It Pays to Negotiate Your Salary | BTalk Australia

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Kelly Magowan

(Episode 332; 13 minutes 57) There is nothing that saps motivation more than being paid less than you think you deserve. Often people are unpaid simply because they don't ask for a raise. Kelly Magowan from executive job site Six Figures says employers will rarely volunteer a salary increase, so if you don't raise the subject you don't get the raise! What's more, if you're in a senior role and you don't negotiate on a regular basis that might be sending a negative signal to your employer about the way you work.

So how do you go about negotiating for a higher salary? With the economy the way it is, is now a bad time to have your hands out for more?

Read Kelly's guide to salary negotiation here (pdf).

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