Very interesting. As a Career Advisor, Negotiation Consultant, and former Recruiter, I thought I would weigh in.
As Douglas says, this is a question to help weed candidates out. It's actually pretty lazy since it has nothing to do with actually jo...
Douglas, Thank you and very nicely put.
A couple of quick points. Perhaps I mistakenly used "apologize" when I probably should have said "explain". Leaving my high salary out there to linger when asked certainly has had a negative response before...
Those of us out hitting the pavement searching for a job have a lot of hurdles to overcome; a down economy, high competition for the few jobs that appear to be out there, companies downsizing to reduce spending, etc.
One that I hadn't expected wa...