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What are your salary expectations?
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
The best way to discuss your salary expectations is to use your current earnings as a baseline, including your benefits and anything else that impacts your cost of living, and to compare them to what 3M has to offer. Be open and honest. Transparency is the best choice when salary-based questions arise.
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"The benefits package is very similar. Currently, I earn a base salary of 45,000 per year plus a potential 20% annual bonus. Last year my earnings were 52,000 and I would like to stay in the same range or slightly higher. I am looking for compensation that is aligned with the role and provides opportunities for growth."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
At 3M, the advertise that their employees are "recognized for the meaningful contributions you make to 3M's business results. To ensure that our pay remains aligned with our desire to remain competitive, 3M regularly benchmarks pay and benefits with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. Your pay may include two components: base salary and variable pay. While base pay applies to all employees, variable pay is offered to eligible employees and may include annual incentives, sales incentives or other incentives." Visit their website and learn more about 3M's Total Rewards, their growth opportunities, their "plans and programs that are intended to attract, retain and motivate the high-performing employees we depend on for growth and success."
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My salary expectations should be in the range from 65Tâ‚ to 75Tâ‚.
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I appreciate your straightforward answer, but this question usually requires a bit more finesse. You can improve your answer by eliminating the annual salary numbers. Instead, assure the interviewer that you have a flexible salary range, but that you'd like to be compensated appropriately based on your experience and performance record. It may be more appropriate to provide a specific number when you're discussing the details of the position or when you receive an offer. You can also ask the interviewer to share what the range is for the role.
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