Cómo solicitar un aumento de salario

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    Cmo solicitar un aumento de salario

    Youve been in your current job for a while now, and you feel its going well: your performance is good;your boss seems to value your contribution to the department. ut no pay rise is in sight and yourebeginning to feel undervalued and underpaid.

    !his happens to all of us at some point in our careers. "anagement rarely comes running withsubstantial pay rises, so if you feel you deserve more, youre going to have to as# for it.!o help you broach this difficult subject, try following our useful tips:

    1. When should you say something?"any companies have an annual appraisal system, but by that time management has usually fi$ed thebudget for pay rises and promotions. %f you leave negotiations until then, it will probably be too late.

    2. Find out your market value!heres no point as#ing for an unrealistic pay rise & you need to #now what the going rate is for yourjob, preferably both within and outside your company. 'o some research, which will either show thatyou are paid fairly anyway, or will provide useful facts for negotiations.

    3. Make some notesYou need a good reason to get a significant rise in salary. !hin# about it carefully before you spea# toanyone; ma#e some notes for yourself about why you deserve more money. Consider the followingpoints:

    (hen did you last get a pay rise)

    *ave your job responsibilities changed since then)

    *as your performance radically improved)

    *ave your personal circumstances changed)

    (hat would you really do if you didnt get a pay rise)

    *ow valuable do you thin# you are to the company)

    Could you ta#e on more responsibility in your job)

    (hat sort of promotion could you imagine)

    %s the company in a position to offer pay rises at the moment)

    4. Talk to your boss+ facetoface meeting is the only way to conduct the discussion about your salary. +s# your boss orsend an email re-uesting a meeting, but dont say what its for & simply as# if they have time todiscuss a personal matter/. (hatever you do, dont try to have the discussion about your salary in aletter or email: you dont want your boss to adopt a defensive position before you have evenpresented your case.

    5. Wear something that gives you conidence0or the meeting with your boss, wear clothes in which you feel attractive, comfortable, positive andsuccessful. You want to show youre someone who would be an asset to any company. Choosecoloursthat are smart and attractive, and which radiate confidence.

    !. " you #ant more$ you have to do more1bviously, salaries are lin#ed to performance. 2ay rises are given in return for achieved objectives orincreased contribution to the company. ut you can also ta#e this opportunity to as# your boss formore wor# or responsibility in the coming year, and lin# it to a pay rise to happen in the future. !his iscalled an unpaid promotion/. 3$plain that you would li#e to discuss how to improve your performanceto enable this future promotion and pay improvement. "anagement will respond well to this approach:it shows your willingness to develop your role in the company & and they wont feel threatened.

    %. Think &ositive'ont forget: you are as#ing the company for something, even if you feel you have been ignored for too

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    long. !ry to present your case without getting overe$cited, and listen to what your boss has to say: ifthey say no, you are entitled to as# them to e$plain their decision. 4emain objective, rational, positiveand constructive throughout the discussion & and, above all, dont threaten to resign unless you reallymean it: no one is irreplaceable5