My friend was negotiating salary with a recruiter for a new job opportunity she applied to and made the mistake of disclosing her current salary. Now the recruiter wants to match what she currently makes in her existing role. Have you ever disclosed your salary to a recruiter? Did you experience the same thing?

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I've done it when they've been pushy. But I've been quick to tell them how much I'd need to be offered for me to consider leaving my current employer. Changing jobs is a hassle, and I'm not doing it for the same pay unless the place I'm trying to leave is truly toxic.

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Yeah, that's exactly the right way to handle it. When they're pushy and you hit them with “Okay, what number would actually make me leave? Because right now it would take X to even start a serious conversation,” most of them immediately back off or ghost. The ones who keep going after hearing a real number are usually the only ones worth talking to anyway.

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That is a hard lesson to learn. Baffles me that the recruiter thinks they’ve won in finding it out and now can offer you the same thing. It’d turn the whole process sour for me, but it does depend on what your friends' goals are with this new offer.

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Right. I can understand they are probably tasked with getting the lowest amount possible for the company, but it’s not like we can’t find something mutually beneficial!

That's dumb of the recruiter. Why would I leave for the same salary? I'd negotiate for that 20% raise or forget it.

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Exactly. It’s straight up dumb on their part. They act like unearthing your current salary is some genius move that lets them slide in with a matching offer and pat themselves on the back for “closing the deal.”

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