Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About Previous Pay

Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by humanrebar on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @02:31PM (#12212086)

> Isn't that basically what a recruiter does? Every time I've dealt with a recruiter, they've done the salary haggling for me.

Recruiters are much more likely to cut bait and leave an extra 5% on the table to:

1. Keep a good relationship with the employer

2. Keep their turnover high, making money on negotiating many "OK" salaries instead of maximizing each individual salary (including yours).

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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by tombert on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @04:19PM (#12213035)

I agree, except what I generally tell a recruiter what I want for a job before an offer has even been made, and I usually work with multiple at once. It gives me some haggling power without being the one who has to haggle directly.

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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by rogerdpack on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @04:58PM (#12213339)

Sounds like you are already your own "agent" as it were. The rest of us just don't know how to haggle, sadly :|

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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by pc86 on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @07:32AM (#12217192)

It's no different than buying a car.

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