Can You Hear Me Now
As I continue to look for work, one of the methods I've used is the "cold call". I send an email with resume to a company that may not be advertising. I don't expect much from this method, but every little bit helps. Right? To get to the point, this has happened to me twice, step by step: 1. I send the email 2. Someone contacts me (almost immediately, I mean within just minutes) and we email back and forth for a while (preliminary type Q & A, interest, background, qualifications) 3. Next, they ask specific questions, which I immediately respond to. One of the questions is "salary requirements". In effort not to scare them off too quickly, I give a range above what I currently earn, but slightly below what I really require. 4. Silence -- Dead silence. There is no "thanks, but no thanks" nothing. How can they be interested enough to immediately reply to my email and spend time sending messages one minute and the next it's like it never happened? Could it be the salary range? I've already answered the "qualifications" questions before the shut-down. -- I honestly cannot support myself on less than I'm asking for. I am wondering if I should contact these guys again using the "excuse" of asking if I can send them background information, or something just to get a new dialog going? -- I'm at a loss. I'd appreciate your advice Sounds like your current salary (much less a raise) is more than what most people are willing to pay for the jobs you're looking at. Or, the flip side could be that you're making so much less than what they expect to see that they don't believe you're at a high enough level to hit the job they have. Either way, it seems to be the salary.
Tess
Thank you for responding. You're right, it's the salary, but I can'tfigure out how to handle it. I'm slightly underbidding since aroundhere, most places want people with degrees, certifications and years ofexperience, but they don't want to pay. The market is so competitivethat the know SOMEONE is bound to settle for whatever they can get. --I guess just I have to ask for what I need and hope not to getlow-balled too badly. | |
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