How to Negotiate a Job Offer in an Employer’s Market

Syn­di­cated from RecessionWire.com

By Sara Clemence

Finally, the hours of prospect­ing, sub­mit­ting resumes, attend­ing net­work­ing events, devel­op­ing new rela­tion­ships and attend­ing job fairs have paid off. A com­pany has made you an offer.

Now what?

With hir­ing activ­ity is pick­ing up, many job-seekers face a new chal­lenge: Nail­ing down a decent com­pen­sa­tion pack­age. His­tor­i­cally, hir­ing man­agers and exec­u­tives have told me that every­thing is negotiable—but what about today? Many orga­ni­za­tions have cut salaries, 401(k) matches, com­pany perks and paid over­time. They are being very con­ser­v­a­tive about adding new staff. And with the offi­cial unem­ploy­ment rate at 9.7 per­cent for August, it’s a hyper-competitive job market.

In this envi­ron­ment, you may feel like you’re lucky to get a job offer at all. But you also want to be paid fairly. So how do you cut a good deal? Fol­low these guidelines.

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