How to Negotiate Salary With Employers and Recruiters When Landing A Dream Job?

Although landing a dream job is very big achievement but the most important thing in this process is you secure your dream salary. Everyone knows his worth and he/she has idea about salary by keeping in mind the value. In ancient times, salary negotiation was not given importance. But now it is crucial part of recruitment process. The process of negotiating salary is different when candidates are being recruited by recruiters or hiring agencies. The recruiters or employment agencies act like a bridge between candidates and employers. It is necessary to negotiate your salary expectations with the recruiters. Because recruiters will have the idea about your salary needs will negotiate with the employers accordingly. Here are the main points which should be kept in mind by the candidates when negotiating with the recruiters.

1)     Self-Assessment

When any individual connects with recruitment or staffing agency, he or she should do self-assessment before it. This is for the purpose of knowing one’s value. The candidates should browse different websites to have idea about the salary. When they do so, they will have the idea that how much salary they should expect. They should also keep in mind their education and experience when doing self-assessment. When candidates do so they will not have exact salary amount, rather they will have a salary range to expect from employers.

2)     Be Clear About Your Expectations

Usually, it is said that transparency is the key. When talking about your salary expectations, you should clearly tell your recruiters about it. After that the recruiting company would refer you only for those jobs in which salary is according to your expectations. It is not compulsory that you have to tell an amount when talking about salary with your recruiter. Rather it is suggested that you have to tell a range of expected salary. It means there should be minimum and maximum salary according to your expectations.

3)     Take Recruiters as Your Friend

It is always suggested that you have to take recruiters as your friend or companion. They are not your competitors or enemies. Because they try their best to get you hired in any company. You have to treat them as you treat your friend. You should tell each and everything honestly.

4)     Communicate Your VP During Salary Negotiation

It is always recommended that you should communicate your value proposition clearly with the recruiters. It is compulsory for your career growth. When talking about your value proposition always tell them about your prior experience and accomplishments. This will highlight your strength in the eyes of employers.

5)     Practice Your Negotiation Tactics

Negotiation is not something which can be learned in one or two days. Rather it needs practice and time. You have to become the master of negotiation by practicing more and more. When you practice negotiation day by day you will become master of it and you can negotiate clearly with the recruiters.

6)     Take Help From Recruiters

Recruiters or employment agency is always there to help candidates. The candidates can take help from them in every matter of recruitment. The recruiters are working from many years and they have professionals who can help the new candidates. It is always suggested that you have to take help from recruiters if you have any problem in terms of resumes, cover letters or experience certificates etc.

7)     Focus on Total Compensation

The most common mistake which new candidates make is, they negotiate only basic salary with the recruiters. This is the wrong practice. It is always suggested that you have to consider each and everything when negotiating salary. Not only, you have to consider the basic salary but you have to take into account other benefits also. The perks, bonuses and other benefits should also be included in salary when you are negotiating salary with the recruiters.

8)     Leverage Multiple Offers

It is good if you have offers from multiple companies. It shows that you have potential and you have got skills which are demanded by most companies. This will give you a competitive edge. When you will be talking about your salary expectations, you have to mention these opportunities.

9)     Be Prepared to Walk Away

As negotiation is learned with practice and takes time. Walking away also takes time and practice. When any offer is below your expectations then you have to walk away politely. It is not a bad practice and it will not offend the recruiters. Rather they will respect your decision. Because being recruiting professional they know the candidates can politely disagree to any offer if it is not meeting their expectations. So, it is always recommended that if you receive any offer which is below your expectations then first of all thank the recruiters. After saying thanks you can walk away politely.

Conclusion:

As landing a dream job is very important for candidates. Landing a job which meets salary expectations is also very important for employees. Recruiters are always there to help candidates during the recruitment process. The candidates can take help from the recruiters or hiring agency professionals during all the process. Before negotiating the salary with the recruiters, the candidates are advised to do self-assessment. Because doing so will make them realize the real worth of them. After that it is recommended that they should communicate each and everything with the employers. The recruiters should be treated as friends. The most important thing is, practicing the skill of negotiation and walking away. All the suggestions which are provided above are crucial for candidates and they are advised to keep in mind these points while negotiating the salary expectations with the recruiters.