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Topic	Do you negotiate salary on job offers? If not, you may be losing out on pay.
Zanzenburger 05/31/18 5:03:28 PM #23:	KarmaMuffin posted... Say you get an offer for $60k You look up the average income for that position, title, city, degree, experience, etc. and it's something like $55k to $75k You decide to meet in the middle and ask for $65k. Do you rationalize it like I did the above, or do you just put out the number? Also, what about negotiating when you're right out of school and haven't had a 'real' job? Regarding your first point, rationalizing it is always a great start. If your pay is below the median, negotiating for the median is a safe tactic. You also want to analyze how your interview went. If you feel you rocked the interview and you can tell they really want you, or if you have some very specialized skills that are not easy to find in your industry/area, then ask for more. In your counter-offer email or phone call, you want to explain why you are worth the additional pay, and mention these skills that you have and remind them how good of a candidate you are. Also it is helpful to bring up the industry standards and why you should be paid the median (or above the median). If you are an entry level candidate, you probably have less room to negotiate, but I would still encourage you to negotiate, at least a little. The above applies as well. How well did you do in your interview? Do you have any hard skills that they really need (like being bilingual, knowing a particular coding language, some kind of certification, etc)? The industry standard is to ask for 10-15% more than what they offer, but you could always come back with less than that if you feel that's too much. A 5% increase would be a soft ask that would give you a "win" and wouldn't cost your employer too much. I negotiated a salary of $62500 up to $64000 and added an extra few days of vacation leave. I probably could have done more in the salary negotiation, but the vacation leave was really important to me so I settled for a $1500 increase. They accepted the increase as is without a counteroffer. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. <cite>Zanzenburger posted [p:902324734] in Do you neg... [t:76658722]...</cite> <quote><cite>KarmaMuffin posted...</cite> <quote>Say you get an offer for $60k You look up the average income for that position, title, city, degree, experience, etc. and it's something like $55k to $75k You decide to meet in the middle and ask for $65k. Do you rationalize it like I did the above, or do you just put out the number? Also, what about negotiating when you're right out of school and haven't had a 'real' job?</quote> Regarding your first point, rationalizing it is always a great start. If your pay is below the median, negotiating for the median is a safe tactic. You also want to analyze how your interview went. If you feel you rocked the interview and you can tell they really want you, or if you have some very specialized skills that are not easy to find in your industry/area, then ask for more. In your counter-offer email or phone call, you want to explain why you are worth the additional pay, and mention these skills that you have and remind them how good of a candidate you are. Also it is helpful to bring up the industry standards and why you should be paid the median (or above the median). If you are an entry level candidate, you probably have less room to negotiate, but I would still encourage you to negotiate, at least a little. The above applies as well. How well did you do in your interview? Do you have any hard skills that they really need (like being bilingual, knowing a particular coding language, some kind of certification, etc)? The industry standard is to ask for 10-15% more than what they offer, but you could always come back with less than that if you feel that's too much. A 5% increase would be a soft ask that would give you a "win" and wouldn't cost your employer too much. I negotiated a salary of $62500 up to $64000 and added an extra few days of vacation leave. I probably could have done more in the salary negotiation, but the vacation leave was really important to me so I settled for a $1500 increase. They accepted the increase as is without a counteroffer. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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