Salary expectations: how do you answer?

I have been out of work for 17 weeks and feel pressure to accept less. I worked as a forklift operator before this. I do not want to price myself out. What did you say?

Asking about the range for the role first worked for me. Some recruiters share it.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 2 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.