Re:Guide to the London Startup Ecosystem
by barrkel on Friday February 07, 2020 @11:12PM
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Having been on both side of the table, I don't think that's quite right.
Get in contact with your local friendly tech recruiter and he'll ask about your experience and salary expectations. And when a recruitment firm is engaged, salary bands are communicated, though they're not often advertised. The recruitment firm (who employs your recruiter) is the matchmaker.
And if you're in a position to hire, you'll get lots of spam from recruiters, directly advertising candidates & CVs along with their salary expectations - it's unusual not to get a salary expectation in a cold approach from a recruiter.
It might sound crazy, but if a company is struggling to fill a position, offering a higher salary just never seems to enter the conversation. Instead you'll talk about working with a different recruitment firm, reformulating the job advert, trying to tap existing staff through a referral scheme, etc.
The only time I've seen salary seriously in the mix is when companies are going after a known individual who can make demands based on proven exceptional talent, or when looking for candidates with extremely niche skills.