How to Negotiate Your Salary

There's plenty of money out there, and if you’re coming up short, that’s your fault. If you’ve made it here, you want out of that grind. There’s a jobs resurgence in the United States. Companies are willing to hire and put more money at risk for employment. You can be qualified, nice, and desirable as an employee, but you can still blow the interview.

People are asking about benefits, health care, where will their office be located, when and how much vacation do they get, and they blow their interview. Don’t ask how much you’re going to be paid, or when you’re going to get your first raise.

DON’T:

• Ask about vacation time
• Ask about pay
• Ask where your office will be located
• Ask for your benefits

DO:

• You ask for your potential opportunity
• Tell them how you will help solve their problems
• Know what you’re looking for. Is it a big fancy window in a good office? Is it more money?

- Unemployment was 10% in Oct 2009.
- Unemployment is down to 5.5% today.

Why you won’t get a raise:

1. You don’t ask.
2. You never had the job in the first place.
3. Wrong vehicle.
4. Wrong position within the company.
5. You’re not great.

Let me know in the comments some things you'll never say again in an interview.

Be great,

GC

Grant Cardone is a New York Times best-selling author, speaker, motivator and sales training expert. His books, sales training programs and seminars provide people of all professional backgrounds with the practical tools necessary to build their own economies towards the path to true freedom.  

“Success is your duty, obligation, responsibility.”  GC

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