While the cost of living has recently skyrocketed, the average wage has failed to keep up – so even if you haven’t actually had a pay cut, it might still feel that way.
If that all sounds familiar, it’s likely that you feel ready for a pay rise. But how do you actually go about asking for one? Roxanne Calder, recruitment specialist and author of Employable: 7 Attributes To Assuring Your Working Future, says it’s easy to see why many of us avoid these conversations.
“It is a delicate negotiation and, like any event significant to us, requires effort, thought and practice,” she says. Here, Roxanne shares five ways to help you out...
KEEP CALM
Roxanne says keeping calm means maintaining a positive outlook. “Feeling disgruntled because you have not had a pay rise is normal and part of the psyche of preparing for a ‘battle’,” she says. “Try not to hold onto these dissenting thoughts. Recall positive aspects of your job and employer instead. Positive or negative, these thoughts transfer to your body language and demeanour.”
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TAKE IT SLOW
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