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Negotiating a Counter-Offer Without Burning the Relationship

A calm script for the conversation most professionals only get to have a few times in a career — how to open, what to never put in writing first, and how to close either way.

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Opening lines that don't commit you to a number
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A short position on replacing job descriptions with hiring briefs: the outcome, the first ninety days, and the two things the person must already be good at.

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A one-page form panelists can actually finish before the next candidate walks in.

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