Evaluating Job Salary on the Cost of Living

Video Transcript

"I'm Don Varney of Varney Speaks and on behalf of Expert Village. Today we're going to talk about the interview process. The other thing you have to look out is because of that, you have to look at the cost of living. Different areas have different costs of living. A job of 32,000 dollars might be a job of 132,000 dollars in other cities, but that 132,000 dollars you still can't live as well as you could live off the 32 where you live. The first thing I tell people is make sure your number is realistic. Make sure it's realistic for where you live for the area of the United States that you're in. Make sure you look at the cost of living before you start negotiating the job. You can research everything today on the internet. Spend some time researching it to make sure that you may be at the top of your salary in that particular job that you've got. You may have to add additional skills or got to a next level in order to get a higher salary. Do your homework first. Once you've done your homework, you know that you're in a position to where there is money there that you be able to be paid based on your skills and your qualifications, your experience and you feel good about it at that point and you've done a good job, I would strongly suggest you do what I call a self check. Ask yourself am I the person that I would want to hire. Am I the person that I would feel confident giving the keys to my company? Would I feel confident that you locked the door at night? Would I feel confident that you would show up on time in the morning to make sure the place is ready to go? Am a person that when given a task that I completed in a timely manner and then have it done and make sure it's done and ready to move on to the next task. If you're not a person that's going to answer those questions in a positive way, the likelihood is you're not going to get a salary increase."