In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris answer one of the most common questions for jobseekers: “What should my salary be?” Learn the two different methods for determining how much compensation to ask for, and ways to handle salary negotiations in interviews.

Key points from this episode:

1. The first step in determining your salary is to assess your monthly expenses and calculate your monthly target income after taxes.

2. The second step is to research the average salary for your position and location using a tool like salary.com.

3. The difference between your monthly target income and the average salary for your position is your negotiating zone.

4. It is important to be prepared to negotiate your salary in a job interview, as this can be a very intimidating thing.

5. Consider using data to back up your negotiation, as this can be very helpful in getting the salary you deserve.

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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, let’s talk about what salary should you ask for it? This is a question that came up in the previous so what episodes you might check out that out on the YouTube channel.

But let’s let’s dig into how do we even know what kind of salary to ask for? So Katie, on the show, you want to recap what you and John have talked about, in terms of where where you’d started to think about compensation.

Yeah, so the so what episode Chris, that you’re referencing, John and I did last week, which was the 17th of November, if you’re looking for that specific episode, it was, you know, how to determine red flags for from a potential employer.

And one of the things that came up was if they’re not willing to discuss the salary range with you like, so if you’re talking with the hiring manager, and they said, Well, I’m not authorized to discuss salary with you, or I can’t tell you what other people at your level are making competitively, then that’s a huge red flag, because I hate the term in this day and age, but in this day and age, salaries no longer as taboo or confidential.

It’s pretty wide open in terms of it’s pretty transparent in terms of like, here’s what I make, here’s what you should be making.

And there’s really no rules around when it can and cannot be discussed anymore.

You know, I feel like it’s a very outdated, antiquated, you know