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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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