With 204 offices in 43 countries, DBM can help you find a job across town or across the ocean. Fact of the Day Anthony and Cleopatra spent hours together in the library as well as on the battlefield. They had twins, then a third child. The same skills are used to negotiate job terms. Yet job negotiating requires a level of skill and knowledge above what we might have gleaned from personal experience with the grocer or the delivery person.
Negotiation is a process of making arrangements and setting terms through discussion.
Two parties work out an agreement on the terms and conditions of their working relationship. The window of opportunity for negotiating an offer is necessarily narrow. No negotiation can take place unless and until an offer is made. Once an offer has been accepted, the negotiation ends, and usually no further terms and conditions can be discussed. So once you have received an offer from a potential employer, you'll need time to evaluate the offer, prioritize your needs, and plan your negotiation strategy.