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The Salary Game In Cover Letters And How To Play It Right
By Mario Churchill
The whole process of applying for a job may be likened to an Olympic race. All may be highly
qualified, possibly training to bag the actual trophy (in this case, the job) but only one gets the gold. It's
like a battery of games which may or may not bring you the much-needed job. Your cover letter is your
arsenal that will help propel you to reach greater heights and get lucrative job offers.
A job offer is not complete without the issue of the salary. The declaration of salary is double-edged
sword in your cover letter. It is a game, and a tricky one at that. If you want to be able to nail that job,
you must be able to maneuver your way into this salary game, among many other things. The
companies are particularly sensitive on the issue of salary expectations of their prospective applicants.
Depending on their manner of screening applicants, your salary expectation may be formed for or
against you.
It is very difficult to find the balance between a reasonable salary, an overly declared one or an
underpaid one. If you put in too little an amount in your cover letter of your salary expectation, they
might hire you but you will be at a losing end since they will no longer allow you to negotiate for higher
pay beyond your salary declaration in the cover letter. On the other hand, if you declare a very huge
sum, they might get turned off and boot you out of the list of applicants to be considered due to that.
The best way to avoid the nuances of the salary game is not to play the game at all. You