post #31 - just state the pay 💲

Happy Thursday💲

Recruiters and others reaching out to candidates, PLEASE put the pay rate in your message. 

I live in a state where it's mandatory to disclose pay*, yet close to half of the recruiters who reach out to me fail to include the pay in their message ("competitive pay" is meaningless for those who are wondering 🤔). It's always going to be my number one question if it's not included, you want to why? Because the bank won't accept my love of fostering cats as payment for my mortgage 😹

Let's stop with the games. If you're serious about filling a role, be serious with your pitch. It's not rocket science 🚀

End of PSA ✔️

*companies with 15+ employees are required to disclose pay in job ads. Yes, technically reaching out to a candidate is not a job ad but that's just splitting hairs IMO

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