read this post where a recruiter wrote - "This message is to all my candidates who are not comfortable. It is not about whether you are comfortable or i am comfortable. It is not about comfort, it is about the process. Without knowing your current CTC(what is the value you have and what you would bring on XYZ's expected CTC), as a Recruiter, I have to share these details with my clients and it is very crucial to say yes or no before moving for the next process. Easy example without knowing the current price of the T-shirt which is listed on any e-commerce platform, would you buy it?"
And my counter to this one is simple - the process is a joke - gate kept well to know orgs win - PERIOD. Let me ask this - Would you pay a candidate top bracket even if he/she asked for less and you had the range? No? Thought so. This isn’t about transparency - it’s about control. Let’s stop pretending otherwise.
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Why is that? Do they choose sending rejections via email as an easy way out - cause of the volume? Is hiding behind emails WAYYYYY easier? Is the basic mindset that .. anyways X is/ are rejected, why waste time there? Isn't that mindset...
Hello Grapeviners,
What is with Indian recruiters wanting to know your CTC as the very first step of hiring? And when asked to share the ctc range in which the role falls, they refuse to share. So basically they just want to lowball ...
As a recruiter, i have candidates asking me the payscale and i usually share them the compensation bands we have ...a...
Exactly. And I do not why most of the candidates have normalized this behavior and find this acceptable.
Why do you want to hide it? When I talk to the recruiter they ask for both what my current salary is and the expec...
Why? Because that's exactly what most of us are doing.
We accuse talent of not being good enough We accuse them of not being "culture fit" We accuse them of lacking loyalty while offering laughable salaries. We accuse them of being "laz...
Recruiters always ask for your current compensation which is technically 'confidential'
It's unfair for you to disclose your compensation without getting something in return.
Let's CHANGE the tone of these conversations.
I always ask ...