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What I did, when I graduated was went to the career councillor at the school and asked her what the average pay was for people in Office Administration.
What you can do is go on job posting sites and see what is being offered for a wage, doesn't hurt to tip it to the high side if you have experience or excelled in your courses.
Unemployment agencies may be of some service for wage expectations as well.
Hope I was some help.
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Good luck in the job search!
What you can do is go on job posting sites and see what is being offered for a wage, doesn't hurt to tip it to the high side if you have experience or excelled in your courses.
Unemployment agencies may be of some service for wage expectations as well.
Hope I was some help.
C
Good luck in the job search!I think if you go to hotjobs.com you can actually look up job types (like magazine writer) for your area to get an idea of median salary. give you a ballpark to work with.
I know when I worked for a university newspaper, all the reporters got paid 'per story' rather than a salary (which the section editors got).
I know when I worked for a university newspaper, all the reporters got paid 'per story' rather than a salary (which the section editors got).
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I've read some excellent articles on how to deal with this question (I put a couple of links below). Here, it's generally okay to say, "Negotiable" but I'm not sure if that's an acceptable answer in the UK. If your university has a career center/counselor, it'd be a good idea to ask them how to deal with the question, and how to find the going rates for a new journalist in your area.
http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/interview/SALQUES.html
http://www.collegerecruiter.com/pages/questions/question116.php
http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/interview/SALQUES.html
http://www.collegerecruiter.com/pages/questions/question116.php
Salary expectations
Duck the question. Answer something like "depends on duties and fringe benefits" or just leave it blank.
The rule of thumb is that whoever mentions the first salary number loses. That, IMO, is overblown, but you should make every effort to get your would-be employer to make the first offer, which you can then counter if it's too low and if you're sure you're not being unrealistic in your response. You should have a number in mind, but keep it to yourself.
Duck the question. Answer something like "depends on duties and fringe benefits" or just leave it blank.
The rule of thumb is that whoever mentions the first salary number loses. That, IMO, is overblown, but you should make every effort to get your would-be employer to make the first offer, which you can then counter if it's too low and if you're sure you're not being unrealistic in your response. You should have a number in mind, but keep it to yourself.
