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Nail the Salary Negotiation
Especially as you advance in your career, you’ll find that talented, reliable IT workers are in great demand. But despite this fact, many talented IT workers don’t take the opportunity to negotiate their salaries when changing jobs.
Seize that opportunity by arming yourself with data on what other people with your title and similar levels of experience are making. Visit the salary calculator on our Job Search page to get a good idea of the averages. Then adjust your sights based on the situation you’re getting into.
Check out Matthew Moran’s guide to Getting the Salary You Deserve, for more tips. If you stay creative, remain firm, and start the negotiation process early, you’re much more likely to end up with the salary you want then just the one the company is offering.
telios
10 months ago
2 comments
I've been working in the IT industry for a few years and from what I've gathered, the best way to work out your salary is mainly determined by the 3 main deciding factors:
* Geographic demand - although in IT, it's not AS big as say in retail, but most want websites developed in the same geographic region and this normally reflects the pay rate of developers.
* Skilled workers available - the less skilled workers that are available, the more employers are willing to pay for skilled employees, like bidding on goods on ebay.
* Experiance - yes not education, but experiance; this is a big requirement as many employers wont even touch collage or TAFE students without something to show. Just make a decent modern website (good idea to utilize MVC design with a backend of some sort, hint google 'web 2.0'), which should demostrate more then any resume can. Those with experiance, usually the more you have (assuming you have naturally progressed more competancy with the industry along with the experiance), the more employers are willing to win the bid over you.
But if you are getting into the industry, make sure you leave or finish working with the first company in good terms and make sure you can use them as a referee as they are your door into a good company and a nice salary. ;-)
jennifer6278
about 1 year ago
2 comments
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amitgai123
about 1 year ago
2 comments
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