The interview went well, and you got the offer. Nice, but now comes the tricky part, that fun little skirmish known as the salary negotiation.
If you feel the money you’re offered is too low, it probably is, according to a salary survey of hiring managers. Most companies leave themselves some room to maneuver – i.e., come up closer to your liking – when they make an initial offer. That’s the word from a query of 875 hiring managers surveyed by CareerBuilder.com, a Chicago-based job-search site owned by three major newspaper publishers.
Nearly 60 percent of the managers said they’re willing to extend a new offer if a candidate requests more money. But only about 10 percent said they’ll do so twice.
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