| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview 12:44 - Nov 22 with 9375 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
I have an interview tomorrow for a job as a virtual Health Coach, with a London/Stockholm-based, virtual healthcare, start-up company who are operating in the UK and a few European countries.
The advert simply stated 'competitive compensation package' so I am guessing they might ask me what my salary expectations are. I have no idea how to answer this in an interview, so can anyone please give me some recommendations?
They know from my application that I would be bringing knowledge and experience through working as a physiotherapist. If I were still in the NHS I'd probably be a Band 6 by now, which would be £35,392.
Although this role isn't specifically that of a physiotherapist, I'd not like to be relatively highly underpaid for the transferable skills and knowledge that I'd be bringing, although I'm not imagining that they would be offering £35k for this role.
Thanks in advance for any advice! |  |
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| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 19:54 - Dec 8 with 1069 views | MK1 |
Congratulations. |  |
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| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 06:21 - Dec 9 with 1000 views | ElephantintheRoom |
You’ll have to hope it isn’t a virtual salary.
Surely the clue is in start up? I’d hazard a guess that they won’t pay highly and think they’ll grow thus offering ‘a career path’, incentives for growing the customer base and the illusion of more money in the future.
You can surely work out the likely salary by estimating how many people you can coach - and how much they can be fleeced for doing what they should be doing anyway?
It also sounds the sort of job where you can do other things on the side - ie virtually a virtual part time job. |  |
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| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 12:36 - Dec 10 with 904 views | Nutkins_Return |
| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 19:21 - Dec 1 by jayessess |
Would say, as a trade union rep, that employers who don't deign to list the salary range in the job advert are a bit of a red flag in general and it's increasingly looked upon as bad HR practice. There's no real reason to do it, other than that you're vaguely hopeful you can exploit someone's situation to pay less for someone's skill than you ought to.
If you're in a position to do so, do try to state your genuine salary expectations for the role and for your relevant experience. It's good in general as an employee to know and state your worth, and it's a sign of a good employer to recognise that value and worth. [Post edited 1 Dec 2023 19:29]
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I'm sorry but that is absolute nonsense (with zero offense intended). Plenty of companies, especially start ups may not wish to advertise what they are paying. There are a multitude of reasons why including they may be hiring niche skillets with different levels of expertise/experience but into the same or similar roles meaning people may be on quite different salaries. That's understandable and not everyone should be paid the same because of a job title alone. It's not public sector (and actually thats apart of the reason why some public sector runs so inefficiently from a cost perspective). They are also giving there competitors valuable information and can contribute to inflated salaries. I'm not proposing just trying to fleece people on salary, there is a difference. That's just bad practice and poor long term strategy if people just try and get people as cheap as they can. That wouldn't be why most companies don't advertise salary.
Where I do agree is if the pay conversation is not had up front in an open way. It's not right to put someone through interview processes and waste everyone's time if there is not at least indicative salary information. | |
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| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 12:42 - Dec 10 with 895 views | Nutkins_Return |
| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 19:21 - Dec 1 by jayessess |
Would say, as a trade union rep, that employers who don't deign to list the salary range in the job advert are a bit of a red flag in general and it's increasingly looked upon as bad HR practice. There's no real reason to do it, other than that you're vaguely hopeful you can exploit someone's situation to pay less for someone's skill than you ought to.
If you're in a position to do so, do try to state your genuine salary expectations for the role and for your relevant experience. It's good in general as an employee to know and state your worth, and it's a sign of a good employer to recognise that value and worth. [Post edited 1 Dec 2023 19:29]
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I'm sorry but that is absolute nonsense (with zero offense intended). Plenty of companies, especially start ups may not wish to advertise what they are paying. There are a multitude of reasons why including they may be hiring niche skillets with different levels of expertise/experience but into the same or similar roles meaning people may be on quite different salaries. That's understandable and not everyone should be paid the same because of a job title alone. It's not public sector (and actually thats apart of the reason why some public sector runs so inefficiently from a cost perspective). They are also giving there competitors valuable information and can contribute to inflated salaries. I'm not proposing just trying to fleece people on salary, there is a difference. That's just bad practice and poor long term strategy if people just try and get people as cheap as they can. That wouldn't be why most companies don't advertise salary.
Where I do agree is if the pay conversation is not had up front in an open way. It's not right to put someone through interview processes and waste everyone's time if there is not at least indicative salary information. | |
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| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 12:29 - Dec 12 with 766 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
Update.
Didn't get one of the jobs, despite the clearly positive conversations and my experience more than meeting the job descriptions.
Oh well. Thank you again to everyone who offered advice in the process. I appreciate it. | |
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| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 09:03 - Dec 13 with 680 views | bluelagos |
| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 12:29 - Dec 12 by ThisIsMyUsername |
Update.
Didn't get one of the jobs, despite the clearly positive conversations and my experience more than meeting the job descriptions.
Oh well. Thank you again to everyone who offered advice in the process. I appreciate it. |
Did you get any feedback? |  |
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| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 09:10 - Dec 13 with 667 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
| FAO anyone in recruitment re salary conversation in interview on 09:03 - Dec 13 by bluelagos |
Did you get any feedback? |
That would have been nice.
I've asked for it from both people who I met, so we'll see. | |
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