We’ve had a couple of articles on negotiation recently where we have discussed the importance of becoming a good negotiator, some basic strategies and some intermediate ones.
Negotiating can be uncomfortable, and you might want to avoid it as much as you can, but there are a few times in your career where negotiating well can make a huge difference in your life, and a few hours of preparation followed by a few minutes of uncomfortable conversation can bring you HUGE benefits: Salary Negotiations!
Over the course of your career, not negotiating salary can cost you a cool half a million bucks! Yeah, it’s uncomfortable, but it’s necessary.
You can make $1,000 a minute or more during those negotiations… They expect you to negotiate!