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Title: ASK THE HEADHUNTER When a headhunter has to fire a client to save a candidate
Post by: deanwebb on September 19, 2017, 12:02:01 AM
When a headhunter has to fire a client to save a candidate

In the September 19, 2017 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a headhunter screws up. Question I read your PBS NewsHour column, Job interviewers shouldn't be asking for your salary. Here's why. I am a new headhunter and I agree with everything you said in that article. I recently had a deal fall apart with a client in the northeast who was ready to pay up to a $220K base salary. My best candidate was making $150K in the midwest. He checked off most of the boxes on their wish list, was in a niche, and there are not a lot of


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Title: Re: ASK THE HEADHUNTER When a headhunter has to fire a client to save a candidate
Post by: deanwebb on September 19, 2017, 10:00:19 AM
Another salary reveal issue... this is a clear signal to employers. If you undercut salary from a given range because of the incoming person's salary, you will NOT have good retention of talent, if you even recruit it in the first place. You'll get guys that stumble in or who may have amazing skills... and amazingly bad personal habits.