“What are your salary expectations?”: how to answer
How to answer “What are your salary expectations?” on application forms and in interviews: when to deflect, how to give a range, and word-for-word scripts.
8 min readHow to research salary for a job: sources you can trust
How to research salary for a job using BLS wage data, pay ranges in postings and crowd-sourced sites, then adjust for location and level to set your range.
8 min readSalary negotiation: how to ask for more (with scripts)
Salary negotiation step by step: how to prepare, who should name a number first, what to say on the call, an email template and what to ask for besides base pay.
10 min readHow to negotiate salary for an entry-level job
How to negotiate salary for an entry-level job: what is negotiable in a first offer, scripts for asking, how to handle the deadline and when to accept.
8 min readHow to evaluate a job offer: a checklist
How to evaluate a job offer: add up total compensation, compare benefits, judge the work, the manager, the growth and the risk, and ask the right questions.
8 min readCounter offers: how to make one and how to respond to one
How to counter a job offer with one clear, well-supported ask, with an email template, and how to judge a counter offer from your current employer.
8 min readHow to negotiate remote work in a job offer
How to ask for remote or hybrid work at the offer stage: what to request, the evidence that persuades, a script, an email, and how to get it in writing.
8 min readHow to accept a job offer: what to check and what to write
Before you say yes to a job offer: what to get in writing, how to accept by phone and by email, templates to send, and what happens between yes and day one.
8 min readHow to decline a job offer without burning a bridge
Turning down a job offer and keeping the relationship: how quickly to answer, phone or email, what to say for each reason, and how to withdraw after accepting.
8 min readHow to ask for a raise: timing, script and email
How to ask for a raise: build the case, choose the moment, say it in a meeting and follow up by email, with a script, templates and a plan if the answer is no.
8 min readSeverance negotiation: what to ask for and how
How to negotiate severance in the US: what to ask for, the review periods for workers 40 and older, what a release of claims means and when to get a lawyer.
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Salary and job offer guides
Naming a number, negotiating it, weighing the whole offer, and the emails that accept, counter or decline one.
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