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Subject:Re: FWD: How Do You NOT Mention Salary First? From:Sam Buttice <sbuttice -at- TRANSPORT -dot- BOMBARDIER -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:30:29 -0400
J Arnopolin said:
"
Yea, you can do that - not say what you're making now. You can also put
"that
figure" in the little box. If you get hired, the new employer can check
with
your previous employer. In some states, what a previous employer can and
can't say about you is limited by law."
IF THIS IS TRUE, then maybe you should be allowed to find out how much the
previous Writer on the job was making and what qualifications that person
had (compared to yours). I think this would even the odds a little bit.
