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To Deaf Creatives

by Sanctum1972 @ 10:15 am. Filed under Misc

Hey all,

I found this link to a site at: http://www.no-spec.com/. This is for those who are involved in the creative/design industry and are against the use of speculative work by clients and I urge you to empower yourselves with this knowledge which has become a prevalent issue among a lot of people such as I.
I also just got a full-time job interview last week at a publishing house in Vermont which is entry level, so we’ll see if I make it to round 2 this week and this company is independently owned with a nice view of the mountains and lake. I’m still trying to figure out the signs or signals that the guy might have decided to go with me for round 2.
But I have to ask..is it normal for an interviewer to reveal the actual salary during the interview since I just estimated the salary requirements on my resume? He even brought up the mention of benefits and perks. I thought interviewees were’nt supposed to ask about them until after the interview or until after they get hired.
Maybe he’s revealing this information to me because I’m the likeliest candidate?
But I’m going to play it by ear and see how it goes this week.

-Adam

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11 Responses to “To Deaf Creatives”

lette :
April 30th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
Well here in Ireland, its nessary to to discuss the salary and perks before either they accept you or you accept the Job, I mean theres no point in taking a job and then realise ur being payed peanuts!! over here its compulsary in the interview to talk those issues over best of luck with it, im sure ull do great
Sanctum1972 :
May 1st, 2006 at 6:49 pm
Thanks lette, I’ll let you know
athina (User Verified) :
May 2nd, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Very possible that you’re the likeliest candidate. Perhaps they
find you really smart and charming. Good luck!
Sanctum1972 :
May 2nd, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Athina,

I hope so. Because it’s really common sense that during interviews you’re not supposed to talk about salary or bring it up, not even benefits. But since this was an informal interview, the marketing director mentioned the $$ and benefits near the end of the conversation which raised my antennaes and thought “Is he hinting something to me?” even though he’s interviewing other folks though.
I’m still hoping that I get into Round 2 of the interview sessions later this week or so. For me, this was unusual and since this was an independently/privately owned global company and one of its headquarters is also in Britain .
lette :
May 2nd, 2006 at 7:00 pm
thats so different to here!!, we always bring up the salery and perks of the Job in an interview, and there are no round 2’s or the like, you have the interview and you either get it or you dont!! the world is a small place but can be a little different Best of luck again with it tho
Sanctum1972 :
May 2nd, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Yeah…we’ll see what happens. The company is called Ashgate Publishing..and one of their offices is in the UK in London..while the other is here in Burlington…:P. They must hire me…they better.
lette :
May 3rd, 2006 at 7:42 am
or you shall hunt them down like dogs!! :p
Sanctum1972 :
May 3rd, 2006 at 9:24 am
Lette,

You got that right…with the Order Of The Knights Of Silence!
Sanctum1972 :
May 5th, 2006 at 9:04 am
hmmm..no dice..did’nt get the job. He said he was impressed with my initiative and interest in the publishing industry and that he’d have my resume on file in case of anything……………right.
lette :
May 5th, 2006 at 10:18 am
oh I hate that trollop!! If he was interested he would have hired ya!
OOooooh and check my blog folks, a photo of mine has been published!! YEAY!!
www.lette.kimododreams.com
Cover Letter Guru :
January 19th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
You probably shouldn’t make assumptions about the interviewers intentions. Maybe he mentioned the salary and benefits to everyone he interviewed. It’s not that unusual although more often it’s not mentioned until a job offer is extended. Good luck.