Know the market rate for a job before recruiters ask the rate for you.
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Are you underpaid?
Your current job market value is one of the most important pieces of information to have in mind on your job search.
This is what happens when you don't have salary expectations before applying for jobs:
Sitting on the train today. a man starts asking me tech questions because he seen my EC-Council bag. At the end he asked how much I made & i said not much.
B4 I got off he gave me his business card and told me to send my resume because I know too much to be making not much
Understand your current market value (“what should my salary be? How much should I earn?”), locally or abroad
Learn about options for relocation, to a place where your market value is that much higher
Make salary comparisons by job, to learn about other career options where you could earn more or just enough for your desired lifestyle
And that's why I compiled this for you.
Whether you need to do a quick salary check, or you just need a wage comparison calculator or salary finder, it's all here.
If you don't need this list for now, bookmark it for later. Salaries are constantly evolving.
What's in this list?
In a nutshell, all the resources you need to learn about salaries in 2019:
Salary surveys – created by surveying readers about their salaries.
Salary databases – also called job salaries lists, here readers contribute information about their jobs, sometimes in exchange for access to the rest of the database.
Salary reports – a salary report can be written from a company's own data or compiled from a combination of salary surveys, government statistics, company disclosures, etc.
Salary or wage search – search on a profession and the results will show typical earnings.
Salary calculators, checkers/finders, wage/worth estimators – you fill out a form of questions about your profession and the calculated result is an estimate of the salary you should be earning. If you're employed, this a good way to judge how fair your pay is.
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How to use this list
As much as possible, I try to only list sites that are credible and have compiled numbers from their own sources, and aren't simply recycling information from each other or global sites like Payscale.com.
For best results, compare multiple sites to reinforce your impressions, especially since you might end up making career decisions with these numbers in mind.
Click a flag to jump to results specific to that country, or click the globe to check the International section, with results for these countries and many others:
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2018-2019 Global Directory of Salary Surveys, Guides and Calculators
If you'd like to suggest any other resources that aren't already in the list, please suggest them in the comments below. Australia
HR Partners ‘HR Salary Survey' – a free portal and was specifically developed for Australian Human Resource Professionals to share salary and remuneration intelligence and help them ascertain what people in the HR profession are really earning.
Australian Legal Salary – The site was specifically developed for Australian legal Professionals to enable them to easily share legal salary data and help ascertain what people in the Australian legal industry are really earning.
Hays.ca 2018 Salary Guide – Get the latest insights into market forecasts, trends, compensation and benefits across a broad range of functional areas and industry sectors.
Robert Walters 2018/2019 Salary Surveys – PDF downloads for Australia, Belgium, China, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States
Robert Half 2019 Salary Guides – USA, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE, United Kingdom
You might vacation, you might have extended family meals and you might have friends hosting house parties. Enjoy them all and keep these five pointers in mind.
1) Don’t actively job search on a holiday weekend
…unless you live in a country that has a holiday weekend every weekend (I’m looking at you, France every May).
A lot of dopamine is released in our brains. Triggers like exercising, listening to music, and, yes, taking a warm shower, contribute to increased dopamine flow.
We’re relaxed. When we have a relaxed state of mind, we’re more likely to turn attention inwards, able to make insightful connections.
We’re distracted. Distraction gives our brains a break so our subconscious can work on a problem more creatively.
Those conditions should hold true on holiday weekends too.
Not thinking about your job search during the holidays could be the best thing for your job search after the holidays.
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3) Don’t be embarrassed to talk about your job search
Millions of people are dealing with the same issues that you are, and millions more will begin to do so in the coming months. It might be uncomfortable and hard, even, but it’s normal and nothing to be ashamed about.
One of the reasons people are ashamed to admit they’re job hunting (during the holidays or at all) is because they don’t have good answers to that question, so when they hem and haw, it sounds like they’re not progressing or even sure what to do next.
That might even be true – it was for me on my first and second job searches – but that doesn’t mean you have to leave a bad impression by showing it outright.
Instead, have a good elevator pitch about what you do best and, if people bring it up, casually reply by asking if they know any companies that need people like you.
Mention your most recent job search success, no matter how small, such as an upcoming job interview or a compliment from a recruiter.
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