raise
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The Best Advice I’ve Heard About Asking Your Boss For A Raise
I’ve interviewed many a career and money expert for advice on asking for a raise. They usually give the same (good!) advice: Come prepared, do your research, be calm, cool and collected. But none of that really gets at an unspoken truth of asking your boss for more money.
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Prepare For A Raise By Keeping A Daily Work Journal
You’ll have a better shot at a raise if your boss is excited about your future together. To make that happen, you want to show him or her that you’re growing and your skill set is expanding, and this is why it helps to keep what The Muse calls a “learning log”.
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‘You Don’t Get What You Deserve, You Get What You Negotiate’
Ideally, we’d all earn what we deserve and our employers would give us raises according to our skill level, experience, and professional value — we’d never even have to ask. Of course, reality doesn’t usually work out that way. As author Chester Karrass has said: “You don’t get what you deserve. You get what you…