From the course: Negotiating Your Job Offer and Salary
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Justifying your salary negotiation ask
From the course: Negotiating Your Job Offer and Salary
Justifying your salary negotiation ask
- Let's kick off with a powerful reminder. Salary negotiations are expected during the hiring process, and a successful negotiation starts with a collaborative tone and language. Negotiations are about being flexible, knowing that both parties want to find a win/win scenario. In the next video, we'll go through a sample conversation of what this sounds and looks like. Now is the time to determine how your total comp package feels to you and identify the components you want to negotiate with objective justifications. So, let's first discuss an important principle in negotiations, finding a win/win for all parties. There's often a give and a take or a compromise during this process. A common scenario is meeting you in the middle of the initial offer and your counteroffer. This middle ground demonstrates flexibility and moves forward to an agreement for both sides. So, for example, let's say the initial offer letter is for 90,000 and you want 100,000. You might state that you're aiming…
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