Thanks everyone, I've passed your recommendations on to my nephew. Curt
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Thomas Cameron <[email protected]>wrote: > I *never* give an prospective employer a number. Or I say with a big > smile on my face, "well, I'm looking for $3 million a year plus a > golden parachute - now, what is your counter-offer?" > > The point is, I've thrown numbers out that were *way* too low and > really screwed myself. I've also, as a hiring manager, had really > qualified folks throw numbers out there which was so high I > disqualified them. Then I found out, after passing on a great > candidate, that they were only expecting that to be a starting point > for negotiation. > > Always let them throw the first number out. At the very least, lead > with "well, tell me what the salary range for this position is, and we > can go from there." > > Thomas > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Kevin Eldridge <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I would suggest http://www.salary.com and then take the lower of the > income > > estimates. Especially for just starting out in the Help Desk world. > > > > Kevin Eldridge > > > > On Apr 16, 2011 8:41 PM, "Chris McQuistion" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Another thought. Robert Half publishes an annual IT Salary Guide > >> broken down by position and region. That might be a good place to > >> start. > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On Apr 16, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> My nephew is being offered a job as a help desk person at a SAN > >>> company. They've asked him what he's looking for in salary - always a > >>> loaded question. So, first job out of college, and he'll be dealing > >>> with knowledgeable customers (as opposed to a Geek Squad type of job). > >>> > >>> Your opinions on what's appropriate in such a position are most > >>> appreciated. > >>> > >>> Curt > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >>> "NLUG" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "NLUG" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
