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Shawnee123 · 12-29-2006, 03:43 PM

I'm considering applying for a job with the city. I would stay in the public employees retirement system, get a car, and hopefully have much better pay. The job is Code Enforcement for the Health Department.

The thing is they want applicants to send salary requirements. How do I come up with a number? I have no idea what normal pay for a position such as this is (but as underpaid as I am assume it is more than I make now.) Should I shoot high, or does doing so take you out of the running instantly if it is too high?

Any advice?

12-29-2006, 03:43 PM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	job salary reqts I'm considering applying for a job with the city. I would stay in the public employees retirement system, get a car, and hopefully have much better pay. The job is Code Enforcement for the Health Department. The thing is they want applicants to send salary requirements. How do I come up with a number? I have no idea what normal pay for a position such as this is (but as underpaid as I am assume it is more than I make now.) Should I shoot high, or does doing so take you out of the running instantly if it is too high? Any advice? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby