Caitilin

Why do all the jobs on jobbank etc have 'to be negotiated' while every other profession seems to have set rates?

I'm confused. And its frustrating.

cheers
Deb
Yes, jobhunting

G77

http://www.itworldcanada.com/salaryc...alculator.aspx

Caitilin

Thank you G77!

G77

There's such a large range of salaries even within the same job role within IT, that they don't like to publish them - otherwise you get people whinging that they saw job x the same as theirs and they're paid $20k more etc...

Therefore it's a bit of a cat and mouse game - you ask for what you want, but then you can't go in too high, but go in too low and you undersell yourself...

nooka

It's not just IT. All the management jobs I have looked at have no salary. Very difficult to judge whether or not to apply for a role. I come from the NHS when negotiation is not possible (all centrally set) so it's very alien to me. I have to meet my prospective new boss on Monday to discuss terms and conditions - very tricky. I've used two salary calculators (monster and metropolis) and they came up with range of $60-$130k so not very helpful!

Iain Mc

For IT it can be useful to browse jobs offered by the municipalities because they normally have a) very specific descriptions and, at least in BC, b) they are unionised so the salaries are also defined up front.

A useful yardstick, even if you have no intention of working for the city.

Caitilin

But damn, it makes it hard to set a yardstick as to what I should be getting though! *Grins*

Thanks everyone!