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Should you negotiate your first salary?

9/25/2017

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The question is less about "should you" and more about "how do you". Currently,only 36% of men and 26% of women negotiate their first salary. This may explain some of the reason that men make a little more over time, however, why is it that many do not negotiate?
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 One reason is that it is intimidating to many of us. That is we do not know how to approach it or what even to say. The first thing to do is to arm yourself with some information.  The bureau of Labor Statistics has median wages based on occupations and locations. After that one may try to improve our "skills" at negotiating. 49% of respondents from that Mint.com survey I mentioned earlier were either; lacking in confidence, lacking in negotiating skills or felt it was unpleasant. Our friends over at Flipyourglass.com have a few articles on how to change your pessimistic viewpoint to a more optimistic one. So the bottom line is to (1) Know your value (2) become more comfortable negotiating in general and (3) Become more optimistic
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olivia Johnson link
11/18/2018 06:14:12 am

When negotiating the first salary,you should be confident enough.You have presented good points in this article in that you should know your value and be comfortable.Loved it!

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