How much are you making at your current job?
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In my previous employment mga kabisyo, I have always been involved in the hiring process. Even now. What I noticed now is that, just for one (1) position that we advertise, we get tons of resumes. Looks like something is telling us that something is wrong, isn’t it? Because we get dozens of resume, I use keywords to narrow down the candidates and come up with a shortlist. From there, we send an interview invitation. During the job interview, I do ask them about their previous salary. Why? Because it gives me a sense as to how much they are expecting and that would at least give me a clue as to whether or not they would be happy with what I’ll be offering them or whether or not they would be happy working with us.
“How much are you making at your current job?”
Interestingly, I get asked about this a lot. In the Philippines. Only. I’m not even on a job interview. Nakiki-inuman lang ako, me tinatarget na boylet. They don’t ask this question to me in Europe or in the United States. It’s a culture thing. Boy bastos ang dating. It’s blatant in the Philippines. Pucha kahit siguro sa loob nang kumpisalan. They asked you directly about your salary. “How much do you earn?”. It’s a culture thing. Kaya naman Happy Slip poked fun on it in her video blog.
But if you’re in a job search mode or is looking for an employment mga kunichiwa, most likely you will be asked about your salary. The question by Elvie in her email to me was: “Should I tell? Can I tell them I am making Php40,000 a month so they’d give me Php50,000 or higher?” In my email to Elvie, I told her to tell the truth. From my experience, most of the candidates end up giving the information anyway. But here in the United States, I prefer that you tell the truth because there are a lot of ways to find out the truth. Now, in Manila? I don’t know how much information you could find to verify someone’s salary. Alam kaya nung kaaway mong neighbor?
Another question posed to me was this: “Should I include the salary on the resume because that’s one of the requirement on the advertisement?” If you are looking for a job through a recruitment agency, I bet you, they will ask for your salary. That’s why I am so annoyed at them. Sobra ever pa ang marketing ploy. Most of what recruitment agencies advertised are not real. Makinig ka, they’re just after your resume - just in case me dumating na job order sa kanila.
Now, to answer the question of including your salary on your resume or CV, I’ll be honest with you - DON’T and this is my personal take on this one. If you are responding to an ad that requires you to indicate your salary, there are pitfalls to this one. Why? They might not call you. Wiz ka pa first base, chugi ka agad. However, if you have the qualification and they ignored it just because you did not send your salary history, ambabaw chufafling divanetch? Then that organization is not right for you. Chugihin sila buy another Sunday paper. Wag yong Philippine Standard at Philippine Star! You know what I mean?! hahahaha!
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April 11th, 2008 at 3:41 am
No I never put my salary in my resume pati photo hindi rin ako naglalagay. Pero pag may nagtatanong, dati sinasabi ko magkano sweldo ko kasi open naman sa government. Pero ngayon hindi na, wala din naman nagtatanong. Sa interview, dinagdagan ko pa yong present salary ko kasi baka ibigay same salary lang eh di wala ring increase. Minsan, nagsisisi ako kasi di na ako natatawagan afterwards
Pero ganun talaga kasi kung hindi naman nila afford ang expected salary - good bye!
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reynz (4415 comments.) reply on April 11, 2008:
same with me as far as salary is concerned. weird pero sa opis kasi namin, required ako to specify kung magkano salary nila but i honestly ignore it when reviewing resumes. tinitingnan ko kung maganda sila hehehe
here, we don’t ask for pictures o kaya family information.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Current salary should never be entered in a resume. I think it is inappropriate. However, when your on your interview then you use your current salary as a bargaining chips.
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reynz (4415 comments.) reply on April 11, 2008:
is that how you got you 6 figures at BDP? hahaha!
April 11th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
last year when nagaapply pa ako parehas kami ni nina na hindi naglalagay ng past salary and picture and kapag interview po sinsabi ko lahat kasali my past salary and my expecting salary kapag nahire ako… ummmm yun lang
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reynz (4415 comments.) reply on April 11, 2008:
you know, last weekend, i reviewed 5 resumes sent to me by readers here. record yong review na ginawa. pucha, lahat me mga ID na nakasaksak sa resume and tatlo nakalista lahat nung mga kanunu-nu-nuan. i told them na tanggalin. yong mga pics daw required. di ko talaga magetz ang hiring process sa pinas bat ba kasi parating “pleasing personality” as if lalabas sa ID.
nina (263 comments.) reply on April 12, 2008:
normal yong pleasing personality kapag receptionist, sales, promo girl o kaya customer service representative
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April 11th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
teka off topic, ano po palang ang malaking chismaks na babalita nyo bukas pwede magkaroon ng patikim… hahahaha
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reynz (4415 comments.) reply on April 11, 2008:
mamaya hehehe
April 11th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
world pissed???, nawawala ang olympic torch! hahaha
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reynz (4415 comments.) reply on April 11, 2008:
shrek, at the moment, world pissed ang lola hehehe
April 11th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
After college, i’ve been checking different sample resumes online, i think wala ako nakita na resume with current salary. I don’t think it’s needed. Hindi ba unprofessional yun? hehe. Pag ako nasa hiring dept. at may nakita akong salary entered in a resume, ibabasura ko. LOL
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reynz (4415 comments.) reply on April 11, 2008:
hehehe anlufeet!!! kami naman, we only use it pag medyo mahirap pag-pilian ang mga candidates with almost the same qualification. pero am sure, importante yan to those na me limited budget.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Alam mo Reynz, kaya ka tinatanong ng “how much is your salary?” here in Pinas, isa lang ang dahilan nun….usually uutangan ka…hehehe…
Nga pla, HOW MUCH IS YOUR SALARY?
Bwahehehehehe….
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reynz (4415 comments.) reply on April 11, 2008:
Salary ko? Depende sa daddy na nakukuha ko. hehehe!
ruthie (97 comments.) reply on April 12, 2008:
tsaka dapat depende din kung anong height ni daddy…hehehe
ako nagsisinungaling..pag mukhang mangungutang, nililiitan ko lang…pag mukhang mayabang nilalakihan ko….pag si Boylet ang nagtanong, nililiitan ko lang, baka kasi di nako ambunan….pag si Mamita naman, “secret” ang sagot…hehehe
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April 11th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
bakit kaya pag sa Pinas unang usyosohin kung magkano sahod mo..nung umuwi ako kahit di ko ka close napaka casual lang magtanong tapos pag di ko sabihin hinuhulaan pa..
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reynz (4415 comments.) reply on April 12, 2008:
hehehe meron akong BLOGGER na nameet hehehe ayaw ako tigilan kung magkano sweldo ko! HAHAHA
chuvaness (441 comments.) reply on April 12, 2008:
ako ba yun? LOL….are you mocking me? AKO YUN PINAG UUSAPAN NYO NOH!!! LOL
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April 12th, 2008 at 3:01 am
kabisyo, magkano nga ang sweldo mo? sige na . secret lang anten
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reynz (4415 comments.) reply on April 12, 2008:
very disturbing naman ang kwestyon mo! hehehe! $7 average per post lang kabisyo. Pero pag alas dos nang madaling araw, especially maganda ang panahon ngayon, umaabot ako nang $700 por kinse minutos… hehehe acceptabol ba na answer to?
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April 12th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
asan ang cheesmaksss?
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