http://www.jobpayraise.com Just Good Job Advise Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:05:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.jobpayraise.com/how-to-handle-objections-when-asking-for-a-pay-raise/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/how-to-handle-objections-when-asking-for-a-pay-raise/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:55:26 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=272 Terrific! Now you know all about how much to ask for, how to handle the meeting and how to negotiate the best possible deal. But hang on, what if your boss won’t negotiate? Suppose they refuse to discuss a pay rise with you? There are objections that some unenlightened bosses raise to giving a salary [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/how-to-handle-objections-when-asking-for-a-pay-raise/feed/ 3 http://www.jobpayraise.com/planning-for-a-pay-rise-keep-a-job-diary/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/planning-for-a-pay-rise-keep-a-job-diary/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:28:24 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=100 So now you’re ready to sit down for 15 minutes at the beginning or end of each day. And you are going to transfer the variety of notes in your notebook across to your diary. All of them. For this, you need a decent-sized diary. Go and get one if necessary. You need one that [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/planning-for-a-pay-rise-keep-a-job-diary/feed/ 4 http://www.jobpayraise.com/how-to-get-a-pay-rise-make-them-like-you/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/how-to-get-a-pay-rise-make-them-like-you/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:27:22 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=92 Popular people do better at work. They are more fun to have around, generate a positive atmosphere and improve morale. And as a manager being asked for a pay rise, wouldn’t you be more sympathetic towards someone you liked? So if you’re less popular than you could be, take a look through this list of [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/how-to-get-a-pay-rise-make-them-like-you/feed/ 0 http://www.jobpayraise.com/choosing-your-moment-when-asking-for-pay-rise/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/choosing-your-moment-when-asking-for-pay-rise/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:39:07 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=89 You have settled on the best month or couple of weeks in which to ask for your pay rise, promotion or whatever.  Now the time has come to fix up a specific meeting with your boss. You might have been expecting to settle this whole thing over an informal chat or a drink together after [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/choosing-your-moment-when-asking-for-pay-rise/feed/ 0 http://www.jobpayraise.com/negotiating-for-pay-rise-know-your-bottom-line/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/negotiating-for-pay-rise-know-your-bottom-line/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:46:53 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=85 How far are you going to let your boss beat you down before you come out feeling like a loser? You have to go into this negotiation knowing what is the least you are prepared to settle for. Otherwise you may come out with nothing. It’s no good saying, ‘Can I have a pay rise [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/negotiating-for-pay-rise-know-your-bottom-line/feed/ 0 http://www.jobpayraise.com/perks-instead-of-pay-tough-call/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/perks-instead-of-pay-tough-call/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:13:55 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=76 What if you’re the only one who benefits? All of this is all very well, but how are you going to come up with a valid reason why your boss will benefit from, say, giving you a better car-parking space? Some perks are clearly going to benefit you alone, but that doesn’t mean you’ve no [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/perks-instead-of-pay-tough-call/feed/ 0 http://www.jobpayraise.com/job-promotions-demonstrating-you-can-do-the-job/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/job-promotions-demonstrating-you-can-do-the-job/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:15:18 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=72 Whether or not there’s a job in the offing at the moment, you want everyone to know that you can do the job you are hoping to move into. You are hoping that when your more senior colleague finally moves on, everyone will assume it’s a foregone conclusion that the job’s yours. You’ve seen it [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/job-promotions-demonstrating-you-can-do-the-job/feed/ 0 http://www.jobpayraise.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-handle-a-pay-raise-meeting-with-your-boss/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-handle-a-pay-raise-meeting-with-your-boss/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:29:28 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=65 You’re going to need a strong case and good negotiating skills to get what you want from this meeting. But there’s something else you need on top of this: psychology. The aim is to persuade your boss that they want to give you a pay rise, and the better you handle the human side of [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-handle-a-pay-raise-meeting-with-your-boss/feed/ 1 http://www.jobpayraise.com/how-often-can-you-ask-for-a-pay-rise/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/how-often-can-you-ask-for-a-pay-rise/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:16:44 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=58 Here’s a tricky question. Some bosses are enlightened enough to recognize that you can ask every day so long as you can demonstrate that your value has increased substantially since yesterday. Others get shirty if you ask more than once every three or even five years. You’re going to have to take your own boss’s [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/how-often-can-you-ask-for-a-pay-rise/feed/ 0 http://www.jobpayraise.com/assessing-your-salary-value-what-are-you-worth/ http://www.jobpayraise.com/assessing-your-salary-value-what-are-you-worth/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:45:46 +0000 admin http://www.jobpayraise.com/?p=22 If you’re serious about getting this rise, you must make an honest and fair assessment of your value in the five key areas we’ve just highlighted. I suggest you grade yourself in each area out of ten. There’s not a lot you can do about the first two, but you still need to know where [...]]]> http://www.jobpayraise.com/assessing-your-salary-value-what-are-you-worth/feed/ 0