Question Asked: How Do I Negotiate A Better Salary At A New Job?
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Jan 9th, 2009 |
When you’re considering taking a new job, it’s important to consider more than just a salary. While salaries are really important to most people, think of the grand scheme of things.
Aside from more money, could you negotiate stock options? Better benefits?
While money does in fact make the world go ’round. It shouldn’t be the sole reason you take (or don’t take) a new job.
Your new job may offer things that your old job can’t. Room to grow. New positions. Better stability.
Having said all that, I’ll actually answer your question:
Negotiating a better salary is a tricky situation. The most important thing is to try to be reasonable. If your potential new boss offers you $50,000, and you really wanted $70,000, it’s unlikely that they’re going to increase their offer by that much. So asking for that will make you look unrealistic.
However, if they offer you $50,000, and you wanted $55,000, it’s possible that you could talk them into that. Especially if that was within their original budget (from the job description you applied to.)
The biggest and most important thing is to stay within their budget, whatever you ask for.
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