How to Determine Your Job's Salary Range

This month of April is when some of us might be looking for new opportunities after receiving our year end bonus for the previous fiscal year. All of us here have various reasons for leaving our current employer, be it due to the people you are working with or thinking of career advancement or even switching industries completely.

For those embarking on a job search or thinking of negotiating their current salary package with their current employer, the inevitable question on everyone's mind will be what is the salary compensation package you are looking for.

From my experience, stating that your compensation package is "negotiable" does not cut it with the recruiters. Neither does giving them your ideal figure, you will be in a disadvantageous position as you are "revealing your cards" to the recruiters even before you have a chance to showcase your talent during the interview.

The recruiter can either:-

(i) Offer you a compensation scheme that is less than their original budget if your expected salary range is lower than they expect

(ii) Drop you from the candidacy for the position if your expected salary range is higher than what they have in mind

(iii) Work on your current salary to package a slight raise

I acknowledge that you will eventually have to submit your current payslip to the Human Resources for verification. Nonetheless, try your best not to reveal your salary figures during the initial stage of the recruitment.


Read: How to Negotiate Your Salary and How to Prepare Your for a Job Interview

How to Prepare for a Job Interview

As I am writing this post, I have come a long way... from job hunting to preparing myself for job interviews to negotiating and eventually clinching the job.  Maybe it is an "Asian" thing, I realise we tend to be overly humble and undersell our abilities during interviews. This may lead to missed opportunities even if know we are fully aware that we are qualified for the role. When it comes to job interviews, from my past experiences I can say that over preparation is underrated. I went in the interviews over prepared, from researching the background of the company and common questions to reading reviews on Glassdoor to see what feedback I could gather before meeting the interviewers in person. You can read about my Checklist for Starting a New Job for readers who have gone through this stage. 



I have come up with a Checklist for you readers sharing How I prepare for my Job Interviews

How to Start Your New Job Right

Congrats now that you have landed your dream job. For those who are nervous about starting your new job, I am dropping my checklist over here to make sure you readers start off on the right foot! 

For readers who would want to find out how I prepare for my Job Interviews, you can do so here. 

1. Get ready to introduce yourself a lot

- be familiar of the managers' name, HR names, what you will be doing with the team