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How To Answer Salary Questions On Job Applications

You may be asked salary information on an application form, or be faced with a âcurrent salary" or âdesired salary" field on an online application. Or you may be asked the same question by a legal recruiter. The answer you provide may be used in the screening processâanswer too high and you may not be considered for the position at all.

This number will also likely come into play at the interview/offer stage. It can establish the range for the offer the employer makes. And if you're underpaid and undervalued at your current employer, then there's the risk that your low level of pay will follow you when you move on.

On a paper application formâor if the online form allows you to type in whatever you wantâyou can write âNegotiable." This gives you the opportunity to discuss your salary history and expectations later on.

How To Answer Salary Questions On Job Applications

If it's not a required field on an online form, leave it blank. If the "desired salary" field requires you to enter a figure, however, you have a couple of options. Each has its own benefits and drawbacks:

Enter $0, $1, or $10 (the minimum number you can). It will be clear you're not answering the questions (most employers will know you aren't offering to work for free).
Enter $999,999 (or the highest number you can). Like answering $0, this shows you are purposely avoiding the question.
You can enter your desired salary, based on not only your personal needs and wants but also on your market research of your value and salaries. But know that it may lead to you being screened out (if it's too high) or being offered a lower salary in the interview.
If you can, enter a range. Some online forms will allow you to enter two numbers. Entering a salary range is often the best option because it reduces the chances of you being screened out, allows room for negotiation, and recognizes that some of the most valuable compensation (vacation time, signing bonuses, tuition reimbursement, insurance, company cars, travel, child care, insurance, and more) isn't included in the salary.

How you answer the salary question on a job application will depend on your situation and what format is allowed on the online form. But if you can, entering a salary range is always the best option.

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There's been a big push for salary transparency in the hiring process. For those who aren't familiar with the term, salary transparency, in regard to the job search, is when a company posts exactly how much they will pay on the job description so job seekers know what to expect before they apply.

Now, that's a good thing because a lot of people don't want to waste their time applying for a job that can't pay them what they want. But there is one significant drawback to salary transparency job seekers should know...

Salary Transparency = No Salary Negotiations

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If a company lists the salary for a role in the job description, you can't negotiate. That's what they said they're willing to pay. And they had to internally, as a team, decide on that and agree to stick to it.

I've seen companies list the salary for a position and had a person go through the hiring process, get a job offer, and try to counter and negotiate a higher salary. Their response? They rescinded the job offer from the candidate and offered the job to someone else.

I understand you might be worth more money to yourself or you might be worth more money at a different company. But at a company that posts the salary for the position, that is what they're willing to pay. And you have to decide whether you want to accept that or move on. It's that simple, folks.

Things are changing right now. Economic shifts, the way that people hireâit's all changing. And you need to stay on top of that change if you want to be successful.

In your next job search, remember to negotiate a higher salary only if a salary was never listed in the job description. Salary transparency has its benefits. But the ability to negotiate salary is not one of them.

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When NOT To Negotiate A Higher Salary

Perhaps you have questioned for a job in addition to also caught off safeguard using the salary question? Carry out you find it difficult to identify a new reasonable salary range of which you feel comfortable using? If so, we're right here to show you typically the right way to carry out salary research!

Nowadays, the employing manager or recruiter will certainly most likely ask concerning your salary expectations within the first or early on round of the meeting process. If you arenât looking forward to this conversation, that can make anyone looks unsuspecting, diffident, or worseâ¦. charging you the entire job opportunity.

Thus, let's show you exactly how to avoid that and even discuss your desired wage with full confidence!

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How To Negotiate Salary With A Recruiter

One of my jobs as a career coach is to help you see things from the recruiter's perspective. I actually was in the staffing recruiting industry before I became a career coach, so I know what they're thinking. And in this case, I don't want you to think of recruiters as the enemy. You want to enter into any conversation with a recruiter very informed, very calm, and very confident. Because if you do that, you're going to build a great relationship and get the results you're looking for.

What You Need To Know About Negotiating Salary With A Recruiter

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Let's break this down. A recruiter cannot waste their time on you if they can't afford you. So when they're asking you about your salary expectations, they're just trying to figure out whether or not they can even present opportunities to you.

If a recruiter asks you about salary expectations, respond with a range.

Your salary range consists of two things:

Walkaway rate (the lowest amount of money you can accept without looking for another job)
Ideal salary

Now, your ideal salary is based on market research. It needs to be within alignment with the market. You need to make sure that you're not overreaching on that range and, at the same time, you don't want to sell yourself short. So you do your homework and figure out, based on your skill set and your location, what your ideal salary is.

Your salary range could be big, maybe tens of thousands of dollars difference between the lowest number (the walkaway rate), and the highest number (your ideal salary). But it's a range. And you should present that to the recruiter and say...

"My range is (blank). This is the least amount of money I can take, and this is what I'm hoping to make. And that's really dependent upon the benefits, the opportunity itself, and what's involved. Do you have any opportunities that fit that range?"

That's how you start this conversation.

Recruiters hate it when people avoid the salary conversation. If you went into a store as a customer and asked, "How much does this cost?" and the salesperson said, "Well, let's get to know each other more before I tell you," that would feel super shady, wouldn't it? Well, that's what you're doing in this situation if you're not upfront because the recruiters are the buyers, the customers, and you're the business-of-one, the service provider selling your services.

So, when negotiating salary with a recruiter, you should be very confident, calm, and relaxed, and be able to explain your range. When you do that, you look so professional. And now the recruiter is excited because this is their first interaction with you. They're thinking, "This personâthey know their range, they know their worth, they know what they want. I can work with this person."

Ultimately, it's all about doing some research and knowing your value as an employee, and then communicating that effectively with a salary range. That's all you have to do to successfully negotiate salary with a recruiter.

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