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People applying for a job advertised at X to X salary and saying they want 3x more at interview

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diditbark · 11/09/2023 19:10

This is causing me so many headaches at the moment.

We're advertising for some fairly junior admin positions. Salary band clearly stated in ad, including what the top of band is.

So many people are applying and requesting a min of far more. Say the top of band is £26k and people are applying with required salary £40k.

Bear in mind myself and those shortlisting and interviewing have zero authority to go over top of band.

We also have scenarios where people apply saying they want circa the top of band, but when offered the position after interview say they cannot possibly accept for X figure £10k higher than advertised.

Is anyone else coming across this a lot? Obviously times are hard, inflation is a bastard, many people are underpaid. But there's zero room for us to negotiate ten grand over the top of band.

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AnIndianWoman · 16/09/2023 08:16

I work in tech. Frankly a lot of people who recruit have no idea what they should be looking for in an entry position - if you’re asking for 3 years experience and half a dozen specialised skill sets OF COURSE you’ll get experienced people applying. If you want 30k calibre people amend the skill set accordingly. 30k jobs in tech should be able to be done by a fresh grad with zero work experience - you then train them up the way you want.

AnIndianWoman · 16/09/2023 08:22

Dawsonsfleek · 13/09/2023 07:09

Absolutely agree with everything you've written! The bootcamps are good to give an oversight but we have found lots of people who do them are then quite arrogant and say they have an in depth knowledge of x I'm like no you have an introduction and awareness of which is great, but one of our entry level supported roles is more suited than one that needs a qualified and experienced person. I do agree there's a notion that everyone in tech can walk into a role and be making masses of money, it was the case for a while wasn't it but things are now changing rapidly.

We pay £34k for an entry level role which comes with funded training and time to do the bulk of this in work time, along with the support for your own workload, which I don't think is bad for someone who might only have a bootcamp or who doesn't have any knowledge but is willing to learn. When they ask for £50k have to laugh and wish them luck.

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Tech dept of my company thinks this way too - and so spend far too much on ‘experienced coders’ who can’t learn new languages and far too little on people who have proven they can learn new ones. People who become intermediate in SQL/Python / R / Java in as little as 12 weeks would be able to learn another OO quickly too. A .Net ‘expert’ who’s done nothing but .Net for 12 years not so much.

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