First you must ask yourself how long more you are able to go unemployed if you reject this job? If desperate I think just accept it..

I had the same problem as you last time. In the end, I accepted the job. Not that I was desperate or running out of savings, more like the longer there is a gap in between jobs, the less attractive the cv will be. Doing something (regardless of pay) is better than doing nothing.

Did you revert to yr old pay in yr next job?

Not yet move the next job. Haha

Hey guys can ask:

1) when the company HR asks for your payslip (I’m the job applicant),
Does it usually mean I’m more or less selected alr? Also, has anyone tried giving an expected salary instead of showing actual payslip?

2) when recruiter/ headhunter asks for your exact pay, do you all give the actual figure or ballpark figure?

When they ask for your payslip it just means they want to compare you as a candidate with others, or it means that they are doing the first cutoff to see if your salary is even within their budget.
When they ask for your exact pay, there's no point lying because if (1) happens and your salary is too high they won't offer you the job anyway

Recruiter tells me that job has been filled a week ago. Saw the job ad posted 15 hours ago for the same position. Does this happen quite often

Upon offer, at no charge (local bank)

5 months and counting. Not doing so well in the I.T. sector and want to switch to some to
some other sector and finding it very hard espically when new has broken on the IBM staff retrenchment.
zzzzz

Hey thanks for the info, was interviewing with a FI

They also asked us to give before last round

Guess it’s good news