Many job seekers feel uncomfortable revealing their desired salary in a cover letter, especially before they’ve even scheduled an interview. To get this useful advice and many other helpful career resources, visit us now at CAREEREALISM.com. Resume & Cover Letter advice career cover letter expert job salary search MORE >>

That said, when the offer was made, I asked for time to think about it and came back with a request to discuss the salary as “I was hoping to be closer to $XX” — which was $6,000 over what they offered. I read through a lot of your archives for advice on approaching the conversation, particularly this.) salary MORE >>

Some job advertisements ask you to include your salary requirements on your cover letter , and if they ask for this, it usually means you can’t avoid doing so. Listing salary requirements is always tricky because it’s hard to “guess” what the employer will think about your preference. Job Search job listing requirement salary search MORE >>

One of them advised not to ask about salary or benefits. This is one of the weirder fictions of job searching, but yeah, the general advice about this is not to ask about salary until you’re at the offer stage, or at least until you’ve had a serious expression of interest from the employer. salaryIs this dumb? MORE >>

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