How to Download Sample Salary
History or Salary Requirement Letter
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- If you left-click instead, Explorer attempts to open
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- Just click Cancel and start this
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- You may type a new file name, but don't change the
file type from RTF or your applications may not
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- Click Save and the download proceeds.
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Salary History Samples
Template
Anatomy of a typical salary history in template form. It's not set in
concrete, but rather a guide. Just fill in the "blanks." When
listing employers' contact information, be sure they are the offices where
your personnel records are held.
Sample
1
A sample salary history with all the anatomic parts and easy to tailor.
Includes exact starting and ending salaries.
Sample 2
Similar to the sample above, but with ballpark figures instead of exact
starting and ending ranges.
Sample
3
Letter in response to a salary history request that tactfully sidesteps
the issue, and attempts to get an interview to negotiate instead. To do
the same in reply to a salary requirement request, just plug in salary
requirement in place of salary history.
Salary Requirement Letter
Samples
Sample
4
Salary requirement letter that sidesteps a salary history request and
offers a firm, but somewhat negotiable, minimum salary requirement
instead.
Sample
5
Salary requirement letter in reply to a salary requirement request. Firm
range, but leaves the door open for negotiations.
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