# Prospective employer asked for salary history

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prospective-employer-asked-for-salary-history/754701>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prospective-employer-asked-for-salary-history/754701 "2016-05-13T19:06:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prospective-employer-asked-for-salary-history/754701/81 "2016-05-28T05:59:24Z")

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> [@lance\_strongarm](#):
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> It seems to me that salary history, not that its any of your damn business anyway, has more potential to mislead than to find you a qualified candidate.

If I ask for it and he fills that it is not my damn business then it is his choice. Same as it is my choice to drop his resume in the trash. Salary history will not miss lead you if you read the whole resume. Most employers don’t

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