Comments on: New Car Stickers http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=772 The Candid Ramblings Of A Professional Recruiter Who Has Seen It All - Copyright 2010 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:18:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisa http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=772&cpage=1#comment-282 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:35:11 +0000 http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=772#comment-282 For me, it always comes back to this being a business deal between prospective employer and employee. The employer is the customer and the employee is the seller. Traditionally companies have been the ones leading the price discussion and job seekers have enjoyed them removing that burden from them. These are different times now, though. I think job seekers are finding themselves more often in the position of having to speak first in the salary discussion. It’s an adjustment, but it can work well for those who are truly aware of what their skills are worth and what the jobs they are interviewing for entail. When you think about it, it’s actually a bit odd to ask the buyer to name a price first. The example you gave isn’t relating salary to the value of the role. What if a seller in a store said I got $100 for the vacuum I sold and $20 for the lamp and I hope to get $50 for the chair. What does the price of the vacuum or lamp have to do with the price he is hoping to get for the chair? Nothing. You don’t want to put your cards on the table first because you don’t want to risk giving away more than you have to, yes? Employers are now catching on to that concept. Why should they give away more than they have to by speaking first? At the end of the day, the job seeker will benefit from gathering as much information as possible about what they have to offer, what a company needs and confidently stating what they think is a fair selling price for their goods. You don’t have to present the number as if it’s set in stone, but do so with relevant points on your worth.

]]> By: David http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=772&cpage=1#comment-281 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:55:40 +0000 http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=772#comment-281 Lisa,

If an interviewer wants to know your asking price, do you ever give a price range? For example, at my last position I was making $50 I am now at $35k I would like to be at $42k and this is why. I struggle with question all the time although I know my value to a company; I don’t like putting all my cards on the table until I have an idea where they are at.

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