Interesting Facts about Negotiating Job Salary

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2013/06/26/new-grads-heres-how-to-...

-Top performers negotiate and average performers don’t

-"For new grads, they’ve already spent $6,000 recruiting you, so they don’t want to lose you for a few thousand dollars"

-A single $5,000 raise in your 20s, if you properly invest it, can be worth more than a million over the course of your career.  And that’s just one raise. People who negotiate tend to negotiate over and over again.”

-Whatever the exact figure is, you don’t want to just ask for a higher salary when securing a new job, or when requesting a raise or promotion. You want to make a strong case for why it makes sense for them to give you one.

-Put more than just salary on the table. Consider the full compensation package, including flexible hours, the resources you’ll need to do the job, or even perks such as quarterly dinners with the CEO

http://www.wral.com/expert-how-to-negotiate-the-most-lucrative-5-minutes...

-The biggest mistake people make is not negotiating and simply accepting whatever offer the employer makes

-I think people are in such a rush to make the anxiety and pain of being in a job search go away, that they miss perhaps the most lucrative 5 minutes of their life. It really is 5 minutes of additional pain that could result in thousands of dollars

-Assuming an average annual pay increase of 5 percent, an employee whose starting annual salary was $55,000 rather than $50,000 would earn an additional $600,000-plus over the course of a 40-year career

-It really isn't about deserving. I think less deserving people will get more money,” he said. “They're getting paid more because they asked for it"

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