| That is the million dollar question, the question that stirs the most stressful emotions in applicants. This question gets more people off the most appropriate track than any other. It does not matter whether it is a trainee or an executive, people just don't know how to handle this question well. Some people sell themselves short while others price themselves out of potentially outstanding career opportunities by throwing out a figure carelessly. This is an unfair question to ask any applicant early in the interview. Without you having all the information about the Company, the opportunity, the benefits, and a few other pieces of relevant information you simply don't have enough information to give a quality answer, a reasonable figure. |
| Ok -Money is important. That's what we work for. We can't pay the bills without it. Good intentions don't cut it in the checkout line of your favorite grocery store. The landlord or mortgage company could not care less how great a person you might be, generous and socially conscious in all your activity. They want cash.
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Don't give a figure when you are asked how much money do you want. Respond with,"I am open and flexible depending on the overall opportunity." Keep in mind that company knows where you are currently at salary-wise. You have already put that on the application that they had you fill out. Take heart, if you are the right person for that opportunity no progressive and realistic company will expect you to take it with a cut in salary.
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