Career Advice - Salary Guides and Salary surveys

"It's always worth seeking professional advice on salary guides before you commit to a job offer"
 

Before you read too much into Salary Guides, it's always worth noting that your market worth is only a matter of what a prospective employer is willing to pay for your services, not what “you” think they should pay you. Therefore, if your main focus for finding work is purely financially motivated, then you will need to provide a very solid case to increase your base salary by more than 15 -20%.

Basic salary guides can be found through a range of mediums and many employment agencies will also post "salary reviews" or "salary guides" on their websites. However, where ever possible, try speaking with a professional directly as individual cases can differ so significantly.

It's also worth noting the importance of knowing your true market value where ever possible, otherwise you could be selling yourself too short, or over stating your package can result in losing out on that perfect opportunity.

Other salary guide information can be sourced from:-

• MyCareer - here you'll find a very handy salary guide with statistics regularly updated by The Age/ Sydney Morning Herald Employment Forecast - use this link <salary surveys>
   
• Michael Page, Hays and TMP Hudsons - each of these agencies list their own salary guides and are freely available for anyone to use. Please note however, some information can be quite generic and salary bandings may be a little too vague
   
• The Australian Institute of Management offer a "pay per individual" service but this can end up quite costly for individuals and isn't recommended as a one of salary guide. You can find a link here <salary surveys>

All our consultants are experienced in providing salary and remuneration guidance - there is no extra charges for this service