Damaged goods?
Damaged goods?
(OP)
I recently reviewed the resume of a guy with 20yrs experience, some of it concurrent with my own at a particular company (I'd never heard of him). His salary expectation NOW is more consistent with 4yrs-6yrs experience at that particular company (at least based on my experience there, which ended >4yrs ago). I'm pretty skeptical that the guy is worth a darn, despite what his resume might say, given that *I'd never heard of him and *after 20yrs he was looking for about the same pay as someone 4-6yrs out of school.
Do you think that it's possible to shoot too low when applying for a job, and preclude getting it? I think this case is going to prove that it's possible, at least at one company...
Do you think that it's possible to shoot too low when applying for a job, and preclude getting it? I think this case is going to prove that it's possible, at least at one company...





RE: Damaged goods?
Being an old guy myself, I have plenty of negative stories about former employers/managers who were "expert" de-motivators.
If they only gave someone the benefit of the doubt, they would have had a much better team
RE: Damaged goods?
Maybe it was my lack of interest in kissing ass or stroking egos or my managers desire to pad his retirement fund. I don't think it had anything to do with my ability to learn or my productivity.
Why don't you interview the person and play twenty questions to get an honest grasp of his/her knowledge in your field?
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It may simply be that he's just not that much of a hotshot and didn't get much in the way of raises.
TTFN
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Don't hire the guy, do him a favor. He deserves to work for someone who would never ask such a question.
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HVAC68
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Regards,
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On the other hand, my present employer, in his first phone call, stated the salary range for the job, and was I still interested? I appreciated that openness.
One interviewer gave me the third degree about what kind of money I was looking for. I answered that certainly the compay had an established range for the position, and that I was sure that somewhere in there would be a suitable starting point. He said that they did, but he could not tell me what it was, but I still had to reveal my position. That is not a good faith negotiation.
With another group during the same interview, I got more of the third degree about how much money I wanted. Getting ticked off by this time, I said "Just as much as I can get my money-grubbing hands on, of course."
I did not get that job. When the question of money puts you in an adversarial negotiating position against the company, rather than a position where you are both trying to achieve something mutually beneficial once you have agreed that you want to work together, then it most likely bodes ill for future relations.
It becomes a game of "guess the number between zero and one hundred fifty". If you guess too low, then you don't understand the job requirements. If you guess too high, then you are a gold digger.
The subject of money is like that first kiss--once you cross that line, all you can think about is either getting more or giving less.
William
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