Shutterstock The talent market is changing fast, and it’s in your best interest to stay at the front edge of that wave. Working people and job-seekers have more influence than they think they have, and so do you — but only if you know it! One sign of the changing times is that the state of Massachusetts has made it unlawful for employers to ask job-seekers to report their past salaries. That law takes effect in 2018. Whether or not other U.S.