Comments on: Smart Executive Job Search: How To Sail Through Salary Negotiations https://executivecareerbrand.com/executive-job-search-salary-compensation-negotiations/ Executive Job Search - Personal Branding, Executive Resumes, LinkedIn Profiles, Biographies, etc. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Meg Guiseppi https://executivecareerbrand.com/executive-job-search-salary-compensation-negotiations/#comment-26574 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:53:01 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=7094#comment-26574 In reply to Jacob Share.

Jacob, thank you for offering your take on this touchy issue. Best advice for salary negotiations: Come into them well prepared!

]]> By: Jacob Share https://executivecareerbrand.com/executive-job-search-salary-compensation-negotiations/#comment-26573 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 07:32:57 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=7094#comment-26573 While it’s so common for a recruiter to ask about prior pay, it’s a dumb, irrelevant question unless the role you applied for heavily overlaps the role you had previously, and even then, every situation is different, responsibilities are different, and what each company values (and how much) may be different too. If there’s no local salary ban, go ahead and answer the question, but don’t just toss out a figure; explain what that figure was based on, so that when you ask for a different salary at the new employer, you can explain why the requested figure is different.

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