How To Negotiate A Job Offer Without Losing The Job

How do I negotiate a job offer, but not lose the job?

You can negotiate a job offer without losing the job by being fair and courteous to the employer. If you have multiple offers on the table, you need to let all the other employers know that that is the scenario. Sometimes that will put you in a better situation because the employers may come back and say well, we'll offer you more money then or, what do we need to do to get you to turn down these other offers. That's the ideal scenario. You can always buy a little bit of time by letting an employer know that you have some other offers to consider or that you're continuing to interview. You can also negotiate salary again at this point if you have other offers on the table. Now, if an employer starts to balk or they come back and they start to be very rigid in terms of their terms and conditions, that's a very good indication that you probably can't push things any farther than you have. So, at that point, it's probably going to come down to a take it or leave it scenario and you need to be prepared for that. If you have other offers on the table, that's always great, but if not just be prepared to reach that point in the negotiation process where there is going to be that final, this is it, take it or leave it.