'Don't be afraid to ask': Tips for young workers in salary negotiations
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While salary negotiations are a normal part of the hiring process, experts say it's a stone often left unturned by young candidates unsure of how to ask for more money from an employer. That same sense of intimidation is often also felt among young employees hesitant to ask for their first raise.
Malachowski, a soon-to-be-graduate of Concordia University's John Molson School of Business (JMSB), had been offered a full-time position at the same tech company where she'd completed an internship last summer.
The 36-year-old also had 10 years of professional management experience, but said she wasn't sure how valued those skills would be in her new career path.
"One of the hardest things is the knee-jerk reaction of, 'If I ask for too much, I look ridiculous,'" she said. "It's not ever an easy conversation to have. But I think one of the things that made it easier ... is that I did so much market research beforehand that I was really confident about the range I was asking for. I didn't feel like I was asking for anything unreasonable."
