RE: STC Salary data collection

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Hi Gene,

Don't assume that the old STC salary survey was useless for all
jobseekers, just because it was useless for you. Your experience is very
different from mine when I interviewed with small firms in the Metro DC
area. The STC salary survey was useful for me *and* for the
interviewers. And in most cases, their suggested range was subject to
change; the one exception was a very large company, and their suggested
range was fine for me anyway.

Like you, "I've never used the surveys to try to convince a company to
offer me more money" -- that's not negotiation. You use the survey to
indicate that your market-based numbers are useful for both sides. If
they can't offer you your minimum, then just shake hands, smile, thank
them for their time, and wish them the best of luck in all endeavors.

Thanks,

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Kim-Eng 
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:01 AM
> To: Dan Goldstein; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: STC Salary data collection
> 
> Salary surveys are pretty much useless for 
> jobseekers...  I've never used the surveys to 
> try to convince a company to offer me more 
> money. In most cases, the range has been set 
> before I've even been called in and is pretty 
> much immutable...
> 

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