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indirect.object
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 Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:37 pm Post subject: Saudi University - Expected Salary: ? |
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Howdy folks -
I'm filling out an application for a foundational program teaching job at an old Saudi university on the west coast, and I'm not sure whether to fill in the expected salary blank.
I was offered a job by a NEW Saudi university last year and could simply input "no less than ..." what I was offered by them. My qualifications and experience for the job in question haven't changed much.
Does anybody know how this response is used by the recruiting team?
Ciao. |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:49 pm Post subject: Re: Saudi University - Expected Salary: ? |
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| indirect.object wrote: |
| I was offered a job by a NEW Saudi university last year and could simply input "no less than ..." what I was offered by them. |
That sounds about right. |
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hash
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, I would never put "NO LESS THAN....". That's much too restrictive. You could find yourself out of a job offer because you were SAR150 too high. You wanna lose a job offer over SAR 150? Instead, write in "Approximately SAR......" That leaves it wide open on both ends by at least SAR1000 and likely much more. |
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indirect.object
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| hash wrote: |
| Oh, I would never put "NO LESS THAN....". That's much too restrictive. You could find yourself out of a job offer because you were SAR150 too high. You wanna lose a job offer over SAR 150? Instead, write in "Approximately SAR......" That leaves it wide open on both ends by at least SAR1000 and likely much more. |
Good point. I went with "in the range of X to Y," as recommended in What Color is Your Parachute? |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Keep in mind, regardless of what amount you indicate, the employer will pay you what they consider you're worth anyway, and there's generally zero negotiation. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| My experience was that employers in KSA do not haggle. "Take it or leave it". |
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Makkah
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I negotiated or if you like haggled. I got a positive result with my salary. Also haggled my rent and got a positive result. Though, appreciate sometimes you won't get the result you want. In both above cases when I haggled it was face to face. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Different folks, different strokes. |
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