THE MONEY QUESTION

It would be foolish for a recruiter to proceed too far into any conversation without first making sure you’re in the company’s price range, so when someone does pose the salary question, go ahead and divulge what you’re looking for. If it’s not a match, you’ve just saved time and effort that can be better spent elsewhere.

If a salary range is too low for you, gracefully move on. DO NOT, in any way, be sarcastic. If you do, you will NEVER get a callback—including when you apply for another role years later that happens to be managed by the same recruiter.

Even if THIS current job’s salary range increases or a better-paying gig surfaces, you and the recruiter are—as Taylor Swift would say—never, ever, ever getting back together. And that would just be your loss.