end isn't available right away.
Rosie Wilcox
rwilc -at- fast -dot- dot -dot- state -dot- az -dot- us
ncrowe -at- primenet -dot- com
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