On the Job by Anita Bruzzese How to Negotiate a Salary

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese How to Negotiate a Salary If youve just been offered a new job, you probably feel very fortunate to be one of those people who will no longer have to spend endless hours surfing job sites or supplying perky Twitter updates to garner some attention from a recruiter. But now youre about to take on one of the most difficult tasks in this job search journey:Negotiating a salary. What? Youre willing to take whatever they give you? Yourenot good at negotiations? You dont want to risk the new job by asking for too much? Forget those doubts. If you dont negotiate, you may be jeopardizing your future with the company and the trajectory of your career in the decades to come. Thats because your skills at negotiating will not only impress your new employer, but its expected. If you dont haggle a bit, theyre going to wonder what sort of nincompoop theyre hiring. Also, the salary you negotiate now will be the one chance you have to set yourself up for better salary boosts at this company and your income at future employers. Bungle this now, and youre likely to pay for it in the rest of your career as no one is going to be willing to give you a huge pay boost to make up for undervaluing yourself now. So how do you negotiate the right salary for a new job? Follow these tips: 1. Do your homework.Before your first interview, you should have done research on comparable salaries. If you havent done so, do it now. Sites like Vault and PayScale offer salary information on thousands of jobs, but you should also use your network to ask about(read more here)