Before you begin for negotiating salary with an employer, you need to find out how much the job worth it. Your skills and experience for the job also matter for your income. Salary negotiations are always challenging, but it’s especially intimidating for young grads starting their careers.
One easy way for getting salary higher is cracking the joke and it helps to get an attractive counter offer!
A study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology working towards salary negotiations. They have evidence that when people sat down for a chat about desired salaries and make a joke. Like ‘I want to get salary $100,000 had more successful negotiations.
This paper is the evidence that whenever the time comes to negotiating your salary. Just crack a joke that I love to get $1 million but looking for something fair. The process of negotiating is directly linked to the cognitive function. This is the reason shop displays $50 sweater next to $150 price sweater – it will make worth of cloth.
Making a ridiculous joke at the time of salary negotiations is an interesting approach to get a reasonable offer.
Here are some of the advices for people on keeping their negotiation tactics professional:
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Wait for the appropriate time:
Start by being very patient and wait for the appropriate time to negotiate for pay scale. When interviewing for a new job, do your best. You never need to ask for the compensation until your employer makes you an offer.
Even if the offer for the salary is lower, you still remain patient as an offer is offered. You need to show the excitement with the job offer before you begin to discuss details.
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Unless it’s a perfect offer ever:
Once you received the offer for the job, you don’t need to accept or reject it right away. You can simply add ‘I need to think it over’ or ask to review the offer in writing. It can help you to get an increase in the offer but don’t take much time. They have a job and they need to fill it as early as possible.
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Base your salary request on data:
You have to look about the vacation time, moving allowance and signing bonus. Look for the complete package thoroughly and overall compensation in the package. If the employer doesn’t include these then you remain able to negotiate these into an offer.
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Don’t decline a job that you want or need:
If you need a job at that moment then never consider saying ‘No’ to the employer. A sometime employer never negotiates with the employee and move on the next candidate. But if you are ambivalent about the job then saying ‘No’ will bring you a better offer too.
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Lead with enthusiasm:
If you remain interested in the job and want to make it work then bring up what you want to discuss. Be prepared to explain what you want, and how it will helpful for the organization. You should also use your senses while talking about something in front of an employer.
