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One thing that is not mentioned is stressing exactly how valuable your skills have been to previous employers. Stating exactly how you saved X amount of money
by jhartmann 14y ago
One thing that is not mentioned is stressing exactly how valuable your skills have been to previous employers. Stating exactly how you saved X amount of money or added X amount of new revenue is a really powerful reason that some get paid more then others. patio11 has a really great post about this: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...
Remember businesses are about making money. The way to get paid more is to demonstrate you can make them more money.
- fecak 14y agoThe bullet point about self-promotion and tooting your own horn were perhaps not detailed enough, but giving concrete and quantifiable examples is very effective.
- nandemo 14y agoIt's not nearly as simple as that. That might work for a freelancer, but it's not so easy if you're getting a regular job. Even if you could prove you saved/added $X in your last job (how?), most companies will not pay much above what they're paying employees in a similar position.
- icelancer 14y ago>most companies will not pay much above what they're paying employees in a similar position. And most companies are not worth working at. If you are in a position to negotiate in such a manner as described by the parent post, you aren't hurting for work.
- regerg 14y agoI laugh off every resume that claims to have saved/earned the company $Xmillion based on some BS accounting that I couldn't verify even if it wasn't obviously fake. Tell me how you can save/make me money, and I'll listen. Tell me that "You reduced IT spend my $5million" dollars and I won't have any reason to believe you. Same for people who take sole personal credit for building something that obviously is the work of dozens.