Week 7: What Color is Your Parachute?

Back at it again with another chapter review from What Color is Your Parachute?. This weeks chapter was titled "The Six Secrets of Salary Negation", you all know how important this. The first secret I think could be the most important, "Never discuss salary until the end of the whole interviewing process at that organization, when (and if) they have definitely said they want you". I have always wondered when it was appropriate to ask what the salary is going to be for the place that I am interviewing at. In all honesty, for the few interviews I have had I never asked about the salary and that is because I was too afraid I was going to ask and sound stupid. Then again I also didn't know when I should ask either. But now it makes sense that I should ask about salary once you know for sure if you have been hired. Some interviewers may even bring up what the salary may be, which makes asking about it even easier!

Another secret that stood out to me was that you should research typical salaries for the job field you are interviewing for. This is something that I personally have not thought of. With the kind of technology we have now we can find all kinds of information on google about salaries. For example, I looked up the starting pay for a dentist right out of college, the average salary is about 40-50k a year. That is with no experience other than college. So if you were to have an interview for a dental company you would know that you should be getting paid around that much.

When it comes to an interview you can never be too prepared. It's always good to know more so you seem knowledgeable and interested in the job you are looking for. Happy hunting!!