How to Ask For a Better Salary While Job Interviewing

Letter from a job seeker who wants to know what is the best way to ask interviewers for a better salary.

She says:

I’ve started reading your book, and I’ll save my good remarks for later, but for now, I really would appreciate if you could give me more pointers on how I can ask for a good salary offer that is, lets say, twice or thrice as much as my current salary?

I worry that during the interview, they’ll ask me how much I am earning right now. Because I am not earning what should be the going rate for my position. And I can’t lie, or give a range, cause my salary is written on my employment certificate. How can I go about this?

I wish you can dedicate 5 pages on how to go about asking for better salary.

Thank you, and more power!!!

Sincerely,

Dianne

Don’s reply to Diannne: 

What you’re earning right now should not impact how much you’re actually worth and should be paid. If it were me, let’s say $20,000 was written on my employment cert. and I went for a job interview, and people in my profession with my experience level, and where the average salary was $50,000, then that is what I would list as my salary requirements. And I would not even bring up the $20k. If they bring it up, and ask why are you asking for so much more that what you’re making, then you could tell you were forced to take a job with less pay until something else better came along. Tell them that $50k is the average salary for people in your line of work and that is what you feel you are worth. Ask them, “that’s not a problem for you, is it?”

I really doubt anything like that will even come up, because companies are not out to low ball you like that anyway. Most companies will pay you what they feel you are worth and use industry standards as guide lines.

Best regards,

Don Georgevich

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