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CHAPTER 5<br />

The Six Secrets of Salary<br />

Negotiation<br />

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Salary.<br />

It must be discussed, before you finally agree to take the job. Once<br />

they’ve offered it to you.<br />

I hope you know that. I remember talking to a breathless high school<br />

graduate, who was elated at having just landed her first job. “How much<br />

are they going to pay you?” I asked. She looked startled. “I don’t know,”<br />

she said, “I never asked. I just assume they will pay me a fair wage.” Boy!<br />

Did she get a rude awakening when she received her first paycheck. It was<br />

so miserably low, she couldn’t believe her eyes. And thus did she learn,

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