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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by jonathankoren on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:13PM (#15502527)
This is a valid concern, but a much more appropriate way of addressing expectations is to simply say “This role pays 100-120k depending on experience. Is this acceptable?”
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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by komali2 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:29PM (#15502702)
This is how it used to roll for me when I was a contract recruiter, and 99% of the time the candidate would say "So the role pays 120k, got it."

Salary ranges are pointless, I always tried to tell my clients this but for some reason they always would give me a range. I gave up ever giving the range to my candidates and just told them the max (hard max, contract O&G, so they wouldn't try to negotiate above, it'd be pointless).

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