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On the survey for a position I'm applying for it has multiple radio-button options for pay. I'm not sure what to put. Obviously I'd like to click the button for $15+, but would it be wiser to click the minimum wage button and get me a better chance of getting the position? I'm entry-level, by the way, so it's not like I should necessarily be getting MORE than minimum wage, but would it look better if I clicked a higher wage or go the safe route and go lower?
If you check the higher wage they probably won't even consider you for the position. That is the whole point of asking so they don't waste their time interviewing a person that has no intentions of working for a low wage.
Baloney. Pick the HIGHEST WAGE, but be able to explain to the employer why you are worth it. If you picked "minimum wage" the employer probably thinks if you don't think you are worth more, then they don't either.
Is this a new thing? I think it's stupid. Why don't you just tell us how much the job pays and then we can decide if we want to work there?
Bidding for a project or a contractor role is one thing, but a plain old entry-level hourly job? Maybe they are hoping enough people click on "minimum wage" to give them enough qualified people to choose from for interviewing and hiring, whereas saying "this is a minimum wage job" would turn some people off.
On the survey for a position I'm applying for it has multiple radio-button options for pay. I'm not sure what to put. Obviously I'd like to click the button for $15+, but would it be wiser to click the minimum wage button and get me a better chance of getting the position? I'm entry-level, by the way, so it's not like I should necessarily be getting MORE than minimum wage, but would it look better if I clicked a higher wage or go the safe route and go lower?
It can backfire on you, if you say you're willing to work for a lower wage. Like you don't feel you're "worth" the higher wage or something. Then, they won't hire you at all. Find out what the going rate is for that job/business and give them that.
Personally, I feel that I'm OVERpaid. But they won't cut my pay any.
It can backfire on you, if you say you're willing to work for a lower wage. Like you don't feel you're "worth" the higher wage or something. Then, they won't hire you at all. Find out what the going rate is for that job/business and give them that.
Personally, I feel that I'm OVERpaid. But they won't cut my pay any.
Well maybe you should quit your job and get one at McDonald's'. That way you can only get what you feel you are worth
I don't think that ANYONE should get more than $10 an hour. I don't care if you're an award winning lawyer or surgeon or scientist. No one alive needs to make more than $10 an hour.
I don't think that ANYONE should get more than $10 an hour. I don't care if you're an award winning lawyer or surgeon or scientist. No one alive needs to make more than $10 an hour.
To survive, maybe. But what's wrong with people wanting to make enough money to get things they want in life? What if you want to save up and buy a house? How can you buy a house for $10 an hour in 2010, almost 2011?
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