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Like the concept, but have some reservations. What happens when recruiters start using it and spamming me regardless of whether they have something that pays the figure in question or not (one of those situations where the amount "magically" becomes 30% less than the recruiter said it was when you go to interview.) Like I said, I love the idea but I have doubts about how it will pan out when exposed to the seedy world of tech recruiters.

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This happened to me. I said I'd only interview if the offer would be at least a certain amount. After going through the process, the offer was $15k lower than the recruiter had promised.

I think salary is a very important factor on choosing the employer. They need to be more open about it. In near future we may see that salary is a public information (not as much right now)

I've had this happen. When I got the offer from the CEO (small company) it was what I was currently making but with less job security. I stopped dealing with that recruiter immediately and ignore all correspondence from them (or anyone at their company).

I think what they hear is "I need my compensation to be X" instead of "I need my salary to be X". Big difference.

Well, many times as candidates, we're told to state our total compensation when asked about our salary.

That's surprising/confusing to me--I've actually never been asked that. This is in the US (east coast), so can't speak to other locales.

We have some measures to stop this. First, recruiter will have limited number of "pings" so he cannot start spamming.

Also, your identity is not revealed until you approve an employer.

And, when contacting you the recruiter is agreeing on the demanded salary atleast (see sample profile).

We hope these measures will reduce the spam in the network.

Maybe I should be able to leave feedback on a position or a recruiter saying that, even though the job listing said they offered X, I was only offered Y. Maybe it would show some basic info about you, so we can tell if you simply applied for a job out of your range, or if they tried to lowball you.

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