Recruiter Reveals 9 Salary Negotiation Strategies

In a recent post by Margaret Buj, we are shown 9 tips for negotiating your salary when interviewing for a new job. The article does a great job of covering the basics, which should provide enough guidance to keep you from looking like a fool.

Remember to use the confident body language and speech patterns. When you make a salary request, don’t go on and on, stating over the over again why it’s justified. Make your request and offer a short, simple explanation of why that amount is appropriate.

Finally, it’s a smart negotiating strategy to ask for a few benefits or perks you don’t want that badly. Then you can ‘give in’ and agree to take the job without those added benefits it the employer meets all of your other requests.

Ideally, both parties in a negotiation should come away from the table feeling that they’ve won. This is especially true when you’re dealing with salary negotiations. You want employers to have good feelings about the price paid for your services so that your working relationship begins on a positive note.