all right because you just want to give
yourself more of a chance to sell your
skills and your ability and how you're
gonna help the company and then once
they're really bought in on you like
once the hiring manager is bought in and
be like Angelo is my guy I need him to
work here whatever it takes I don't care
that the salary band is 70 to 85 we're
gonna pay him 120 in the first time the
very first interview don't tell them
what you make unless you have to write
they're gonna say oh you know what's
your current salary and what are you
looking to make just say hey I mean I
talked about this in the course too
I'm just like hey you know right now I'm
just really focused on finding the right
opportunity where I can make a positive
impact on the company and I can also
grow and improve and really be part of
the team and see myself there in the
future so right now I'm just looking for
the best fit possible and I'm sure we
can revisit salary later and then a lot
of times they're gonna be like oh well
that's that's great but I have to make
sure that you know we can afford you
essentially they'll phrase it
differently usually but the book will we
have to know your salary before you can
move on like you know again I'm really
just focused on being a good fit here
did you guys already have a salary range
in mind for this role just ask them the
question say you know did you guys have
a budget in mind for this role already
and a lot of times they'll just tell you
they'll be like so big yeah for this
role like they know the salary band the
recruiter knows the salary band and they
know how much they're supposed to be
paying someone now they can always go
higher than that trust me they can
always go higher usually but the big
yeah this role it pays you know seventy
to eighty five thousand based on your
experience and expertise are you still
interested in moving forward and say you
know I was actually looking for
something a little bit higher than that
but again it's really more important
that I find the right company in the
right fit so I'm definitely still
interested in this role and would love
to move forward and talk to the hiring
manager we can always revisit the exact
salary later all right so you don't want
to box yourself in with these questions
because they're gonna give you some
range the book oh well it's this and
you're like fuck that I want to be up
here
so just agree that it's okay and that's
the range and it's fine but don't agree
that you would accept that salary right
like there's there's a key difference
there you don't say Oh
70 to 85 is fine with me because then it
starts taking away the leverage at the
end when you want to negotiate because
of the book well I talk to you three
weeks ago and you said seventy to eighty
five is fine and now you're saying it's
not fine what changed and you think oh I
want more money now and they're like
well it doesn't work that way so so
don't box yourself into the start
obviously you can always recover you can
change things and you can still find
different ways to negotiate later but it
makes it easier if you don't agree that
you're willing to take that salary you
just agree that that's a fair salary and
that's okay that's reasonable and you'd
like to interview not that you would
accept it so just let them know you know
hey I was looking for a little bit more
but I think we could figure out the
details later I'm really interested in
this position I think it's potentially a
great fit and you can always if they're
like well how much do you want a sip you
know again we're not too far off here so
I don't think it's gonna be any problem
we can revisit the details later most
important thing is that we find a good
fit here all right because you just want
to give yourself more of a chance to
sell your skills and your ability and
how you're gonna help the company and
then once they're really bought in on
you like what's the hiring manager is
bought in and be like Angelo's my guy
I need him to work here whatever it
takes I don't care that the salary band
is 70 to 85 we're gonna pay him 120 and
he'll go back to HR and the finance
department and get approval for the
additional funds and stuff and maybe
change the salary bands tweak the job
description all these different things
that they can do to get you paid more
but it just makes it easier if you don't
box yourself in at the start then you
really focus on selling them building up
your leverage and then get the higher
the higher offer at the end
