In today's faltering economy, finding a job isn't as easy as it was a year ago. Now more than ever, you need to get the best job you can and make every penny count.
Salary negotiations are crucial.
If you say yes to the first salary offer, you could be leaving thousands of dollars on the table. Worse, you could be broadcasting to the company s management that your value may not be all that they thought. Job for job, women are still only making between 75 and 80 cents for every dollar that men make. We need to increase our negotiating savvy and nerve, says Mary E. Foley , former corporate training manager for AOL and Reston, Va.-based women s career coach. And even a disappointing offer is nothing to take personally.