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Discussion on: β€œWhat is your current salary?” is a red flag that you don’t want to work here

 
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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

I don't know, I am myself in Berlin and the majority of companies didn't ask for my current salary.
A very famous fashion company did ask for it, but my friends recommended me before hand to not work there anyway, so it reinforced my conviction that asking for the current salary is a useful red flag.

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Anna Costalonga

oh good to know you are in Berlin, as well! Normally I am asked my salary expectations by third-party recruiters, and only a few times by companies directly. Do you think that it would make sense not to disclose salary expectations to recruiters as well?

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Ashleigh Roberts

As an external (3rd party) recruiter myself, I think it makes sense to disclose salary expectations to us because the motivation for asking the question is completely different. It helps us filter out which jobs to send to you and which jobs wouldn't be worth your time. And we're not going to try and lowball you as the higher the salary we're able to secure for you, the higher our commission is.

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

That's a good point, I also disclosed my salary expectations to external recruiters and it went well