“The cost of living crisis is hitting women the hardest and forcing them to make impossible choices.”
Negotiate your starting salary
. This is often overlooked but if you negotiate a higher salary from the get-go, it can make a dramatic difference over the course of your career. In the bookit’s revealed that about 7% of women attempt to negotiate a starting salary, compared to 57% of men. However, don’t negotiate for negotiation’s sake, make sure you come prepared and ready to explain your value and why you deserve a higher salary than advertised.Understand the competitive salary for your company and your industry.
It’s widely acknowledged that men are judged on potential while women are judged more on past performance. To help overcome this it’s vital that you lay out your contributions but also focus on talking about what you will be tackling next.Seniority is a huge part of pay, and demonstrating you are a strategic leader is key to getting a promotion to those senior roles.
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