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John Posada wrote:
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> 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.
Now, John, that's not what I said. :-) Of course you should have
parameters. I just don't think you should necessarily reveal them to
anyone who asks.
> 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.
No, it means that if you're offered $50, and you think it's worth $50,
you take it -- and you never tell anyone you would have done it for $40.
Just like you would never tell a car salesman "I'd like to buy this car
for $15,000, but the maximum I'll pay is $16,500." (or you can avoid
that nastiness altogether and buy a Saturn ;-)
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Stillwater, OK, USA http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
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