well just to share with my experience of recruiter.

I only ask my candidate to send me his payslip in pdf format whenever our client is neeeded.. and that also applied after the interview or our client request it to bring together in interview. well they just want to justify your current n asking salary. the market allowed u to request 30% increment from your current salary, and not from rm 1000 to rm 2000 that is alot then 30%

in other hand which stand to our client, they just want to play safe and dowan to hired someone that is over value or over qualified.

so if ur current salary is 1.6k and u wanna compare with degree grad salary.. u must think 1st. what u can contribute to the company? what u can improve the company? what is ur experience? handle any big project? what is ur academic level? and lastly what makes u worth the rm1000 increment?

all the company wanna hired someone who want the JOB and not work and want the SALARY. if u ask more but u cannot supplied what their need.. no point to ask alot of increment..

think that u as the boss.. will u hired a degree fresh grad with no working experience for a salary of 3k in ur company? whereby u need to teach n lead them for all the daily routine.. will u?

commonsense nobody will stupid enough hired a candidate like this...

they only pay someone who worth to them and can help the company and not pay someone who want to increase their salary range on their cv.

just remember in mind.. recruiter wont take your payslip and post into lowyat and share with others...

they also got their rules if they break the rules they will get sue by the candidate or the client if they reveal out the candidate or client p&c information such as salary or position remuneration

payslip is p&c but dont forget ur cv also is p&c.. so if u can pass ur cv to the recruiter y not u pass ur softcopy of payslip to the recruiter or the company if u want the job...

unless u r earning rm1000 per month and ask for rm2500 per month in ur new company so that make u dont dare to reveal ur current salary.

that was a kinda of post from me hahaha..

jokes away.

well its a comparison without chip in other benefits and allowance, yes your salary may be below market rate but there is others benefit that chip in.

again my post earlier was mean for basic salary.

on another option you can have on hand, just show your EA for the hiring manager shows what you are drawing..

if you still felt that other people draw higher than you, then you might need to look for better opportunity out there.

again basic salary its very subjective, it can be in any range within their hiring budget and what kind of experiences you can bring in as an added value to the company that they willing allocated the portion of amount you requested and does it justified with their current overhead expenditure and expenses.