Money is everything when it comes to changing jobs.

While not everybody derives most of their work satisfaction from their salary, there is no getting away from the fact that it is the reason for most of the workforce doing what they do. For every individual whose professional life is a passion project, there are a hundred people who have a job purely because they need the paycheck.

Although the likes of hiring managers and recruiters like to dance around how much compensation means to job applicants, it is always a crucial part of the discussion. While some employees are ready to take a pay cut for a role they really love or that has good room for progression, most only want to job hop if there is the promise of a larger salary. It makes sense; moving to another company always involves an element of risk, and it is nice to have some perks to mitigate that.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of companies that are not willing to put in the investment to impress the best candidates. The result of this is that they miss out on hires that could have done good things for them if only they would pay them well.