What to do about listing salary requirements?

>more information before you give them a definite
answer. In other words, you leave yourself some
What do you do when you’re asked in anoption, and you also put yourself in a good position to
interview about your salary requirements? What is thenegotiate. Chances are that full details of the job
best way to answer? RedStarResume have all thehaven’t already been provided, so if you make
answers about how best to answer this trickyit to the interview and hear more about the
question.job’s requirements, you can then argue why
Some job advertisements ask you to include youryou are qualified to receive the higher end of your
desired salary, and if they ask for this, it usually meanssalary range.
that you can’t avoid doing so. Listing salarySo how do you determine this range? Try to search
requirements is always tricky because it’s hardfor similar positions and what they offer in terms of
to “guess” what the employer will think about yoursalary. Look up job search websites and try to ballpark
preference. Asking for too much can rule out youra range that most of the positions fit into, and then use
chances right away because you might appearthis range when you’re writing your cover letter.
unrealistic, but asking for too little can signal a red flagThe range you include is entirely dependent on what
and tell the hiring manager that you don’t valueyou find, but I would probably suggest not making it
your skills and experience. So the question is —any larger than $10,000 — it may be too general
what do you say?otherwise.
My advice is to always include a range because youAll in all, it’s always best to keep your options
give yourself a little bit of breathing room. A range notopen.
only eliminates you from this potential scrutiny, but itGood luck!
could also tell the hiring manager that you need a little