That was a great post, Steve. I'm not even in that sort of position right, now and I found it very helpful. :o)
Cheers, Chris Andy Matthews wrote: > Great input Steve. > > I suspected as much, thank you. > > <!----------------//------ > andy matthews > web developer > certified advanced coldfusion programmer > ICGLink, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 615.370.1530 x737 > --------------//---------> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Brownlee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:32 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Coldfusion salaries - Nashville, TN > > > My first mother-in-law was a top-notch, nationally recognized > professional coach and she taught me a few things about interviews and > jobs that have served my very well over the years. > > 1. Companies can always afford to pay you more than they offer you. > 2. Always counter-offer their proposed salary. It's expected, even if > they say no. > 3. If they give you the first opportunity to say what salary you are > expecting, they are unwittingly giving you a position of strength. Take > the number you would expect to get for this position and add $15,000 > dollars. It's a fantastic place to start negotiations from. > > Now, these are very hard steps to take. These are skills that we are > not born with and we've been indoctrinated during our entire lives to > not negotiate when it comes to salaries as it might come across as > greedy. Your first attempt at negoating will be very uncomfortable. > Try practicing it with a family member or a friend, just to get > comfortable with the conversation. > > The company wants to offer you as little as possible for your skills, > and you should be asking for the most amount possible for your skills. > More often than not, a compromise that makes both parties happy occurs. > > Good luck! > > > Steve Brownlee > http://www.fusioncube.net/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 7:17 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Coldfusion salaries - Nashville, TN > > Hey everyone... > > I've been offered a position with a company here in Nashville, TN. > Everything that I've seen so far about the offer sounds great, including > the pay. I just wanted to ask a a few general questions because I don't > like talking about money. > > 1) Should I take the first offer they make? Should I counteroffer for > the sake of counteroffering? > > 2) Where can I go to find real-world salaries? I checked Salary.com but > their listings for my area seem really high. > > Thanks in advance everyone. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264149 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
