From the course: Negotiating Your Compensation Package
Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.
Turn an offer into a negotiation
From the course: Negotiating Your Compensation Package
Turn an offer into a negotiation
- More often than not, job offers and promotion opportunities come in via the phone or an in-person meeting. And there's a reason for that. Employers just want to get you to say yes and skip the whole negotiation process altogether. But don't let them rush you. Once an offer has been made, follow this three-step strategy in your response to buy yourself some time. First, open with gratitude. Second, ask for the offer in writing. Finally, set up a time to discuss the offer live, either over the phone or in person. Remember, negotiating via email is never a good idea, so always have that conversation scheduled to happen live, over the phone or in an in-person meeting. Now here's what that three-step strategy might sound like. "Wow, I'm so excited about this opportunity, "thank you for the offer. "As you can imagine, this is a really big decision, "so I'd love some time to think about it "and to review the details of the…
Practice while you learn with exercise files
Download the files the instructor uses to teach the course. Follow along and learn by watching, listening and practicing.
Download courses and learn on the go
Watch courses on your mobile device without an internet connection. Download courses using your iOS or Android LinkedIn Learning app.