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Re:New York City bans employers from asking potential worker... by komali2 on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:02PM (#14062028)
Companies should name their range first mate, or just interview and accept the fact that the job hunt sucks for everyone. Why do you think external recruiters exist? They work as middleman that have intimate knowledge of a company's range, as well as their candidates' range, without either party knowing. That allows them to find helpful matches without wasting either party's time... at a 20% markup of course ;)
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Re:New York City bans employers from asking potential worker... by morgante on Friday April 07, 2017 @09:20PM (#14064706)
> They work as middleman that have intimate knowledge of a company's range, as well as their candidates' range, without either party knowing.

That's comically naive. External recruiters routinely share candidate ranges with employers.

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Re:New York City bans employers from asking potential worker... by papabrown on Saturday April 08, 2017 @03:23AM (#14065784)
They also routinely share the employers range with candidates.

Believe me, if I told an external recruiter I was looking to make X and they sent me on an interview and I got a job offer at 0.5X, not only would that be the last time we ever spoke but wherever I eventually landed would not be using that recruiter or their firm ever again.

I can't think of a job I've been contacted about in the last 15+ years where I didn't know what the salary range was before I even agreed to have my resume submitted.

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