How much should I get paid?

rbowman

Im trying to adjust my resume on monster and I believe the reason why Im not getting much hits is because I posted that I wanted 35k a year. I got to looking and noticed that with my current skills someone would have to be crazy to hire me at that wage.

My current credentials are that I have an A.A.S. and will soon be network+ certified. I dont have any real world experience besides the labs in school. I also live in SW Virginia (Roanoke area) and will be looking for jobs in VA and the surrounding states.

So whats my price tag?

Olajuwon

Yeah, you shouldn't expect that much in your area with your credentials, but you could easily make that in a big city without good credentials.

12thlevelwarrior

post what you will be happy with and stick with it. sounds reasonable to me.

Kevin.Smith

With no experience you can't expect too much. 30k is what you should shoot for starting out (thats what I started at 3 months ago and have already gotten a promotion). I woundn't say take any amount but if you can survive without the money, just look for anything to obtain experience.

rbowman

Yeah I lowered it on my profile to 27k which is great for my area. What I really need is experience and I am right now trying to get an internship at UPS which is where I work at now.

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Olajuwon wrote:

Yeah, you shouldn't expect that much in your area with your credentials, but you could easily make that in a big city without good credentials.

Big city normally means bigger cost of living. So it evens out.