+ Hi, Pablo here +
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One efective but risky way to find the top salary for the vacancy
++ I've seen a lot of people frustrated with not knowing how much a company is willing to pay for a + vacancy. There are multiple ways to find out, which you probably are familiar with if you've been job + hunting for some time. +
++ But it's only fair that some folks don't know how to get this done. I find job hunting has a lot of in + common with dating and finding a partner. Three things they have in common are (1) almost all of us have + to go through it, (2) it's very important for us and we're stressed out about succeding or fluking it + and (3) when we start out, we know nothing about how to do our part properly. +
++ In case this helps you, I'm going to explain you one very simple, quite effective, and very risky way to + find out. Before you do this, you should probably try the also simple, a lot safer but not always that + effective option of simply asking the owner of the vacancy straight away. +
++ So, if that first approach that has failed, this is what I propose instead: provide your compensation + expectations, and make them outlandish. For example, let's say you suspect their range must be something + like 100-120K. Then, you go and ask 200K. At this stage, most recruiters will go "Oooh, I'm afraid + yadiyada that's too much", and in their justification as to why you're too expensive, they will usually + confess what's the top of the range, moment in which you should avoid yelling "Aha! That's the salary + eh!". +
++ It could be that you go for the 200K and the recruiter just says "Okay, that's fine.". In this case, you + have failed in exceeding the top, which means you're either pathologically humble, quite misinformed + about where the market is at, or maybe both. I guess you still can be happy that you are apparently + worth something that you feel is outlandish. Ego boost! +
++ On the other hand, if you do manage to exceed their budget, the good news is you'll probably get to know + what it is. The bad news is, if you have exceeded their budget by leaps and bounds, you might have a lot + of trouble backtracking your stance and convincing them that you're willing to settle for their top (if + you are truly interested, that is). This makes this technique exciting and somewhat similar to + blackjack: you want to make sure you overstep the top of the range, but you want to do it by the + smallest margin possible to keep your options open. +
++ For the shy ones: I promise nobody is going to laugh at you or get mad because of yourinsanely high + request. It's very likely the recruiter spends its days receiving numbers crazier than yours thrown at + them by wackos who are unfit for the vacancy but are just trying their luck. +
++ If they do get irritated about it, congratulations! They are idiots and you have managed to find out + before you married them, which is going to make your life much easier! +
++ Good luck with the job hunt. +
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