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What can I say to a restaurant manager to get an interview?

Is this bad to do at an interview?

  • I'm a college student that has been working at a restaurant for about a year and a half. I get paid $8.00 there. I have a job interview at another restaurant and their starting pay is $7.25. My assisstant manager at the current place I work has offered me a 50 cent pay raise if I stay with them and not go to the restaurant i have an interview at. So naturally, I want to get paid 8.50 at the place I have an interview at. When i'm going through my interview, do I bring up the fact that my manager has offered me the pay raise? That was I can work at this new restaurant with the same price my manager offered me at my current restaurant. How would I bring this up in the interview, and what's a polite way to say it? Thanks :)

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    In most interviews, the topic of wages will be mentioned or discussed. You can mention that you have been offered the 8.50 per hour at your current employment, BUT you would also need to convince the potential employer that you would be with them for a period of time ( as opposed to wanting the new position just as a way of obtaining a higher starting wage ). The potential new employer would think to him/herself : " how long will this person work for us before looking for another position with a higher wage ? " Think about it from the employers perspective

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NEVER bring up rate of pay until you are offered the position.

um y would u leave ur 8.50 an hour restraunt job for a 7.25 one??

In most interviews, the topic of wages will be mentioned or discussed. You can mention that you have been offered the 8.50 per hour at your current employment, BUT you would also need to convince the potential employer that you would be with them for a period of time ( as opposed to wanting the new position just as a way of obtaining a higher starting wage ). The potential new employer would think to him/herself : " how long will this person work for us before looking for another position with a higher wage ? " Think about it from the employers perspective

Happy Gramps

NEVER bring up rate of pay until you are offered the position.

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um y would u leave ur 8.50 an hour restraunt job for a 7.25 one??

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If I were you, I'd cancel the interview and stay where you are. You just got offered a raise to stay at a job that you already know well. Why change jobs just to make the same money, and go to a place where you have to learn the new place's way of doing things? Your current boss is being pretty generous to you and obviously wants to keep you around. I'd be more appreciative of that, if I were you. Now, of course, this all assumes that your current job is a decent place to work. But if it's a hell-hole, then that's different. .

You can mention that is what you would like to start with, with your experience, and they may counter that if you stay a few months you will get a raise. Leave your old company on good terms if you get the job, and if the other one doesn't work out, you can go back.

If I were you, I'd cancel the interview and stay where you are. You just got offered a raise to stay at a job that you already know well. Why change jobs just to make the same money, and go to a place where you have to learn the new place's way of doing things? Your current boss is being pretty generous to you and obviously wants to keep you around. I'd be more appreciative of that, if I were you. Now, of course, this all assumes that your current job is a decent place to work. But if it's a hell-hole, then that's different. .

Lady Wildcat

You can mention that is what you would like to start with, with your experience, and they may counter that if you stay a few months you will get a raise. Leave your old company on good terms if you get the job, and if the other one doesn't work out, you can go back.

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