Do You Have to Tell Recruiters Your Current Salary?

It is commonplace that professionals often change companies for various reasons, from the comfort at working to career development as they expect. Although it is possible to change companies, the recruitment process that will be passed by these professionals is not easy. A series of recruitment processes are also implemented by professional recruiters.?

In addition to the selection stage through CV screening and interviews, one of the procedures that are sometimes applied by recruitment consultants is a discussion about current comben or salary slips at previous companies. There are some benefits that may be obtained when candidates discuss or submit salary slips from previous companies to recruitment consultants. HuntHire CEO, Citra Ovani sheds some light on this:

"Your recruitment consultant is actually working on behalf of you (candidates). We help to represent the candidate to our client. Therefore, it is important for a consultant to know your situation, in order to negotiate with the company. If the candidates decide not to submit the payslip, then the negotiations carried out by the consultant will not be in accordance with the candidate's expectations, as a result the candidate will not be happy with the offer, even most likely rejected by the company”?

? It is important to note that sharing your comben and payslip to recruiter consultants is a common practice. This is an initial screening process that can save time and effort from many parties. Recruiters have a code of conduct in carrying out their duties. All you provide information is confidential and will only be processed by the company that you agree to process. So, are you willing to discuss your current salary with your recruitment consultant?