CHAPTER EIGHT. Negotiating Your Salary

If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find yourself some way that is going to be interesting. —Katherine Hepburn Copyright 2003

Congratulations! You’ve completed almost every piece of the puzzle. You have command of your job-specific skills, your general skills, your relevant personal traits, your competencies, and your gift, and you’re ready to use specific examples to demonstrate them at the drop of a hat!

Already, you are in the top 15 percent of all candidates looking for a new job!

In addition to that, you have realistic examples of your skills and competencies, and more than 20 Q statements to back you up. Not only do you know how to strategically answer the most common and some of the most difficult interview questions; you also know how to stay cool under even the most pressured of interview situations—the stress question.

Now that you’re a pro, this chapter will make you a master! You’re going to learn how all of your hard work in the last seven chapters will pay off. You’re going to grasp the techniques for bargaining for a salary of up to 20 percent higher than you would have expected. You’re going to master the techniques of opendoor negotiating.

Taken from : Fearless Interviewing - How To Win The Job