Re:What to say when they ask you: how much do you make?
by bane on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @08:39AM
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In my personal experience, just accumulate every last bit of compensation you make and turn it into a dollar number. That's what you present: salary + health care + bonuses + "free" dry cleaning + whatever. If you think that number is too high to present you can always lop some off the top.
Good recruiters will try to make you parse this out and ask "well how much of this was base salary?". Nunya is the correct answer, but if you want the job you can just make up something or take off the yearly bonus or whatever and keep the rest.
It's their job to get you into the job for as low of a salary as they can. It's your job to get into the job with as high as a salary as you can.
This has killed the process for me a couple of times, but both times the recruiter revealed to me that what I was asking for was far over what they were willing to pay and we both parted ways. I count this as working out because then I would have been in a higher position with less pay than I was currently making just to work at a company with some name brand recognition.
Good recruiters will try to make you parse this out and ask "well how much of this was base salary?". Nunya is the correct answer, but if you want the job you can just make up something or take off the yearly bonus or whatever and keep the rest.
It's their job to get you into the job for as low of a salary as they can. It's your job to get into the job with as high as a salary as you can.
This has killed the process for me a couple of times, but both times the recruiter revealed to me that what I was asking for was far over what they were willing to pay and we both parted ways. I count this as working out because then I would have been in a higher position with less pay than I was currently making just to work at a company with some name brand recognition.