Salary range interview spinoff

Just be careful. Sometimes they confirm that with your employer after an offer is accepted

Like fin said. I just accepted position with Teledyne. They verified all income and my bonus from all my previous employment and current job. Education also.They hired some firm to do it. But the secretary came and ask me to confirm her releasing the info.

Honesty is always the best policy

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No. I tell them what I make and what it would take to move me

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This.

Best to talk in total compensation. Salary is important but how much take home pay comes from bonus, long term incentive, stock, 401k match, health care premiums, and anything else. I took a job with a slight bump in salary, but health premiums were a few hundred less per month, and had other benefits that more than made up for lack of larger salary

I won't tell them current salary, I only tell them the number it would take for me to change positions. I have some perks in my current position that are difficult to quantify like insurance fully paid by employer, major schedule flexibility, work from home option, deciding my own travel schedule. Those mean a lot to me and aren't necessarily reflected in me just telling someone a number. A headhunter getting me a $5-10k bump in salary wouldn't be enough if all those other factors weren't also included.

Has my refusal to disclose gotten pushback from head hunters? Yep, but then I remind them, "You called me. I wasn't even looking for a new job."