Salary History from the HR side
by Tom
(Ft. Myers, FL USA)
Sometimes HR asks for verification of salary when the applicant seems to be expecting an inflated salary based on previous employment. We have had applicants that met our search criteria but claimed to be making more in their last position than what we would have expected. Our thought is that a truthful applicant will readily provide a pay stub to confirm his/her last salary but someone who won't is probably someone we wouldn't want to hire anyway.