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zellleonhart
post Jul 9 2017, 03:13 PM

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Hi all, I need some help here.

I am technically not a fresh graduate (graduated in June 2015), but for 2 years I worked in a non-profit organization as executive level, one year in Malaysia and one year overseas. Both years salary were way below average (below RM2000) because I mainly work for my self development and contribution.

Now I am finishing and going for a "real" corporate job, and since I am not really a fresh grad, how should I tell my expected salary?

My concerns below:
1. Even though I have 2 years working experience, it's in a youth-run non-profit so it's not giving me the same experience as working in companies, so I can't say I am better or same level as others who worked for 2 years.
2. Even so, I wish to apply some jobs that are not targeted for fresh grad with 0 experience, because I want to challenge myself more and I think I can cope with it quickly (then, it comes to concern #3 below).
3. Since my past 2 jobs gave me low salary but I am applying for non-fresh-grad jobs, how should I tell my expected salary? Some jobs I am applying are offering RM4k and above, should I tell my expected salary as fresh grad (2.7~3k?) or just slightly below the estimated offer (3.5k)?

Thanks in advance for your help!
zellleonhart
post Jul 10 2017, 03:40 PM

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QUOTE(Belphegor @ Jul 10 2017, 03:35 PM)
You can try applying jobs that are doing what you did in previous work. Something like sustainability or corporate social responsibility. Then you can ask for the salary you deserves without thinking if your experience could put to use. wink.gif
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Thanks for your reply. Hmm even though I was in non-profit, my job was involving a lot of operations, market expansion, and eventually HR and people development. So I would like to foray into these fields instead of sustainability or CSR (because I didn't really work on those job descriptions).

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