Negotiating a new job

Negotiating a new job. How do you improve your salary and terms of employment before you sign?

You have been offered a new job. But how do you know whether the salary is in line with the market? What can you still negotiate, and what do you say when the employer indicates there is no room?

FOREFACT researches how to negotiate a new job professionally in the Netherlands, from the first salary offer to the final employment contract.

What will you discover in this research?

• How to determine your market value, salary target and personal lower limit.

• How to compare salary, bonus, pension, holiday days and mobility arrangements.

• How to make a strong counter-proposal without damaging the relationship with your future employer.

• What to say to objections such as ‘no budget’, ‘this is our maximum’ or ‘everyone starts on the same terms’.

• How to negotiate on working from home, training, job level and start date.

• Which contract terms you should check before you agree.

What do you receive?

An independent research report with 16 concrete negotiation dialogues, four sample emails, three fully worked practical cases, a method for comparing terms of employment and practical checklists.

This way you go into the conversation prepared and know when you are better off negotiating, accepting or declining.

The examples are intended as preparation and offer no guarantee of better terms of employment.

Research market: the Netherlands
Delivery: digital download
Language: English