> so you don't respond with a number at all, do I understand correctly? No. What you quoted from me doesn't say that. It says I don't respond with a number to

> so you don't respond with a number at all, do I understand correctly? No. What you quoted from me doesn't say that. It says I don't respond with a number to any offer until I have all the offers I expect on the table (or those leads have otherwise been crossed off). It doesn't say I don't respond with a number after that point. Once I have all the offers I expect on the table, I respond in whatever way seems best. If one of the offers is good enough, I might just accept it and be done with it. Or I might decide to negotiate with one or more of the companies who have made offers, in which case I will be responding to them with some kind of counter that might include a number. The point is that I'm not making any substantive response until I have all of the information I need to weigh my options. > if it works for you, best of luck I have used the process I've been describing every time I've had to do a job search. It has worked out reasonably well.