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I usually follow it up with a salary range and they end up matching the lower bound.
A range gives you flexibility. I hope for the high end, sure, but I know they'll go for the low end so I throw a range where I'd be happy with the low.
Since it's a range, it's easy to say No way I'd work for you for less than [low end].
If you give a fixed value they'll low ball it and you'll generally end up in.between theirs and yours, so you'll have to aim high.
Exactly. That's why you say a specific number, which you hope you'll get (which is a high end of your range), but in your mind be prepared to accept a lower offer (which is a low end of your range). If you say a range it's like if you said just the low end of the range, the high end doesn't matter anymore to the recruiter. That's at least what I've been doing recently and it usually works well.