If you’ve ever had the “pleasure” of looking for another job, I’m sure you have seen these questions on the application.

What is your current salary?

What is your asking salary?

I honestly consider my current salary to be quite personal and don’t feel the need to disclose it to a company that hasn’t even called me in for an interview.  And then there is this unspoken idealogy that what I made at my previous company is what I should be making at my new gig.  What gives?!  If I’m going to a new job, shouldn’t I ask for mandated raise.  I mean – this is the one time that I control how much money I can get from an employer.

I have a few friends in Human Resources who disagree with this thinking.  They believe that if your last company thought you were good enough to make X, then X is what they should pay you.  They also believe that the salary X is a measurement of your value in the current market and is a gauge for the services you can provide.  I can’t wait to hear what HR and other professionals feel about this.

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