Can you share a bit about a time when you were able to successfully negotiate your salary, and what strategies did you use?

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Sometimes it’s just about understanding the market for your skills. My skillset isn’t unique but somewhat niche. I had an offer that was 10% higher than what I was making. I told them that I would be walking away from a network of trusted colleagues at my firm and have to work hard just to get back to where I was reputationally in the new organization. I would need to be much higher for this to make sense. Ended up getting close to 20% over the initial offer.

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I was able to use my experience, certifications, and market value analysis as a reason as to why I should get slightly more. They were admittedly undercutting me and I counter offered at 20,000 more. I was expecting them to meet me halfway but they actually agreed at 15,000. I was pretty happy about it, and it's not like I am new at this. I know what I'm doing, and I know what I'm talking about. I think a big mistake people make is not negotiating the salary

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There are tons of materials out there. I have never failed negotiations. Least amount received $10k.

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I have always negotiated and end up getting something above the initial mark. I talk about my qualities eg communication skills, I talk about my years of experience and my qualifications. There’s only 2x in my career where negotiation didnt work because the company were sticking to their band. I always negotiate even if you get 1k more, it’s something but always go for 10-20k extra above the amount you want so that if they meet you in btw, you are fine.

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Here are some rules I stick to:

1. Never tell anyone what you currently make.
2. Never give them salary expectations until you've made it through interviews, no matter how hard they push. If they don't want to go down the road without knowing, they probably can't afford you.
3. Base your salary ask on things in the job description and things you heard in the interview as well as your knowledge of the salaries in your field.

I once had to break it down to a recruiter that they were trying to hire one person to do three distinct jobs, then got stuff moved out of the job description AND 25k added to the salary.

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I’m not exactly sure on what salary would be on something like this?

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