Salary Negotiation Made Simple
Posted on November 30, 2018 by Krystal Yates, One of Thousands of Career Coaches on Noomii.
Negotiating your next salary is simpler than you think. Learn the one step most job seeker's skip to get the highest possible salary.
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Negotiating your salary can be scary, but if you don’t ask, you often won’t get; and it turns out that negotiating is simpler than most people realize. Not always easy mind you, but very simple.
Do you know that a majority of employers expect to negotiate? That means that their first offer is not their best and you are leaving money on the table if you don’t negotiate. What if the employer you are talking with doesn’t negotiate? They will tell you that, and then you have to decide whether to accept their original offer. But as long as you are negotiating well, it won’t hurt to ask.
A good negotiation comes down to doing your research. It doesn’t matter what you made at your last job, how much your car payment is, or how much you want to make. What does matter is the market value of the job that you are doing. Finding that in the internet age is surprisingly simple. There are a ton of sites that give salary ranges including Glassdoor.com, Salary.com, and a recent addition, LinkedIn.com. You can also look at industry-specific sites and the Department of Labor.
Comparing the information on these sites with your years of experience will give you a great salary range with which to negotiate. To create an even small ranger, remember to include benefits in your negotiation. Most benefits will have a dollar value attached, and even those that don’t will have a value of some sort to you.
When you negotiate with facts instead of feelings, you are always more successful.
