Pay Transparency in Job Postings

𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

One of the most frustrating parts of job searching for me was that the job listings I saw did not provide any numbers aka 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮.

No base pay.
No starting pay.
No minimum pay.
No range.
No ballpark.
Nothing.

Now, I know *why* most jobs don’t provide the numbers upfront. I get it. There’s a whole host of reasons. But as a new graduate with a high amount of student loan debt, salary was absolutely high on my list when I was searching for jobs 😅

I would’ve loved the option to at least have some kind of ballpark range in my head when deciding if I wanted to apply to a position.

And the thing is...it’s not like this in every profession. For example, in hubs’ profession (CRNA) there’s a whole website to search for jobs that list the pay range clear as day 👏🏾 When speaking to recruiters, they state (at least) the minimum pay in the email and initial phone screening. This is all done even before the official interview. THIS is pay transparency.

Pay is not a determining factor for everyone and I understand that. But for those of us trying to climb out of the debt hole...it’s certainly high on our priority list. It would just be nice to have more pay transparency within our industry as a whole 💚🙏🏾

Remember that there’s more to consider than just salary, of course, so check out my friend Sarah’s @ot.4.lyfe’s recent #OTFinanceFriday post on what else you should consider with a package.

Now I’m curious to know... 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈? 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?