John --

I'm afraid I must disagree with you, as indeed does virtually every career
advice book or column I've ever read.  The time for serious salary
discussion is AFTER an offer has been made.  If salary is requested in the
cover letter / resume, simply ignore it.  (You can always claim it was an
oversight.)  If it is asked during the interview, certainly a soft answer
turneth away wrath.  You can say something like, "I'd be very interested in
discussing salary, but I think I first need to learn more about the
position," and thus steer the interview back to what it should be about.

And if an employer is going to disqualify you because you are looking out
for your own best interests, then Good Gosh!  Don't work there!!!

-- Eugene (a recently successful job seeker)

"According to the laws of quantum mechanics, God can be omnipotent, or He
can be omniscient, but He can't be both."

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