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Paycheck power: four negotiating strategies that can stretch your salary. (work trick of the month).(how to achieve a salary increase)(Brief Article)

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| January 01, 2002 | Goins, Liesa | COPYRIGHT 2002 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Know Your Worth

Before you start any money talk, know how high you can dare to go. Web sites like salary.com and vault.com keep tabs on standard salaries. Also call friends in similar jobs and get a ballpark figure.

Let Them Talk

"Throwing out a number first puts you in danger of lowballing yourself," says Jack Chapman, author of Negotiating Your Salary. Ask your employer what is competitive for your position to ...

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