A recruiter keeps discussing my salary level before sharing my resume with the client. I gave given my level and said I’m willing to discuss based on other benefits etc but feels a bit odd to keep discussing it before even sharing with the company... Is this normal?

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Many recruiters do this - they don’t want to waste your time or their time if the salary band is higher than their opps - not to mention the firm’s time who will engage in the recruitment process just to end up with you being out of range. I tend to flip the conversation and have them tell me the range - after all, in most of these situations you are also a “client” for the recruiter

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This is normal! Sounds like a third party recruiter. These are usually very open about sharing what the range is. They get paid based on if you accept the offer or not, so they are incentivized to make sure you are okay with the range.

Additionally, they are sometimes paid as a % of the salary, so they typically won't give you a lower range, but rather the actual range.

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Completely makes sense. Nothing more annoying than when we aren’t aligned on salary

Ask them up front for salary and decide whether to move forward

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