Megan Robinson

Low-balling is when job applicants offer an employer to work for less than the listed salary.

Low-balling is when job applicants offer an employer to work for less than the listed salary.

Candidates do it to appear cheaper and therefore hopefully more desirable to employers.

Candidates do it to appear cheaper and therefore hopefully more desirable to employers.

It's something I've done myself and have seen amongst other younger female job seekers.

It's something I've done myself and have seen amongst other younger female job seekers.

But in my own case and in the other women I interviewed, it didn't help any of us get a job.

But in my own case and in the other women I interviewed, it didn't help any of us get a job.

I think it's more of a symptom of how difficult the job market is for young people right now.

I think it's more of a symptom of how difficult the job market is for young people right now.

Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, absolutely.

So

So

After graduating from my master's degree last year, I applied to over a thousand jobs and only had three interviews.

After graduating from my master's degree last year, I applied to over a thousand jobs and only had three interviews.

One of these interviews was for a writer-editor role at a small health publication.

One of these interviews was for a writer-editor role at a small health publication.

But after my first interview, I was rejected.

But after my first interview, I was rejected.