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The #1 thing I look for in a job ad is a salary range. I don't see one in the ad he links to, and I don't see any discussion of salary in the article. Without t
by pjungwir 11y ago
The #1 thing I look for in a job ad is a salary range. I don't see one in the ad he links to, and I don't see any discussion of salary in the article. Without that I won't bother to apply.
- agildehaus 11y agoThen there are employers that hide entirely behind a recruiting agency. Why should I apply if I have little idea who you are and what you do?
- sopooneo 11y agoOr are hidden by a recruiting agency. A lot of agencies will do anything they can to make sure you don't go around them.
- prodigal_erik 11y agoOr employers who don't actually exist, because the agency is secretly trying to collect enough résumés to convince employers to engage them.
- sopooneo 11y agoRight. As I've heard it discussed, they've borrowed the term "honey-potting" for this in an almost exact analogue of how it is done on dating sites.
- wpietri 11y agoI think that's a reasonable heuristic. But I'd still be unlikely to put the salary in the ad. Especially for this position, which was at a non-profit with a strong mission focus, we wanted people who cared about the purpose. People whose first question is, "How much can I make?" have never worked out well for me in mission-oriented environments. When I was working in finance, on the other hand, I likely would have put the salary in if we had enough size and data to give firm salary bands.