Negotiating Career Counseling and Support Services

Transcript:Negotiating Career Counseling and Support Services:
Negotiating Career Counseling and Support Services The Ohio State University 1640 Neil Avenue, Second Floor Younkin Success Center 614-688-3898 * www.ccss.osu.edu Career Counseling and Support Services Individual Career Counseling Appointments and Walk-ins Job Search Campaign Resumes, Cover Letters & Interviewing Skills Applying to Graduate School Career Exploration Career Assessments Career Planning & Decision-Making Career Counseling Salary Negotiation Steps Know your budget and what you realistically need/want Know the market and what you can realistically expect to get Prepare to negotiate Salary Additional options Know your budget and what you realistically need/want-Bottom line Budget today Mint, Wally, Personal Capital, YNAB, Spreadsheet Know how much you need for tomorrow Budget Calculators You can deal with it, mapping your future OSU Wellness Office https://swc.osu.edu/services/financial-education/financial-coaching/ Know your budget and what you realistically need/want Cost of Living Calculators Payscale.com Cost of Living Calculator http://www.payscale.com/cost-of-living-calculator CNNMoney Cost of Living Calculator http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/ Sperling best places to live www.bestplaces.net Know the market and what you can realistically expect to get BLS.gov and Onet Salary Estimating Tools: Educate to Career https://www.jobsearchintelligence.com/etc/jobseekers/salary-calculator.php Salary.com - Provides salaries by job title and location. www.salary.com Payscale.com – Accurate, real-time salary reports based on your job title, location, education, skills and experience. www.payscale.com Higheredjobs.com - https://www.higheredjobs.com/salary/salaryDisplay.cfm?SurveyID=37 American Association of University Professors’ faculty salary survey https://www.aaup.org/our-work/research/annual-report-economic-status-profession Know the market and what you can realistically expect to get Ask your friends and networking contacts Use job listings, which indicate salaries for related positions* Check online databases for specific state schools Don't worry about what your friends are making, the employer certainly isn‘t What do you need to know in order to negotiate? Negotiating must be done with a careful eye to: Size Type Rank of institution Size and rank of department Overall comparative wealth and endowment of the institution Its local culture (i.e unionized) Historical conditions of salary compression (offer cannot be higher than tenured colleagues who have been working for years with minimal or no raise) Are salaries really negotiable? Yes, and no. Department chair may have little discretion in some of these areas: salary, benefits, and housing Department chair has some flexibility in the use of department funds to cover for: summer research conference funds extra TA(s) or RA(s) secretarial help lightened teaching loads Department chair has some control over: computer access and office space lab facilities parking If offer is non-negotiable Some universities have a “one price” hiring process Best possible deal is