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Play Your Cards Close to the Vest When Employers Request Your Current Salary
Play Your Cards Close to the Vest When Employers Request Your Current Salary

There really is no good reason for prospective employers to insist you reveal your salary requirements or history… You can “Just Say No” to demands for salary history information. As a matter of fact, recent court rulings in many states have made it illegal to ask a person’s last or current salary, primarily in an effort to combat gender discrimination through wage disparity.

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View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Interviewing, Salary Trends & StrategyLaurie SmithCreative Keystrokes Executive Resume ServiceJob Change, Job Interviewing, Career Advice, Salary Negotiation, Recruiters and HR, Career Management
10 Considerations When You Have a Job Offer on the Table
10 Considerations When You Have a Job Offer on the Table

All of your diligent efforts have delivered on your job search objective: A job offer is now in hand. You submitted a dynamite executive resume and have aced a series of job interviews. You just got the call and a prospective employer wants you to come on board!

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View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Salary Trends & StrategyLaurie SmithCreative Keystrokes Executive Resume ServiceCareer Advice, Executive Job Search, Job Change, Salary Negotiation
Have You Been Asked Any of These Awful Job Interview Questions?
Have You Been Asked Any of These Awful Job Interview Questions?

A post I wrote recently on LinkedIn about How to Respond to Illegal Interview Questions generated quite a bit of interest. I was a bit surprised and in some cases alarmed or amused at the kinds of questions that misguided employers seem to think it is acceptable to ask job candidates.

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View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Executive Job Search, Interviewing, Job Change Etiquette, Salary Trends & StrategyLaurie SmithCreative Keystrokes Executive Resume ServiceExecutive Job Search, Interviewing Etiquette, Job Interviewing
Dwindling Perks and Benefits to Return?
Dwindling Perks and Benefits to Return?

With an increasingly competitive employment market developing that requires employers to vie for the best talent, some of those perks have already begun to return. Even unusual benefits such as concierge services and pet care programs have begun a resurgence.

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View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Job Market Trends, Salary Trends & StrategyLaurie SmithCareer Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Job Market Trends
Holding the Salary Card Close to the Vest
Holding the Salary Card Close to the Vest

Career and compensation experts en masse advise against revealing your salary requirements too early in the game, despite veiled (or not so veiled) threats that candidates will be disqualified from consideration if they do not comply.

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View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Job Change Etiquette, Recruiters and HR, Salary Trends & StrategyLaurie SmithCareer Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Salary Negotiation