How to adequately assess your value in the labor market

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Every day a job seeker asks the question: What salary should I qualify for? The cost of a specialist without experience and with a certain amount of experience, as well as a specialist with a higher education or with a school certificate, can vary by several thousand, and sometimes tens of thousands of rubles.

Most often, the candidate is afraid to indicate the desired amount, because he wants to find a middle ground and thereby not underestimate or exaggerate the expected income. Having reached a dead end, many indicate “by agreement” in the “wages” column, but here, like a coin, there are two edges.

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On the one hand, you are a mystery to the employer. Be prepared to receive various offers. However, it is advisable for companies to know in advance your salary expectations, because even at an interview, they initially clarify the information from the candidate and only then announce the conditions of the employer.

Let's consider the main aspects on the basis of which it is possible to estimate the real value of your human resources.

Study, study and study again

In the process of his life, a person is engaged in the development of his potential, and education is an integral part of this process. Every year, budgetary places for certain vacancies are reduced, thereby increasing the admission rating. Therefore, initially we are faced with certain costs for our development.

Let's start in order. Parents spend money on tutors, additional courses, and many tutorials and books.

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When entering the budget, you also need money for additional literature, food, travel and basic things. In the case of enrollment on a commercial basis, tuition fees are added to the costs.

You need to compensate for the costs incurred. Therefore, on average, your salary should allow you to cover all these costs in two years.

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In addition to this amount, you can add lost profit, because having entered full-time training, you did not go to work, which means you lost a certain amount of money. But even if you worked part-time or worked on a shift schedule, you need to calculate the amount of missed opportunities during a full working day.

In turn, for various positions, an additional plus for a candidate can be the passage of various courses or obtaining additional education, the presence of which increases the cost of the candidate on the market.

What to do with experience

Work experience for many companies is almost the main requirement for a candidate, because if an employee does not have the necessary diploma, but has worked in the proposed position for more than two years, this is a huge plus.

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Graduates should be prepared that the first year the price for their services will be rather below the market average, but this is necessary in order to obtain the desired practical experience.

However, there are exceptions here as well. If during your studies you have mastered an additional language, and knowledge of this language is strategically important in the company in which you plan to find a job, then you can count on a higher interest in you.

Minimal work experience with additional elements and skills allows you to increase your profile and salary.

It all depends on the sphere

Of course, not all positions are paid equally, therefore, when establishing your salary wishes, it is necessary to assess the situation on the market.

The average salary should be for a specific region, and not for the country as a whole.

Well-known job search sites are constantly conducting research, so finding this information will not pose any particular problems.

No matter how hard we try to believe that work should be enjoyable, we all understand that you always want to eat, so when setting your requirements, describe your budget. Thus, you will receive the minimum amount of money that will allow you to satisfy your needs.

When determining wages, you also need to determine for yourself the percentage by which you are ready to move it. After all, often the establishment of wages is a reciprocal process: the organization can meet your requirements, or you already lower your expectations.

In any case, life is unpredictable, and a beginner can get a dream job with a salary twice as high as an experienced specialist. Indeed, each company has its own requirements and its own vision of work. Therefore, dare and climb the career ladder, while increasing your value in the labor market.