Good benefits won't make up for a poor base salary

Salary negotiation tips: 1. Prepare to explain the value you would bring to the organization. Develop alternatives to the current negotiation to increase your flexibility at the table, and remember that the other party’s alternatives may be less attractive than yours. 2. Try to figure out what pay category someone with your education level and experience would receive, then build a case for a salary at the high end of that range. 3. Know the five types of negotiating strategies: collaborating (engaging in problem solving to reach the best possible outcome for both sides); competing (trying... Show more

Salary negotiation tips:
1. Prepare to explain the value you would bring to the organization. Develop alternatives to the current negotiation to increase your flexibility at the table, and remember that the other party’s alternatives may be less attractive than yours.
2. Try to figure out what pay category someone with your education level and experience would receive, then build a case for a salary at the high end of that range.
3. Know the five types of negotiating strategies: collaborating (engaging in problem solving to reach the best possible outcome for both sides); competing (trying to maximize one’s own outcomes with little concern for others); accommodating (putting the other party’s concerns first); compromising (trying to reach middle ground); and avoiding (dodging negotiation altogether).
 

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