For the last four years, you have been working at the same company. You pull your own weight and have never gotten a bad review or comment from your supervisors. However, a recruiter has been calling a lot lately, telling you that you could and should earn more somewhere else. You like your job and the company you work for, so you dont want to just quit but you want to make sure that youre earning a competitive salary. You really want to ask for a raise, except you know that budgets are tighter now and no supervisor likes to be levied with outside offers from their workers.

For your initial post, you will make a written professional counteroffer. In your counteroffer ensure you address the following: Compose a list of all your non-negotiables and negotiable factors and weave them into your counteroffer. (You can throw in benefits as a negotiation too).

Respond to the offer in a professional email message and justify your points of the counteroffer (remember to be specific and use your skillset to validate your offer and familiarize yourself with industry salary trends in that field).