Job adverts with no salary information

[mum2chalkandcheese]

Have recently started job searching after being in a job for some time. I've identified a large local employer (not many in these parts) who ideally I'd like to work for (good reputation on culture, promotion etc). The only problem is that all of their vacancies have no salary information meaning I'm unsure about what to apply for. Although I could take a small drop in salary I couldn't leave an ok job (salary and flexibility is ok but culture, motivation, responsibilities are rubbish) to take a huge drop and obviously don't want to apply for something, be lucky enough to get an interview and then find out the pay is half of what I'm on now - ok a bit dramatic but you catch my drift. The role requirements of a few positions are very generic so I feel I could meet them but because it's a completely different industry to what I'm used to they don't give me much indication to what the salary would be.

Has anyone else experienced this and what would you suggest?

Phone HR and ask, just explain that you're looking in the region of £x and is that within the salary bracket for this role?

How about sending in your CV and in the covering letter write the range of the salary you are looking for or what salary you are on at the moment. If what you are looking for is completely different to what they are expecting to pay then they probably won't contact you.

You could ring and ask? These is usually a contact number for queries, and ask what the ballpark figure is.

We usually omit salaries, it gives us flexibility to pay a different amount to the right candidate - or less to someone we see with potential that we want to train up. It can misfire though and leave us with soe good candidates we cannot afford!

Call them to find out, also a great chance to make a good first impression and stand out from other applicants. Ask them to send you the job description and personal spec (you'll need these to tailor your application) and then ask about salary. Be professional and treat it as part of the interview process, good luck x

Hmm I take a totally different view to this. I advertise without salary as the range of experience of candidates varies widely and that means the level of support etc. I have to provide varies hence the salary would vary last time there would have been £20,000 between top and bottom candidate.
I only ever put an e-mail address because I don't want telephone enquires. If I phone the candidate to see whether we would both like to proceed to interview then this is the point at which I might discuss salary though I ask at interview what salary they were looking for.
This appears to be the norm in my industry.

Very silly of them, as by putting no indication at all they are excluding good candidates who wouldn't apply for such a job, and may also get waste of time applications. Perfectly possible to retain flexibility and give some idea of salary (and therefore 'level' sought) at the same time.

If something is a selling point of the job, it will be in the ad, as you want to attract the best candidates. If a company puts no indication of salary, many good candidates will assume that it is therefore not a selling point (ie is low for the job) and not apply. I hate those ads that say £attractive or similar. If the salary being offered was indeed attractive, why on earth wouldn't you put it?!

Anyway, you've applied and I agree give them a ring. I wouldn't say what you're looking for or what you're on, in case they are anticipating paying more. I would just ask for some indication of a range or circa figure.