Re: Questions Re: Previous Salary

[John Posada <posada -at- FAXSAV -dot- COM>]

Tracy...ya gotta set some type of guidelines.

When you set the parameters, you must use a figure that you would be
content with. If you wait untill you come up with an offer higher than
anything else, you will never know what the highest is.  If you are
offered $50...does it mean that if you wait long enough, something for
$60 might come along?  Should you pass up on $60 becaase you might get
an offer for $65?  What if you never get $65 and when you go back for
the $60, the position isn't available anylonger.

Pick a number, and when you get that number along with most of your
other "would likes", then go for it.


Tracy Boyington wrote:
>
> > Your response can take many forms, depending on your objectives. You may have a "I can't work for less than X" price. If that's the case, say so.
>
> But if you say "I can't work for less than X", you're almost
> guaranteeing that they will offer you X + $1, when they might have been
> willing to pay 2X or 3X or whatever. Gosh, I'm almost using algebra
> here. Mrs. Keener would be so proud.
>
> Tracy
>
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