[Shawnee123]

There you go, anon.

And you're right about the application. I have been on many hiring committees and some scholarship committees, and your application could be stellar in most every way, but it's going to be tossed for not following the process (very important to certain companies) or for misspellings and the like, in favor of the person who did what was asked and took the time to do it really well.

Am I right when I say that they are asking for salary requirements as part of the application? Then you have to do that part.

They expect you to ask for the moon: I doubt they'll toss your app for asking for more than they're expecting to pay. That will all come out in the negotiation once you've been offered the job.

Anyway, I hate that approach. I've looked at FA jobs and if there isn't a pay listed it kind of pisses me off. I've lived the disparity of pay in this field, and I think it would be nice to know if a job that sounds interesting to me is going to be a huge pay cut, before I even bother applying. Then, to ask you "well, what do YOU think you should make" seems to be part of the game, but one I am not fond of. It seems like a sneaky way to try to get someone cheaper than they expect to pay.