Interviewing Knowing the Salary to ask for
You have finished the interview and you are in the compensation phase. You want to make sure that you are request and obtain the salary you desire. Keep in mind that salary range is based on three different variables: job responsibilities, location, and education or equitable experience.
Job Responsibilities
It is important to evaluate the job responsibilities instead of trying to compare titles. For instance, not all people called "supervisors" or "specialists" have the same job duties. You need to determine what the job title would be in comparison to other positions. You can do this by visiting job search engine websites. The most popular is salary.com. They will provide the most common job titles with a list of the responsibilities.
For example, you might look for "warehouse manager" and it will provide a list of the job responsibilities that usually belongs to a warehouse manager.
However, many times when you might search for a salary for a title that the company has created and there is nothing similar to it. For example, the job for which you are searching the salary range could be what the company calls a "logistics specialist". If you search for salary ranges for "logistics specialist", you might not find that job listed. So in order to find out what the average national salary for that position, you have to read the company's listed responsibilities of the "logistics specialist" and match that with one of the more common job titles. There could be a job title "supply chain specialist" which job duties match that of the "logistics specialist". Then you can determine how you rate based on your years of experience and how well you meet the job qualifications.
Location
You also need to research what the salary range is for that profession for that area. The average salary for a position might vary by $10,000 or more based on the area of the country. Although many of the major For example, the salary for a logistics manager is very different in the Northwest than the Southeast. Even in the same region, a job in a metro area would have a different salary than if the job was in a rural area.
Education or Equitable Experience
You have to be realistic about the amount of experience required for the job. If the job requires a bachelor's degree, you need to make sure have a bachelor's degree before you begin making salary requests. You can cross reference the job search websites to see how the salary range would differ based on education. In some fields, it might not make that much of a difference. But in other fields, there might be a great difference between someone with a Bachelor's degree and someone with a Master's degree.
You probably have heard the saying that "Knowledge is power". When you are trying to get compensation, you need all the information you can get to be empowered to make an informed request. You will be equipped to request the salary that will comparable for what the job requires.
