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I received an email from a fairly new advertising agency I applied to showing interest in my resume. They asked the dreaded "what salary are you looking to make" question, then added "what is the absolute minimum you will accept?"
I feel like they are trying to lowball.
This is a 5th Avenue, Manhattan, NYC based organization. The median average is $55,493 for entry level FA's based on salary.com.
Should I share this statistical information with them when I provide them with a number?
When they mean minimum are they trying to pay me the minimum? Should I give a range like $50,000 - $70,000?
You're a financial analyst and you used the term "median average?"
I was about to say the same thing. Saddly, there are boatloads of people in good finance and analyst type jobs who would fail a basic math or statistics class.
I'm not an Analyst as of yet. That is why I said entry level. I've worked in Accounting before and would like to switch into Financial Research. I just accepted a temporary research assistant position with Standard and Poors in Manhattan. Hmmm, I wonder if I will go permanent. So now my question is: What is the starting salary for RA's in NYC?
I didn't mean to say median average. I meant to write "median salary". But thank you for your correction of my use of financial jargon. If you couldn't tell I had written this at midnight and was extremely tired from writing thank you notes. I had four interviews this week and three last week.
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Originally Posted by Randomdude
I was about to say the same thing. Saddly, there are boatloads of people in good finance and analyst type jobs who would fail a basic math or statistics class.
Very rude and unnecessary in response to a post written when I was nearly half asleep. Wouldn't you say? And why do you sound bitter?
It was not in financial analysis, but I know the Big 4 accounting firms were starting NYC entry-level hires in the high-50/very low 60s...but that was prior to the recession.
I would guess one year of experience is probably not much better than zero from a hiring manager's perspective.
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