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Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by bumi10(m): 7:26pm On Dec 24, 2015
Boltmeister:
So I went to an interview last week. After dusting their questions and I was about to go. The HR call me and ask me my salary preference. I told them they should give me their range, she said no, what do I want? I reasoned and said 70k up.. Lol I came out to meet others and I asked them what they said on salary. All of them said 40-60k .. I just laugh and said I don die .. Lmao!! No be Wetin you feel you want you go say? #ThingsILongThroatFor big salary abeg grin


Guy, e bi like say i know you, were go the interview?
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 7:27pm On Dec 24, 2015
It's funny what makes FP these days on Nairaland.... SMH
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by tosyne2much(m): 7:31pm On Dec 24, 2015
odimbannamdi:


bros abeg link me up. i am currently wallowing in abject joblessness
Hahahahaha bwhaahaha roflwkmd cheesy


Bro, you are so funny cheesy
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 7:32pm On Dec 24, 2015
wallex1983:
Sometimes it's a waste of time looking for white collar jobs. My tiler worked for me on three toilets. In 8hrs, he was through with two of his boys. In short, everything is equal to 15k. Do I make that from my 'big man' office in 3days?
it all depends on how u look at it, cos there is no certainty dt the tiler might get such type of work d nxt day or even dt same week n stil very possible dt he might get a bigger one 2mao, I undesrtand ur point bt d fact remains dt everybody musnt be his/her own boss and evrybody too musnt do a white collar jab. Bt looking @ it 4rm ur own point of view, I knw a lady dt makes minimum of 5k daily profit from selling akara n pap between 6am-10am nd 6pm-10pm, in a mnth minus sundays, she might make averagely 130k.....so tel me hw many graduates earn such in a mnth

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Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 7:34pm On Dec 24, 2015
firstEVA:
what should I hit you with, wood? I wont mind hitting ur head sha
lol. I'll pretend I didn't see that

tongue tongue tongue #soft
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by phineas: 7:55pm On Dec 24, 2015
This kind of posts sadden me because its information like this people see to peg and slash salaries in future.

For the record there are lots of jobs that pay over a million monthly in Nigeria.my advice is don't just do any job, build a carrear.
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Niftyrules(m): 8:09pm On Dec 24, 2015
Boltmeister:
So I went to an interview last week. After dusting their questions and I was about to go. The HR call me and ask me my salary preference. I told them they should give me their range, she said no, what do I want? I reasoned and said 70k up.. Lol I came out to meet others and I asked them what they said on salary. All of them said 40-60k .. I just laugh and said I don die .. Lmao!! No be Wetin you feel you want you go say? #ThingsILongThroatFor big salary abeg grin
Funny enough you might just be given the job, just because you raised up your value.

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Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Niftyrules(m): 8:10pm On Dec 24, 2015
Boltmeister:
So I went to an interview last week. After dusting their questions and I was about to go. The HR call me and ask me my salary preference. I told them they should give me their range, she said no, what do I want? I reasoned and said 70k up.. Lol I came out to meet others and I asked them what they said on salary. All of them said 40-60k .. I just laugh and said I don die .. Lmao!! No be Wetin you feel you want you go say? #ThingsILongThroatFor big salary abeg grin
Funny enough you might just be given the job before others simply because you valued yourself more than they did.

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Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by mbulela: 8:24pm On Dec 24, 2015
odimbannamdi:


bros abeg link me up. i am currently wallowing in abject joblessness

Chairman, na which kind skill you get and wetin you dey find?
Pls what are your qualifications?
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by virud: 8:40pm On Dec 24, 2015
NORAD:


Abeg forget background research joor. What is yours will not pass.
It's all cool I guess!
Just fold your hands and make no efforts. At the end, what's yours is yours!
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 8:45pm On Dec 24, 2015
virud:

It's all cool I guess!
Just fold your hands and make no efforts. At the end, what's yours is yours!

Nope. You know I didn't mean that.
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by hadura29(m): 9:26pm On Dec 24, 2015
ajasa4link:
lol....The truth is desperation to land any job at all always makes job seekers to under value themselves and call any figure at all when the salary issue is raised in the recruitment process. I was also guilty of this,the desperation of wanting to land the job, not wanting to sit back at home and the start counting months after service is one of the reasons people tend to call this low salary figure.
However, standard organizations don't base ur slary on the jargons u mouth as salary figure
during interviews. Am a living witness, where i currently work now, I was asked for my salary expectations, and as usual i just said something that I feel is at least fair to both parties, but still the interviewers tried cutting it down , and even asked if they shouldn't bother getting back to me if i can't go lower. But God helped me answer the question intelligently. Lo and behold my salary in my offer letter was twice the figure I mentioned during the interview. Even my friend where he works now, he asked for a little over a million as salary figure, but his offer letter showed his salary to be over 2million

What was your wise response to them when they asked if they should not bother contacting you again?

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Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by yommysure(m): 9:28pm On Dec 24, 2015
phineas:
This kind of posts sadden me because its information like this people see to peg and slash salaries in future.

For the record there are lots of jobs that pay over a million monthly in Nigeria.my advice is don't just do any job, build a carrear.


Can you connect me with one?
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 10:50pm On Dec 24, 2015
STFUareyouGod:
lol. I'll pretend I didn't see that

tongue tongue tongue #soft
I pity your life undecided
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by kokorodudu(f): 10:58pm On Dec 24, 2015
Na driver work?

Boltmeister:
So I went to an interview last week. After dusting their questions and I was about to go. The HR call me and ask me my salary preference. I told them they should give me their range, she said no, what do I want? I reasoned and said 70k up.. Lol I came out to meet others and I asked them what they said on salary. All of them said 40-60k .. I just laugh and said I don die .. Lmao!! No be Wetin you feel you want you go say? #ThingsILongThroatFor big salary abeg grin
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 11:07pm On Dec 24, 2015
kokorodudu:
Na driver work?


Oshey! Big madam.. Connect me with big man job na
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 11:28pm On Dec 24, 2015
firstEVA:
I pity your life undecided
what's that supposed to mean?
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 11:45pm On Dec 24, 2015
ajasa4link:
lol....The truth is desperation to land any job at all always makes job seekers to under value themselves and call any figure at all when the salary issue is raised in the recruitment process. I was also guilty of this,the desperation of wanting to land the job, not wanting to sit back at home and the start counting months after service is one of the reasons people tend to call this low salary figure.
However, standard organizations don't base ur slary on the jargons u mouth as salary figure during interviews. Am a living witness, where i currently work now, I was asked for my salary expectations, and as usual i just said something that I feel is at least fair to both parties, but still the interviewers tried cutting it down , and even asked if they shouldn't bother getting back to me if i can't go lower. But God helped me answer the question intelligently. Lo and behold my salary in my offer letter was twice the figure I mentioned during the interview. Even my friend where he works now, he asked for a little over a million as salary figure, but his offer letter showed his salary to be over 2million
Bro, I don't mind getting placed there. I'l appreciate if u cud be of help. Tnx.
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by lawflec(m): 3:10am On Dec 25, 2015
odimbannamdi:


bros abeg link me up. i am currently wallowing in abject joblessness
NAWAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..... THIS ONE NO BE COUNYRY Again oooooo




Tell me why these one no go do ritual if Im get opportunity..
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Iduzenoni: 8:09am On Dec 25, 2015
ajasa4link:
lol....The truth is desp he asked for a little over a million as salary figure, but his offer letter showed his salary to be over 2million
2million per annum or what
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 8:28am On Dec 25, 2015
STFUareyouGod:
what's that supposed to mean?
also means happy christmas
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by bimbor(m): 8:29am On Dec 25, 2015
ajasa4link:
lol....The truth is desperation to land any job at all always makes job seekers to under value themselves and call any figure at all when the salary issue is raised in the recruitment process. I was also guilty of this,the desperation of wanting to land the job, not wanting to sit back at home and the start counting months after service is one of the reasons people tend to call this low salary figure.
However, standard organizations don't base ur slary on the jargons u mouth as salary figure during interviews. Am a living witness, where i currently work now, I was asked for my salary expectations, and as usual i just said something that I feel is at least fair to both parties, but still the interviewers tried cutting it down , and even asked if they shouldn't bother getting back to me if i can't go lower. But God helped me answer the question intelligently. Lo and behold my salary in my offer letter was twice the figure I mentioned during the interview. Even my friend where he works now, he asked for a little over a million as salary figure, but his offer letter showed his salary to be over 2million

So how did you answer the question intelligently?
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by ajasa4link: 8:57am On Dec 25, 2015
Iduzenoni:
2million per annum or what
yes it's per annum now... Who will pay entry level 2 million per month, na armed robbery Ventures ni
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by ajasa4link: 9:00am On Dec 25, 2015
Quadre:


Op salary over a million? Is that monthly or centurily?
It's per annum now.... Nobody will pay entry level 1million per month na, when no be say na dasuki be the mD
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 10:04am On Dec 25, 2015
firstEVA:
also means happy christmas
undecided undecided undecided

Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by charles009(m): 10:48am On Dec 25, 2015
virud:
U didn't carry out any background research on the company before heading for that interview? Could cost you that job If you down play or over shoot on their / your range. A little background check could have done the magic! Wish you luck!

Hey listen up. Don't erode yourself of your worth. My first salary was 142k is I gave them the right reasons why I had to earn that. All other fresh graduates that were employed alongside myself were around 100k. As a matter of fact, I can't work for less than 350k now. That's how I have preeped my life and of course with the truck load of pre requisites. If you want it big, dream and work towards it. It's very realistic. If someone ever doubts your ability, raise your worth
Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by virud: 11:05am On Dec 25, 2015
charles009:


Hey listen up. Don't erode yourself of your worth. My first salary was 142k is I gave them the right reasons why I had to earn that. All other fresh graduates that were employed alongside myself were around 100k. As a matter of fact, I can't work for less than 350k now. That's how I have preeped my life and of course with the truck load of pre requisites. If you want it big, dream and work towards it. It's very realistic. If someone ever doubts your ability, raise your worth

Understandably so! But not in this context!

Even if you want more than their conventional pay, you must still show/prove that you know how much they normally pay but by virtue of your 'worth', you deserve more.

Didn't you have a general perception of their pay package (of your first salaried job) before you went for the interview?

How come you knew you were worth more than the average of 100k If you didn't know their pay?

Don't you think that the 142k you settled for could (quite possibly) be tantamount to being tagged 'under-payed'? Why didn't you ask for more?

Sir, it all boils down to "RANGE" and not worthlessness as you would want me to believe!

NO MATTER HOW MUCH VALUE OR SELF WORTH YOU PLACE ON YOURSELF,IT IS STILL WITHIN A 'RANGE', IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WORTHLESSNESS!
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Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Nobody: 11:47am On Dec 25, 2015
undecided undecided undecided
It's not working on me
firstEVA:
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Re: When Asked About Salary Preference by Capableben(m): 12:15pm On Dec 25, 2015
ajasa4link:
lol....The truth is desperation to land any job at all always makes job seekers to under value themselves and call any figure at all when the salary issue is raised in the recruitment process. I was also guilty of this,the desperation of wanting to land the job, not wanting to sit back at home and the start counting months after service is one of the reasons people tend to call this low salary figure.
However, standard organizations don't base ur slary on the jargons u mouth as salary figure during interviews. Am a living witness, where i currently work now, I was asked for my salary expectations, and as usual i just said something that I feel is at least fair to both parties, but still the interviewers tried cutting it down , and even asked if they shouldn't bother getting back to me if i can't go lower. But God helped me answer the question intelligently. Lo and behold my salary in my offer letter was twice the figure I mentioned during the interview. Even my friend where he works now, he asked for a little over a million as salary figure, but his offer letter showed his salary to be over 2million
Are you an engineer?

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