[linuxjobs] Senior Linux Systems Administrator - Apache, MySQL - Isle of Wight

[Samantha Thompson]

It always seems to be about who says a number first, when it comes to
salary negotiations, gives away some advantage to the other side. An
employee should have an idea in their mind about what their skills are
generally worth in the market and an employer will have an idea about what
the budget for the position is (one or both may be unrealistic). As a
potential employee I think it's always good to get a potential employer
interested in you, if they want you then talk about your salary
expectations, then you can hit them with it, if you're their favourite
candidate they might swing to it. Obviously this is more convenient to do
if the first interview is by phone rather than going to the isle of white
though.
It's also good not to start the process with a confrontation about this
(unless you're confident that you're extremely unique/rare in the market
place)[am stating the obvious though right?].
In fairness though some of these job listings contain an encyclopaedia of
desired skills it would be nice if they included that extra little bit of
info (and the above reason is exactly why they don't IMO).
Just my 10p its the same in other industries :)

Sam


On 18 December 2011 16:53, Tim Williams <tim at my-place.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Simon Hobson wrote:
>
>  But, yet again, no indication of the pay on offer. TBH, how can anyone
>> decide if it's worth considering when that vital bit of information is
>> missing ?
>>
>
> This seems to be becomming common practice. I've also noticed that when
> you talk to people about the job they will ask you first what pay level you
> are looking for, rather than telling you what they are prepared to pay. If
> the you only ask for 30K and they were going to offer 40K then the employer
> just got themselves a bargain. My advice is to aim high and let them talk
> you down.
>
> Tim W
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