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Good. Not enough people realize the best way to answer this question is with a straight-up lie.
Could that be considered fraud?
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The problem is, recruiters/hiring managers will sometimes call your former employer to verify your actual salary.
Do any employers actually provide that information? The most I've ever had any previous employer ever say about my time there is, "Eric worked here from $start_date to $end_date." I understand there to be liability involved if they say anything more.
Where this comes from I don't know. I'm sure there is a law that this common belief comes from.
This is bad for the free market and freedom of speech. I hope it gets challenged on First Amendment grounds.
How is this bad for "freedom of speech"? Please elaborate on this ludicrous claim.
I'll have to find some way to bring it up myself. A higher than usual salary history is a good tangible signal to future employers and I'm not going to give it up.
Good. Not enough people realize the best way to answer this question is with a straight-up lie.
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How is this bad for "freedom of speech"? Please elaborate on this ludicrous claim.
Let's say they make a law saying you can't ask your coworkers what their salary is - wouldn't you agree that is against freedom of speech?
Seems like an ethics test. Will you tell the truth about your previous low salary or lie to make sure you don't get lowballed? Then for the employer, will you decrease the salary to match previous low rates or wages? Or will you pay him/her the market rate regardless? Personally, I have always been asked how much I made at previous places. I prefer to give a range than specify individually.
I've never understood this tactic. Specifying a range seems like a good way to underprice yourself. If you give a range, the recruiter will simply assume that your current salary is very close to the bottom of the range.
Now, if you mean that you give a range of previous salaries, the recruiter will know your best previous salary anyway. And they'll probably knock a fair bit off the top assuming you're padding.