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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by bentruyman on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:32PM (#15503352)
Is this actually happening? After a good interview, qualified employees are being turned away by companies in the later stages of the interview/employment process, simply due to candidates refusing to divulge their current salary? I mean, I'm sure it _has_ happened, not sure if that's a strong argument though.
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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by ryandrake on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:53PM (#15503549)
Impossible to know, because employers are not required to share the reason for dropping candidates from consideration. Candidates would need to speculate about the real reason, but I can tell you with pretty high certainty that it has happened to me at least once.
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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by bentruyman on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:08PM (#15503667)
I'm sorry if that may have happened to you. In my experience, this has never happened and, if anything, I was given a substantial bump above the number I gave as a current salary. I guess one anecdote vs. another. I dunno, we'll hopefully see whether or not this actually achieves its intended goals or not.
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