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Salary history

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCommon term

In job interviews & careers, salary history means: A record of the pay someone received in earlier jobs.

In Turkish: geçmiş ücret bilgileri

How it is used

Distinguish past pay from salary expectations for a new role.

Example sentences

  1. The form placed salary history beside a separate field for expected pay.

    The two fields refer to different periods and purposes.

  2. She asked why salary history was relevant to the responsibilities of the new role.

    Past earnings do not describe the duties of the proposed job.

Common collocations

  • request salary history
  • salary history information
  • salaryA fixed amount of money that an employer pays you for your work, usually agreed as a yearly figure and paid every month.
  • salary expectationsThe amount of pay you hope to receive in a new job, which employers often ask about on application forms or in interviews.

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