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HR doesn’t want us to tell candidates the salary until we make an offer

A reader writes: I'm in the process of hiring a new staff person, and I'm struggling with our HR team about salary. For some reason, our HR is very reluctant to provide any firm information at salary to applicants, and doesn't want hiring managers to do it either (probably because our salaries are pretty low […]

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A reader writes: I'm in the process of hiring a new staff person, and I'm struggling with our HR team about salary.

For some reason, our HR is very reluctant to provide any firm information at salary to applicants, and doesn't want hiring managers to do it either (probably because our salaries are pretty low […]

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A reader writes: I'm in the process of hiring a new staff person, and I'm struggling with our HR team about salary. For some reason, our HR is very reluctant to provide any firm information at salary to applicants, and doesn't want hiring managers to do it either (probably because our salaries are pretty low […]

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