Asking for more money than job offer states!

[mr_spock]

I've always got the recruiter to ask. It's in their interests too, they may know the hiring company well if they have a history there. Let them be the bad guy. YMMV depending on the job, level and industry, but it's always worked for me.

[rash_decision]

I had a discussion with the recruitment girl earlier today, and told her that I felt the role was being sold short, and I thought, with experience and knowledge of the role, that the salary should have been higher. She was receptive of this, and was forwarding on to HR. The recruitment girl is an employee of the company, as they are pretty big. I have asked for a figure above that offered and will have a response on Monday as it has to go through the US.

It wasn't as daunting a conversation as I anticipated, and kind of think I should have asked for more, and allowed them to come back to what I have asked for!!!

Roll on Monday.................

[ChasW]

These need not be daunting conversations so long as you put a legitimate, well reasoned case forward and prepare.

[cat with a hat]

rash_decision said:

I had a discussion with the recruitment girl earlier today, and told her that I felt the role was being sold short, and I thought, with experience and knowledge of the role, that the salary should have been higher. She was receptive of this, and was forwarding on to HR. The recruitment girl is an employee of the company, as they are pretty big. I have asked for a figure above that offered and will have a response on Monday as it has to go through the US.

It wasn't as daunting a conversation as I anticipated, and kind of think I should have asked for more, and allowed them to come back to what I have asked for!!!

Roll on Monday.................

Just remember that you've got the job in the bag.. You can always accept the lower level, they won't just turn around and say ps off. (And if they did, you wouldn't want to work for a company that operates like that anyway!)

I rejected the first offer I received for my current role, but they accepted my counter. Part of me feels like I should have pushed higher and see what their counter was. To be honest, neither party will feel satisfied unless you've properly negotiated.

[okgo]

I've found more issues arise with internal recruiters on this kind of thing than if using a firm, the firm want to get paid too, I've never directly negotiated with a firm when going through an ext recruiter, but in many cases I've got far better deals as they've done their job well selling me in, there likely isn't the same shared interest with an internal recruiter (i.e. bonus for them, and more money for me).