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Re:Salary Negotiation by alain94040 on Friday June 03, 2016 @03:27PM (#11832585)
The problem is that advice you read on Internet is geared toward the average person, not you. It's true that the #1 mistake people make is to sell themselves short by giving away a (low) salary upfront. So it makes sense for the Internet to emphasize that advice: it helps the most people and therefore has the most impact. On average.

Why can't "the Internet" know that I'm not average? Based on my web browsing history alone, the Internet should know that I have reached expert level in resume and salary compensation discussions. So don't show me the stuff for beginners.

There has to be some startup idea in there somewhere. All the raw data is there. Deep learning is hot. Who will come up with the first usable "Internet persona" or "Custom Internet" concept that actually works?

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Re:Salary Negotiation by fecak on Friday June 03, 2016 @03:40PM (#11832673)
>It's true that the #1 mistake people make is to sell themselves short by giving away a (low) salary upfront.

As an agency/3rd party recruiter/headhunter who asks people questions about salary all the time (current or desired), I'd argue that the #1 mistake people make is saying that they are willing to negotiate before getting any objection. I've written about this at length, but the typical conversation goes like this.

ME: "How much are you looking to make?"

CANDIDATE: "I'm looking for 100K."

ME: PAUSES TO TAKE NOTE

CANDIDATE: "...But I'm always willing to negotiate"

I haven't even said "no" and they are already negotiating against themselves. Any hiring manager dealing with junior level candidates will likely know this tendency for inexperienced negotiators to mention flexibility when greeted with any silence, so they'll incorporate that silence into their "script".

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