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Subject:Re: Job ads in the Classifieds--the real truth From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Fri, 5 Feb 1999 14:46:09 -0600
> Companies that are wondering if they are compensating their employees at
> the market rate place ads that ask for salary history. Then, the companies
> can determine if they are paying their employees too much, too little, and
> so on.
*If* this is true (and I'm sorry, Laurel, but I have my doubts), the
only logical response is to always pad your salary history by 50% or so.
Let's see if we can skew that market rate! ;-)
