Top Strategies for Job Offers and Negotiations - Your Career Intel

Top Strategies for Job Offers and Negotiations - Your Career IntelVeterans sometimes run into trouble with job offers and salary negotiations because they didnt go through unterstellung processes while serving in the military. If youre transitioning out of the military, its a good idea to understand the best practices for these steps before you receive an offer. The following tips can help you successfully navigate civilian job offers and the negotiation process so you will emerge with a compensation package you deserve.Make Sure the Position is Right for YouBefore considering a positions salary and benefits be honest with yourself and decide whether the job and the company are a good fit for you. Liking the job and the organization should be your primary reasons for accepting an offer. If you know where you stand before you receive the offer, youre less likely to be swayed by an impressive compensation package and settle for a job thats a poor fit.Decide What You Need Before the Off erIts easier to decide whether a salary is competitive and fair if you have a benchmark, so establish your salary needs before its time for an organization to extend an offer. Be sure to consider the cost of living in your town or city and research salaries for comparable positions in your region.Know Whether to NegotiateOne of the most common questions that arises during the military-to-civilian transition is whether candidates should negotiate for better offers. The answer will vary depending on the situation, but its elend wise to negotiate just for the sake of negotiating.If you do choose to ask for something more, make sure youre asking for things that are REALLY important to you, and remember that one of these four things will happen.(1) They will say OKif they do, you should accept the offer. Do not negotiate unless you are prepared to say YES should they agree to your requests.(2) They will say NO and you will have to decide if you will take it or leave it. Of course, its ok ay to take some time to think about it within the deadline timeframe the company gave you when they made the offer.(3) They will meet your requests halfway, and you will have to decide if you will take it or leave it. Again, its fine to take some time to think about it within the deadline timeframe.(4) They will rescind the offer. This is always a possibility when you try to negotiate, which is why you should only negotiate when you know what you want from the company in order to make the offer an acceptable one for you.Working with professional military recruiters can be especially beneficial at this point in the process because they will typically carry out negotiations with the company on your behalf before your offer is officially extended. These recruiters can work closely with you to ensure that you receive a fair and competitive compensation package.Accept with IntegrityThis can be a very stressful time in your life, but you should never feel pressured to take an offer. Once you do accept, its important to do so with integrity. Some candidates accept an offer while theyre in the middle of negotiations with a different company or they take the position, only to continue interviewing for other jobs.This is very unprofessional (some would even call it unethical) and can burn bridges if the Hiring Manager remembers your name for the wrong reasons. The business world is smaller than you think.The organization finalizing your offer is doing so in good faith, and wont move forward with interviewing other candidates once you have accepted. You should give that organization the same respect and courtesy.Are you a veteran with experience transitioning from military to civilian positions? Share your experiences on civilian job offers and negotiations in the comment section below.

Hard Work Will Get You Ahead But Maybe Not If Youre A Black Woman

Hard Work Will Get You Ahead But Maybe Not If Youre A Black Woman A new study released Wednesday (June 7) confirmed what we already know to be too true that when it comes to progress for Black women, hard work alone isnt paying off.According to research conducted by the Institute for Womens Policy Research and funded by the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the correlation between the amount of work Black women do and the return they actually get for their efforts is far more negligible than it is for their white peers. And thats across all areas of life, not just in career advancement (though this is certainly part of the equation, too). So, how exactly does this inequality manifest? In a lot of ways. For instance, Black women voted at higher rates than any other demographic in the last two presidential elections. Yet, despite their voting efforts, they remain substantially underrepresented in politics at both the state and national level relative to their 6.4 percent share of t he population in Congress, for instance, Black women hold only 3.4 percent of elected positions. And when it comes to education, the number of Black women with college degrees has grown by nearly a quarter since the early 2000s but, on average, they graduate with more debt and fewer or less quality job prospects than white students. The disparity between effort and return on investment becomes particularly bleak when examining the studys findings on Black women and the workforce. Over 62 percent of Black women work alongside multiracial women, thats more than any other demographic of women. Yet, at 62 cents to every dollar a white man makes, the gender pay eu-agrarpolitik is significantly worse for them than it is for white women, and their median annual full-time earnings of $34,000 fall behind most other groups. The study also found that Black women are disproportionately represented in jobs with little security, benefits, and opportunity for advancement, contributing to the fact more than one-third are in the national bottom earnings quartile.(SourceInstitute for Womens Policy Research)The reason for Black womens oversaturation in low-paying jobs is manifold. For starters, they are particularly vulnerable to changes in the economy and unemployment, as highlighted in the study. During the Great Recession and ensuing recovery period, Black women senfgas more jobs than Black men and also lost a disproportionate number of jobs compared to all other groups of women combined. The report also found that in 2015, the unemployment rate for Black workers over the age of 25 was nearly double the rate of White workers in the same age group. The real tggele? Those rates persisted regardless of education level. Also contributing to Black womens earnings gap is the fact they are traditionally overrepresented in the service sector, a fact Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza expounded upon in no uncertain terms in the studys preface.Domestic labor is rooted in the l egacy of slavery Without Black womens labor inside of white households, white women would not have been able to break (some) of the barriers of sexism that relegated the value of womens contributions to the sphere of the home, Garza wrote. The result is a racialized economy where Black women are losing ground.By publishing the report, Garza who also serves as Special Projects Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance said she hopes to help make visible the experiences of Black women in our economy and democracy.Included in the report are key recommendations for how we can amp up the enfranchisement of Black women workers going forward and several of the proposals are directly in line with the kind of change Fairygodboss advocates for. Here are a few things America must do to establish greater economic equality for Black women1.Employers must be more transparent.Widespread racial discrimination in the labor market drives persistent disparities in unemployment among Black workers, regardless of their education level, the study says. To remedy race and gender disparities in employment as well as earnings, employers should be held accountable for their obligation to monitor their hiring, compensation, and promotion practices. They should be required by federal, state, and local policies to increase transparency about pay and promotion decisions and to allow workers to share pay information without retaliation.2.The extremum wage must be raised.The study says Raising the minimum wage can improve Black womens earnings, reduce poverty, and reduce gender and racial earnings inequality. States and the federal government should raise the minimum wage and eliminate the subminimum wage to lift the earnings of Black women, who are disproportionately represented in jobs that pay at or below minimum wage.3.Creating policies that support work-life balance has to be a priority.Many Black women have caregiving responsibilities, for an elderly parent, a person with a disability, or a young child, which they must balance with work obligations, the study says. States can help Black women stay in their jobs and advance in their careers by enacting policies such as paid family and medical leave and paid sick days, which can help workers balance their family care responsibilities with the demands of their jobs.Fairygodboss is committed to improving the workplace and lives of women.Join us by reviewing your employer