definitely don't over egg current salary

I'm aware of a few cases where the new employer found out and used it as an opportunity to bin the employee.

Nothing wrong with being open about it but asking for more anyway - current salary is far less important than the market rate for your skills/experience, and they will already have a decent idea of how much it is going to cost them to fill that role and the budget will have been set aside on that basis.

I think for my last interview I just said I was currently on something well below market rate, and that the desire for better pay was one of the reasons for applying to their firm in the first place.

Posted By: CWC, Jul 1, 11:24:27