Can you disclose your previous salary to prospective employer?
During interviews, there's usually that landmine question the interviewing panel may try to trap the prospective new hire with like disclosing what the latter was earning in the previous place of employ. Given that similar organizations may not have same salary scales for employees in same job description, this can put the prospective hire in an awkward position. Career experts advices against disclosing to your prospective employer what your previous one was paying for the same job description. This is to ensure youre not taken advantage of and end up underselling your worth. The common strategy employed is a starting pay package proposal which may not be attractive and way below what the previous job was paying. If the likely hire feels the pay is not that motivating, the panel will keep on pressing the interviewee to disclose what the former employer was paying. To put the interviewing panel off, the interviewee should play hard ball, and if the proposed starting salary ...