Job: Human Resources (HR) Assistant (United States)

Do your job, focus on your career. If you have been in a job for 3 or more years, it has become your career. Want a different career? You must make choices to spend time and money to progress. Wishing, hoping, talking, thinking are not achieving any goals. Get educated. Volunteer. Do more with less. Always be improving. Be self-motivated. Bring something positive to work everyday if only a smile.

It was a short phone call to set up the interview when the recruiter asked me what salary I was looking to receive for this part-time position. I told her that I wanted to stay in the range of my current position or to do a little better since this position was part-time instead of full-time. She then asked what I was making while working my current full-time position. After I told her, she said "Well at least we are in the same ballpark. Not a problem. We're good." I could hear the smile and relief in her voice. I got the feeling she expected my figure to be an outrageous request.