Recruiters always ask for your current compensation which is technically 'confidential'
It's unfair for you to disclose your compensation without getting something in return.
Let's CHANGE the tone of these conversations.
I always ask for their budget before I disclose mine. Enough people do this and it'll become the norm and gives you a fighting chance to safeguard against lowballing.
Objection handling:
Expected CTC - 1.2x Glassdoor/ambition box for business roles. Tech has levels.fyi. If they try to haggle at this stage itself, say you'd like to focus on the job fit and the opportunity and talk about compensation later which you believe would be open to discussion for the right candidate.
Why all this chatgpt sounding bullshit I just say this is my current comp. This much I want, if you are ok with it then let's proceed or bye bye.
It may be easier this way.
But recruiters question the expectations. Here I am making up for being underpaid and trying to ask as per market standards, and they ask why so much hike.
Best to ask their budget, most of them today share it.
That's the approach i follow too instead of beating around the bush.
Recruiters which say 'budget is not a concern for us' or 'salary not a problem for right candidate' and then offer 8LPA for 8YOE 🤦♀️
Makes sense. You get a lakh for every year you have worked 😂
Also I agree. Recruiters can be real weird. I had an interview with a startup in Chennai and the recruiter asked me my minimum expected salary and he immediately asked if it was negotiable 😂 I was like bro that’s my minimum what do you mean negotiable
Average chennai tech company 😂
I clear up the expectation/range in the first discussion with HR before proceeding. And if they ask for my current CTC - I say I’m not open to sharing it. Although this move done by a fresher is unlikely to be met with good results. However if you have experience and there is market demand, don’t share CTC. Screw this bullshit culture.
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