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DS has been offered a job overseas as Assistant Professor. This is his first "real" job right after his Phd.
The job packet he has received wants to know his current salary and he doesn't want to give it. He has been in graduate school, is on scholarship and stipend and frankly his salary is very low and he even says it is non existent so he wants to put NA. He's afraid they will low ball him in salary because his current pay is meager.
I've told him it is a standard job info packet, they know he has been in school and that this is a completely different situation.
How should he handle this? He just found out this morning about the job offer and no salary has ever been mentioned although he knows the range.
Thank you. I think he is going to put NA with explanation of scholarships, stipends, grants etc. Everybody is just so happy he is being offered a job as his field is very narrow and post docs were impossible to find.
Not sure if I'm in the right forum. MODERATOR please move if appropriate
DS has been offered a job overseas as Assistant Professor. This is his first "real" job right after his Phd.
The job packet he has received wants to know his current salary and he doesn't want to give it. He has been in graduate school, is on scholarship and stipend and frankly his salary is very low and he even says it is non existent so he wants to put NA. He's afraid they will low ball him in salary because his current pay is meager.
I've told him it is a standard job info packet, they know he has been in school and that this is a completely different situation.
How should he handle this? He just found out this morning about the job offer and no salary has ever been mentioned although he knows the range.
Thanks for your help
Honestly, I hate the salary question. I have found that more reputable institutions will ask "desired salary" rather than "current salary." Not only is it none of their business how much money you are making, but it does come across as their way of figuring out how much they can lowball someone.
I would either go with the N/A or ammend the question with "desired salary," and then give an amount.
A job offer would include the salary they are going to pay him (as well as other things like his start date and whom to report to). So if they are asking for his current salary, either he hasn't received a job offer yet, or he already has and they are just asking for information for their records.
I would agree that N/A would be an appropriate response, but I think you need to get cleared up on whether or not he actually has a job. Too often people jump the gun and assume they have a job offer when really the company is just moving on to the next step of the recruiting/hiring process. Sadly I've known a few people who've quit their old jobs and packed up and moved cross country without realizing this distinction. I do hope you are clear about the situation.
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