Weekly Wednesday: Benchmarks for Raises
I will show you how to target a raise limit and Give you the Tools to do it on Your Own
Today we will work on preparing
to ask for a raise during a high-pressure recruitment situation.
What is high-pressure?
At a job fair
Face-to-face
Video interview where you were not expecting a verbal offer
An email with a timer to accept
On a weird Reality TV Show
In a taxi where the driver is surprisingly your new boss and you are on a secret livestream
etc
In a stressful situation, if you have not practiced and have not studied, you will likely make a mistake. Negotiating requires that you not only sell the counteroffer but also your confidence that you can get that offer from a competitor.
UAE Salary Data
We will be using UAE data. Specifically:
By the way, I checked a couple of other sources published to employers on recommended salaries they should offer, and they were much lower. It is clear that some of the data people are collecting is not being adjusted for mean/median-based corruption. In fact, in one data set the salary was lower than anyone I have ever encountered in the country they reported. It was off by $10,000 at least per year.
My work will help you gain serious $$$, support it, and read more. This post is going to give you tools to rapidly negotiate well above the cost of $50.00 a year. (Basically, this is free if you use the information to get a 1.5-2% raise.)