Spa ReceptionistHopefully you can find a position that more closely approaches your previous experience, and for which employers will be willing to pay closer to your old wage. There' s no shortage of fine hotels in that area--keep looking & the right thing will turn up! About all you can do, as others have suggested, is politely ask if their salary offer is negotiable. If it' s not, and you can' t pay your bills on $9.50 per hour, your only option is to respectfully decline their offer and keep looking. If their offer is negotiable, on the other hand, and you' re asked what salary you have in mind, I' d counter by saying that I was anticipating an offer in the $13 to $15 per hour range, and see what happens. As somebody else wrote, remember that the job may not be worth $13 bucks per hour to this employer, but making a counter-offer is your only option. Furthermore, I think you have to be prepared to state specifically WHY the job will be worth that much more to the employer because of the experience, skills, training, past job performance, and/or education you can bring to it. If I' m the employer and I think the job is worth $9.50, you' re going to have to do a pretty nifty job of convincing me that it will be worth $13 per hour because of what you can bring to it. About all you can do is ask if the salary is negotiable, and if not, turn them down. I don' t think anyone here can tell you what the "going" range is in So. Cal. But I can tell you, based on first-hand research, that though one would think that rates in general in that area should be higher than for similar positions in other geographic areas, due to the high COL, they very often are not. In fact, in San Diego, contract rates for what my husband does are the same as, or less, than in PA, where our COL is not much more than half that of CA.... The position just may not be one that they consider worth $13/hr, despite your excellent qualifications. Desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess. My last job, I worked for a 4star hotel, front desk position (mid-west) and it paid 12/hr. Just surprised to see such a low offer at a resort in southern cal. I really expected more. With my 4 years front desk experience I thought I could negotiate. (I applied for the front desk position, but because there were no openings, they gave my application to the spa manager). I have been offered a spa reception position at a resort in so. California. Can anyone tell me what the going rate is? The ad stated $9.50/hr. I would love the position but need $13 at the lowest to survive. How do I negotiate? I told them I would get back to them on Monday. Why did you apply for a job that is almost 40% less than your minimum? I doubt they' re going to come up that high. If you' re sure you won' t take it for less than $13, there' s no harm in telling them so, with the understanding that you may have to walk away from this. Make a case based on what you can bring to the job, but keep in mind, a Receptionist position may just not be worth $13 to them. | |
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