Job Hunter Newsletter

Outstanding Negotiation Questions

Disclaimer: please note that all of the links were active as of the newsletter publication, but some may become inactive over time.

Previous | View 2008 Newsletters | | Next

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Job Search Minute Video - "Posting Your Resume to the Internet"
• Job Search Tip of the Week - "Outstanding Negotiation Questions"
• Education Center - "Why Earning Your Master's Degree Makes Cents"
• Help Spread The Word!
• Job Search Links
• Free Job Search Book

Contents

- Job Search Video

So you think your resume is ready for distribution among potential employers? If so, do you know where should you deliver the first copy of your resume? Not sure? Check out our one-minute-video tip:

www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos/posting-your-resume-to-the-internet.shtml

CollegeGrad.com features more than 60 job tips in one minute video format. Review them all at:

www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos

Contents

- Job Search Tip of the Week, by Brian Krueger, author of "College Grad Job Hunter," the #1 book for entry level job search:

Outstanding Negotiation Questions

No, I am not referring to questions that are wonderful. I am referring to questions that are still outstanding, questions not yet fully answered. If these questions still exist when the offer is made, you have two choices: ask them at the same time the offer is made (best choice) or add them to your list of potential concessions you will request when you accept (see the Acceptable Offer Negotiation Technique at our site). You should always be ready for the offer to come through--at any time, under any circumstances. If you are not prepared in advance, you will miss the opportunity to ask some "free" negotiating questions that can give you additional career commitments above and beyond what has already been given. These questions are invaluable since they cost you virtually nothing from a negotiating standpoint.

So if you are on your toes when the offer is made, you can ask these key questions (if yet unasked in the interview process) at little or no risk:

• "What are the promotional opportunities of the position?"
• "To what position/level?"
• "How and when will my performance be reviewed?"
• "Will this include a salary review?"
• "What kind of salary progression would be expected in the first three to five years?"

Be sure to take careful notes of the answers and who gave them. These may be the most "liberal" responses you ever hear with regard to your position. Don't be afraid to refer to these promises and guarantees later when they become important in your work. But realize that they are not true job offer negotiations. They are "gifts" given to you at the time of your job offer, possibly never to be uttered again. Take careful notes. For a more comprehensive printable checklist for your job offer, with over 40 potential topical areas to cover go to:

http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/jobofferchecklist.shtml

Next newsletter: "Evaluating Your Job Offer"

Contents

- Education Center - Why Earning Your Master's Degree Makes Cents

You know that continuing your education will improve your earning power, not to mention open new career doors, but is a master's degree really worth the investment? Research suggests it is. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a master's degree holder earns more than $10,000 more on average each year than one with a bachelor's degree alone, and nearly $500,000 over the course of his or her working life. Advanced education also improves your employment and advancement potential, opening up career doors you'd never imagined. What's more, online degree programs and flexible campus scheduling makes earning a degree while keeping your day job easier than ever before.

Find a Master's Program Today at:

www.CollegeGrad.com/schools

Contents

- Help Spread The Word!

Do you know of someone who can benefit from the information in this newsletter? Simply forward this e-mail to them and tell them to subscribe at http://www.CollegeGrad.com/newsletter. Thanks for spreading the good word!

Contents

Job Search Links:

• Searching job postings
• Setting up a job alert
• Post your resume
• Update your posted resume
• Creating your resume
• Quickstart resume templates
• Creating your cover letter
• Career information/exploration
• Employer research
• Top Entry Level Employers
• Interviewing techniques
• Salary info--how much are you worth?
• Job offer negotiation

Contents

- Job Search Book Online

There are at least two other entry level Web sites that offer books on job searching, proclaming that they will tell you everything you need to know about entry level job search.

However, there is a very important point about these books they don't mention up front: they cost money.

At CollegeGrad.com, we give you two things they don't:

1. The #1 entry level job search book ("College Grad Job Hunter").
2. It's free.

It's that simple. So don't buy the hype. Read the real information you need for FREE:

http://www.CollegeGrad.com/book

Don't ever pay for books or reports or resources of lower quality when you can access the very best quality information for free.

P.S. Yes, you can buy "College Grad Job Hunter" in hardcopy format as well at Amazon.com for $15 (actually, 30% off that price), but the online version is better. Why? Because the version at Amazon.com is being continually updated at CollegeGrad.com. So the most current version of the book is actually the online, free version.

Previous | View 2008 Newsletters | | Next