Keep This In Mind For Your Next Successful Salary Negotiation

By Caroline Kiuna

Corporate Staffing Services held another successful Free Salary Negotiation skill training whose main goal is to provide career insight to help new graduates and professionals successfully navigate their careers.

‘’Your ability to effectively negotiate your salary should be a primary skill. Lack of this crucial ability will have sizable impact on your potential to be hired, your market sale value and overall salary package’’ Recruitment expert Ms Caroline Kariuki from Corporate Staffing Services, said during the session.

This can only be achieved through research on the position you are interviewing for to get as many pointers as possible which are informed by the following:

Job profile

You should do your due diligence and research through the job scope you are applying for to benchmark the position against its placement in the market, in order to participate in an informed negotiation process. This informs you on what kind of offer to accept from the employer.

For example, an office assistant whose job description is to welcome guests and serve them tea is on a different salary bracket as compared to an office assistant better known as office executives who handles similar tasks but also sits at board room meetings to take minutes. Their job grade would also feature a significant difference.

Experience

It is important to understand fully the technical definition of a job and its collection of tasks, duties, or responsibilities as assigned to you then use that information to bargain for a good salary package based on your working experience, industry expertise and other diverse analytics that apply.

Academics qualifications

Academic qualifications and credentials prove that you have acquired the competencies necessary for the position you are interviewing for. Efforts to further these competencies through training can also help you demonstrate that you can contribute to the growth of the company and hence, your salary will be a worthy expenditure to the company.

Keep in mind that at the end of the day, the employer wants to hire someone who can contribute to the company’s bottom line and not just someone who will keep things as they are.

Role adaptability

How you package this ability to a potential employer can prove to be a significant bonus to your salary negotiation.

For example, you are a digital strategist interviewing for a similar position you could indulge your potential employer on your skills on social media platforms, your analytics from engagements and the numbers that you boost on your posts for a favorable bargain.

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