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Knowing my real-time market value with tech recruiter email automation
As demand for tech workers continues to escalate, I’m getting more email from tech recruiters than ever. After simplifying my recruiter email auto-reply message, I’m collecting even more compensation data. I now have personalized insight into the real-time price for software engineering talent.
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Non-competes are wage suppression tools
Non-compete clauses in employment contracts commonly prevent an employee from working for a competitor after leaving their job. Employers claim this is necessary to protect trade secrets. In reality, non-compete clauses are merely tools used to unfairly suppress market rates for employee compensation.
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I avoid employers with forced arbitration, and you should too
Forced arbitration effectively lets employers violate employment laws with impunity. Also known as mandatory binding arbitration, forced arbitration is a common clause in employment contracts which restricts disputes to employer-friendly hearings conducted by a private arbitration company. No equitable employment relationship is possible under the specter of forced arbitration.
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Automatically asking recruiters for salary range
Like many experienced software engineers, I receive a steady stream of email contacts from recruiters. Most of these emails don’t contain important information such as the compensation range for the role the recruiter is selling. Companies who aren’t serious about hiring talent need to be filtered out to avoid wasting time. To solve this, I set up a script to automatically reply to recruiter emails asking for the compensation range.