How to Answer: "What Are Your Salary Expectations" (BEST Strategy!)

Does writing negotiable make employers pull your application at all? I’m always scared to not put a number thinking they won’t consider me if I don’t

Just send a picture of a middle class lifestyle

What if they already provide a range and the benefits package before hand ?

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I applied to a couple of organizations where the online application includes a mandatory field for the desired salary and you're unable to enter the range You can just enter one amount, One numerical value. Later I found out that their range for the roles I applied for is very low and that is their way of eliminating people who want to Be paid more even if they have required qualifications and experience

After a few months of putting it off I finally had a salary discussing with my bosses on Monday! Thanks for your help!

Thank you so much for this video! I follow as much as I can everything that you post, especially related to job search. I was able to learn in the phone screening What is the salary range as it wasn't disclosed in the job posting. I used one of the phrases suggested in this video. I have to thank you for your positive attitude also and for encouragement that you sent to everybody who is following you. I came across recruiters who give advice but who also tried to make people feel helpless so they can go to them and pay for their services.

I've had the dreaded input box a lot on LinkedIn Dx for instance, asking how much I expect to be paid per blog and Im like "uhhh that really depends on several factors there, buddy" but they do not let you put in a range or explain anything. Nope. Just a flat rate.

I assess the job description to see what I'll most likely be writing (like determining how many blogs ill likely be doing a week, how long they'll be, if and how much research I may need, etc) and then put the bare minimum of what I'll accept.

Thanks for the tips, Erin! :D

Thank you Erin!! I am on my way to a job interview today. I will keep this advice in mind. 😊

Hi, Erin! I really like your videos. They are straightforward and in plain speak. I'm wondering what proper interview attire is for gents. I'm a gent. I think you've done a video about this. But it was for ladies. I'm Andrew and ma currently in an active job search. Related to the online applications ... I've encountered some that even make entering ranges invalid.

It's one big hostage manipulation, the hostage being the benefits (Money and perks)

I always tell them what I currently make. Except I always seem to start making 10% more than I do when I'm in that interview.

Great info!!!

When I was interviewing people at my firm, I always told them what the salary range was for a particular job upfront and where in that range we were hiring. I don’t like to waste peoples time nor my time.

Hi Erin! Newbie here. Thankful for finding you! I’m unemployed and have trouble with so many things. Excited to watch your videos for sound advice to get me employed and stay employed! ✅✅

I absolutely love your work, thank you for the service ❤

I run a Christian school in which I have very few resources we need books for children and please help us we live in Pakistan

love the point about not revealing what you currently make -- but what if your current salary is more than what the role you're interviewing for is offering? i'm guessing it's still not a good idea because it just prices you out?

Love your content because it helps people learn how to advocate for self! I have worked in my career field over 30 years. Things change over time, like discussing salary and wages during the initial interview. I think it's great! When I interview job candidates I want them to ask! I want them to be open and be willing to have those discussions as it tells me a lot about them.

One question for you...what would your impression be of someone taking notes during an interview?

Hi Erin! Thank you so much for this helpful information. What should I say if the recruiters need a salary requirement to pass my resume along and there is no further salary negotiation after submitting this number?

Please, No, no, Noooooooooooo😅😅😅

Hi Erin, I didn't see in your video mention about a lateral move position. How do I negotiate salary range for that type of position? Again, thanks for all the advice you have given. Keep up the good work. 😊

I don't know if people often mention it but the fact you use The Office in your videos is really amazing!

Erin, what if a company hasn't disclosed the salary two interviews in and I don't know how to navigate that conversation? I don't have a recruiter or talent acquisition person, just the hiring manager and director I am corresponding to. How do you sneak asking if the job pay range is worth it and then negotiating from there?

Also I tried negotiating another internal transfer at my current company and they only offered me $2k more than the base offer. But at least I tried

Brilliant! Thanks Erin. I am a subscriber and love the great insight.

Great advices, unfortunately in the country I live, they have all the information about what we are making or made in the past jobs. Sad to live in place where we lost our freedom and rights. Since the left took complete control and started this kind of dictatorship they decide that we have to live to work and say thanks! Our minimum wage is about 150 USD monthly, but there are many discounts as we have to pay the government to starve us

Hi Erin 😊 great video!
What do you do when they ask for your latest paycheck?

I really love how you sharing these things to the people. Somehow it feel energize people as well. Thank u ❤

OMG YES! The awkward silence! When I was in my late 20ies, applying for my second job, they asked about my salary expectations and I gave them what felt to me like a pretty high range and then intuitively just said nothing else. We all looked at each other for what felt like forever. Then the HR lady shrugged her shoulders, said "Well, we'll have to see how to make this possible then" and we went over to the next topic. I swear they were waiting for me to pull back etc., soften my tone, giving them options. She tried another time while on the phone with me, something like "We are currently working on drafting your contract, we kinda have to see how we can make YOUR salary expectations work within our business". Again, I just "okay"ed it and said nothing more. I got the money. And it was nothing crazy! It's a reasonable salary. I think they were just trying to intimidate me. So if you can - embrace the silence!!

"but you said $50k on the online application" .... yes, based on the job description advertised. I have more information now.

One thing I thought about when you're asked for your salary expectations. If someone is in an active search and doesn't want to low or highball the salary, then you could say "I am ready to start at the lower range of your salary band with the opportunity to grow from there". Does that sound legit? 👀

Thats interesting, Literally just had application only few months ago that required FULL employment history - and next to the positions was field for what was the salary…. For EVERY - SINGLE - ONE - JOB - EVER - WORKED!
Next field after was also interesting - “reason for leaving” - again - FOR EVERY - SINGLE - ONE - JOB - EVER - WORKED!
I’m in UK btw, so I think it’s not illegal here, because I have seen that on applications few times now.

❤❤❤Everything about this video, just YES!! Chefs Kiss

Hahaah some interesting info , usually when you have to fill in that required field in europe it has to be a integer number , you can't write that range , so then what?

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"No one knows what they're doing." Truest piece of advice, ever.

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Thank you. I wonder what specific mistakes candidates from Eastern Europe make? I heard that for an American employer we are really weirdos😅

can we get video on " How to do a job interview, when you are already work for another employer", or is it as simple as ask for a lame day off for "dentist appointment"

HR usually insists you give exact figure at the early stage. It is so uncomfortable

You amazing Erin! Thank you

Thanks Erin for the great pointers. Suppose the recruiter comes back with a salary range, how do you then respond if they insist to know if that range works for you? What's the best response that will not tie you to a specific number?

does this only apply on people living on those states? or is it applicable to those companies from those states who hires to get freelancers overseas?

Thank you ❤

Thank you for sharing the links for that are in effect by these laws. I'm thinking that companies forget that interviews are meant to be compatibility assessments for the employee too. It wastes everyone's time when they won't own up and say what they are and are not willing to pay. It wastes the applicants time and gas money and possibly money they spent for their interview clothes. It wastes the interviewer time because they could have moved on to someone who is qualified for the job and is appropriate for the level of pay being offered (such as a part time worker or a newly starting out worker.) It wastes the time of the background checker if there is one before the interview begins. And that all is a waste of money for everyone involved.

I just had an interview yesterday where they asked this, and when I inquired about the salary band they absolutely would NOT answer. I went back to school after stay-at-home-mom status and I just graduated. I'm newly qualified for the technical stuff but not a stranger to the workforce and I have a lot of other skills from past lives. I know I'm not worth the top of a salary band but I don't think I'm only worth the very bottom, but I genuinely don't know where I fall in terms of what's fair to ask.

They seriously pulled that The Office clip on me when I didn't have an answer for them. "Oh come on, you've got a number. You'd reject 10k, right?" "That's not minimum wage." "So you DO have a number!" What I have is the knowledge that I made more than that working for $9 an hour at a grocery store in 2008. 🙃Eventually the other guy present suggested that I get back to them today with a number. I got back to them with a thanks but no thanks, for other reasons. In the mean time a friend of mine in HR let me know what the salary band should be for that position and OMG if they'd pressed me a bit more and I threw out a number, the number I would have thrown out was literally the bottom of the band. I didn't even realize that the higher end of that band would potentially have me out earning my husband, and the middle of the band would double his income.