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In reply to Fraser:
Yes sorry not warranted. Most employers in the sectors/jobs I've dealt in would take a candidate witholding current salary information as being precious and difficult or passive/aggressive or is hiding something. Assuming the candidate started with that employer the earnings info would then be known to the employer from the P60 so its not like it would stay a secret. Having been in the recruitment industry for over 25 years I cant think of a single candidate who has held that info back on request so anyone who did would come across as an extreme oddball compared to the thousands who hadn't. But if you have a valuable and rare skill that's needed then you call the shots and it outweighs how you might be regarded.
In reply to Fraser:

Yes sorry not warranted. Most employers in the sectors/jobs I've dealt in would take a candidate witholding current salary information as being precious and difficult or is hiding something. Assuming the candidate started with that employer the earnings info would then be known to the employer from the P60 so its not like it would stay a secret. Having been in the recruitment industry for over 25 years I cant think of a single candidate who has held that info back on request so anyone who did would come across as an extreme oddball compared to the thousands who hadn't. But if you have a valuable and rare skill that's needed then you call the shots and it outweighs how you might be regarded.
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9 Mar, 2014
Question: I've never understood why employers ask for a prospective employee's current salary. I don't see what relevance it has to a position being offered so could you please explain why you feel you have to ask this?
15 Mar, 2014
Isn't it so they can pay you less as your expectations may be lower than theirs.
15 Mar, 2014
Really ? - never understood ? Apart from anything else if the current salary / expectations is above their maximum an interview without that information is likely to be a waste of everyone's time.
16 Mar, 2014
Listing expectations alone would resolve this, no?
16 Mar, 2014
Yes, really. As purplemonkeyelephant states, asking for salary expectations would suffice. Current salary is totally irrelevant IMO. And no, I wasn't thinking of applying! ;)
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