How to negotiate salary?

[limewave]

Great comments.

I would be sure to ask them how they do their evaluations and raises. Are they going to do an annual review? And if so, what qualities and tasks will they be evaluating?

I negotiated for a new position within my company. They said it was a lateral move, which it was clearly not. But I didn't have experience and they didn't want to give me a big raise when they weren't sure how I was going to work out. I compromised. I told them I'll prove it that I can do this job better than anyone else and in 3 months, I want my salary reevaluated. If I met all of the requirements we agreed on, I got my raise. And I did.

It was great to know exactly what expectations they had of me and what I could expect in the future for salary increases.

[Fujichants]

Thanks for the advice!

Hmm...I have a degree in International Business and already worked abroad. I didn't even apply for this job, the Publishing Director found my resume and emailed me. Then we met, and she loved me. Her HR person spoke with me on the phone and also loved me. And my references gave excellent reviews, as the HR person emailed me to tell me my references were all fans of me. My first year out of college I made mid-thirties with overtime. My job in Southeast Asia, I earned more. This job is offering mid-to-high thirties.

I want this job because it opens the door to the creative world for me. By creative, I mean marketing/advertising, coming from a finance world and all. Whenever I applied for even administrative assistant jobs in an advertising firm, I would hear the "you don't have the experience, you haven't interned in an environment like this " story. Well, give me a chance and i'll gain experience! Its the typical issue fresh-out-of-college students face.

So that is a little bit of background to show that i'm not completely inexperienced, even though i'm only two (and a half) years out of college.

I just want to get paid for loving and riding my bike! That would be the best

[TsPoet]

An alternative thing to negotiate for are benefits. I found out after I got my last job, which I've had for 11 years now, that the other 2 guys that came in at the same time negotiated for 3 weeks of vacation/year instead of 2. I would have loved loved loved that extra week.
More vacation is something we get every 3 years or so, so I get the same # of weeks they do now, but it took me 4 years to get there!
What else, non $, is important to you? An extra good computer monitor? An extra powerful computer?...
Often, at least in my world, salaries even out after a few years, regardless of where you start.

[Fujichants]

*Does a little dance*

I got it! And I got what I was hoping for! Didn't even have to negotiate Phew.

Thanks everybody for the advice!

[BikeDutchess]

Congratulations!

[kermit]

Awesome news! Go out and celebrate! Buy another bike(sorry thats what I'd do).

[TahoeDirtGirl]

Yah!

That's great that they contacted you instead of vice versa, right there you had the position to negotiate!

My only advice would have been: Whoever talks money first loses. It sounds dumb but it has always served me well.


I agree. New bike Okay. At least a bell?