Suhail Masri, vice-president of sales at Bayt.com, presents advice on ensuring that any job offer you receice matches your expectations, and what to do if it doesn’t.
1. Assess yourself: Before you start negotiating with your recruiter, you should have assessed yourself and calculated your worth. Bayt.com Salaries helps you find out what the current salaries that people in the position you have applied for are already getting. Doing your research and including the value-add that you bring to the new organisation should help you determine what you should be quoting to the employer.
2. Don’t threaten: Never be too aggressive while negotiating your job offer. You have to explain why you think you deserve it. Be assertive, but do not lose your cool if the negotiation isn’t going your way. Let the employers know that the salary is not the only thing that matters to you.
3. Consider other benefits: You should also be considering things in your compensation package other than your salary. This includes health insurance, rent allowance, relocation compensation, maternity and paternity leave, and flexible work timings.
In fact, according to a recent poll on the Bayt.com site, 6 in 10 professionals give importance to an employer’s brand name when judging a job offer. Salary shouldn’t be your only consideration while negotiating the job offer.
4. Do your research: Try and gauge your own working style, as well as the company values that are important to you. Find a company or job that suits these criteria. This will definitely make the negotiation process smoother since you are already getting the sort of work environment that suits you the best.
5. Yes and no’s: You should know when to say yes and when to say no. Prioritise your needs as an employee. Don’t say yes too soon. Assess the offer completely, before accepting it. You can even take some time to think it over.
Also, be prepared to hear a “No” during the negotiation process. Often, recruiters cannot alter their offer as they are under departmental or budget constraints.
Since you have already got an initial offer from the company, remember that they are interested in you and would like to see you on board. Make sure to negotiate your job offer with dignity and confidence.
Five top tips: Negotiating your job offer
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Suhail Masri, vice-president of sales at Bayt.com, presents advice on ensuring that any job offer you receice matches your expectations, and what to do if it doesn’t.
1. Assess yourself: Before you start negotiating with your recruiter, you should have assessed yourself and calculated your worth. Bayt.com Salaries helps you find out what the current salaries that people in the position you have applied for are already getting. Doing your research and including the value-add that you bring to the new organisation should help you determine what you should be quoting to the employer.
2. Don’t threaten: Never be too aggressive while negotiating your job offer. You have to explain why you think you deserve it. Be assertive, but do not lose your cool if the negotiation isn’t going your way. Let the employers know that the salary is not the only thing that matters to you.
3. Consider other benefits: You should also be considering things in your compensation package other than your salary. This includes health insurance, rent allowance, relocation compensation, maternity and paternity leave, and flexible work timings.
In fact, according to a recent poll on the Bayt.com site, 6 in 10 professionals give importance to an employer’s brand name when judging a job offer. Salary shouldn’t be your only consideration while negotiating the job offer.
4. Do your research: Try and gauge your own working style, as well as the company values that are important to you. Find a company or job that suits these criteria. This will definitely make the negotiation process smoother since you are already getting the sort of work environment that suits you the best.
5. Yes and no’s: You should know when to say yes and when to say no. Prioritise your needs as an employee. Don’t say yes too soon. Assess the offer completely, before accepting it. You can even take some time to think it over.
Also, be prepared to hear a “No” during the negotiation process. Often, recruiters cannot alter their offer as they are under departmental or budget constraints.
Since you have already got an initial offer from the company, remember that they are interested in you and would like to see you on board. Make sure to negotiate your job offer with dignity and confidence.
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