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外文文献翻译译文 原文： Money Matters in the Hiring Process. 作者：Sammer, Joanne Although job applicants are plentiful, salary is still up for discussion--and negotiation. While unemployment has topped 9 percent and the economy remains shaky, many employers are filling job openings. Companies are being selective and taking a bit longer in the process, but they are still hiring, says Don McDermott, president of D.G. McDermott Associates, a compensation consulting firm in Red Bank, N.J. Even if they have instituted a hiring freeze, companies will still hire when the right person comes along. Some employers are even willing to negotiate with applicants on compensation--especially applicants likely to be revenue-generating superstars. In general, however, the economic slowdown and job scarcity have led to significant changes in the compensation segment of the hiring process. Many employers are lowering starting salaries or keeping them flat, experts note, and theyre finding many candidates flexible on compensation--sometimes even silent about it. Moreover, crafting executive compensation packages has become easier, some experts say. First, Talk About Money The topic of compensation is coming up earlier now in the back-and-forth between applicant and employer, and with good reason, experts say. Because companies are often overwhelmed by overqualified candidates, pay can be a good way to narrow the field. In addition, there is so much variety in peoples salary expectations these days that employers need to gather compensation information from candidates as early in the hiring process as possible, recommends Josh Warborg, district president in Seattle for Robert Half International, a professional staffing firm based in Menlo Park, Calif. There are drastically different numbers being thrown around because candidates expectations are all over the place. At Dallas-based M, an online dating service thats growing and profitable, hiring is progressing at a slower pace than in recent years,