Hallett, Michelle wrote:
Good luck. If you go a little high (based on things like
> a survey of others) and are prepared to come down, you > might get good money (though you risk not getting the > job). If you go low for fear of not getting the job,
you might find you could have got more. I find it
> better to go a little high, there's always jobs and I'd > rather not work for cheapskates. Nor do I want people to > think of me as cheap. Sometimes if people pay more for you > they think you're valuable (especially if you do a good job). > Sometimes when people pay less for you, they think you're
not worth much as an employee (even if you do a good job). It's all in the balance.
It's also kinder to others who contract in your same are to ask for the going rate rather than a lower rate that the employer can then use as a hammer to try to get other people to come down.
Plus if you start higher and they talk you down to a rate you'd find acceptable, they'll have a warm, fuzzy feeling that they somehow got a bargain :->
-- Janice
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