Posts tagged with "negotiations"

• Academic Careers negotiations, salary

  Handling the Salary History Question

  14 June, 2010

  Anyone who has been on the job market for any length of time knows the anguish experienced when a potential employer asks for a salary history as well as a C.V.  Author and career blogger Eve Tahmincioglu offers advice for dealing with this vexing requirement, and while there’s no easy answer, there are ways of… Read More

• Alan Kotok cover letter, negotiations, resume

  Defining Your Unique Talents

  11 December, 2009

  Career coach Sital Ruparelia had a post last month on his blog about defining your unique talents. Ruparlia defines unique talents as your natural abilities plus your unique way of expressing those abilities. By identifying these unique talents, Ruparelia says, you can start defining what makes you different and better from other job hunters, which… Read More

• Americas negotiations, salary

  Salary Negotiations, Recession-Style

  12 August, 2009

  Alexandra Levit, the Wall Street Journal’s careers columnist, offers advice this week on salary negotiation, geared to tough times. Levit stresses the importance of getting the best possible salary deal upon hiring. In this economy, she observes, “raises are small and promotions are often slow in coming…” But, in this econom… Read More