Are your salary requirements realistic?

It can be difficult to get perspective on your value in the workplace. Often candidates’ ideas of what they think they should be earning are mis-aligned with what employers are willing to pay or what the marketplace will bear.

Wanting to earn more can be a reason to change jobs, but if that’s the only reason, it might mean you need to take a closer and more educated look at the marketplace, your value in it, and your value to your existing employer.

Before you begin, realize that your financial needs are not justification for earning more. Take stock of your experience, not only in terms of years in the industry, but projects and leadership roles that brought value to your employers, past and current. If you have accomplishments in your current position such as: money you’ve saved them; models you created; projects you were involved in or spearheaded; results that went beyond your job description, you could use them to ask for an increase. If not, make sure you include them in your next resume.

Knowing what your position in your industry with your specialties pays could be difficult to pinpoint. To assist actuaries, we gather information on actuarial careers and offer detailed information, via great query tools that make it easy to see how your skills and salary measure up and what you need to reach the income level you want.  

Our job listings can also help you see the possibilities!