Salary Negotiations – Women In Technology

WIT Workshop: Salary Negotiations

General tips to prepare and practice.

Find the salary range for the new title or role
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Make note of similar job titles and names of people in similar positions
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Search similar job titles and their variations and abbreviations (e.g. RES DATA ANALYST and RESEARCH DATA ANALYST)
Collect Job Titles and Salaries in a spreadsheet; Calculate average and median; consider eliminating highest and lowest salaries (if they are significantly higher or lower than the others)
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Have in mind what you want to ask and why
“From my research, I see other positions with this title earn X, therefore I expect X”
“I bring additional value with my experience in X” or “I have contributed X to this project or strategic goal”
“I am interested in taking on X responsibilities/work, but this would be contingent upon a promotion to Grade X”