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In a perfect world, I would have strolled into a Porsche dealership and driven out with a sassy red coupe with leather seats. But in real life, I’m a recent graduate with student debt, rent and an entry level salary.

Your voice is the vehicle you use to conduct any negotiation. So it becomes that much more critical that you’re aware of how you’re using your voice.

One of the hardest parts of a job search is reconciling the things that we cannot directly control—the wage gap, the questions we’re asked in an interview—with the things we can.

This negotiation exercise will help you ask for it. 

The longer I waited, the more I worried. Was my mom right? Should I have accepted the offer, and not negotiated?

My new salary was way below my expectations and I felt deflated.

As someone who has always strived to avoid conflict and disappointing people, this was a tough decision for me.

Millennial Workplace Negotiations

2016 grad Lily Comba was offered a promising job in a major city... with a low salary. Should she take it?

Millennial Workplace Negotiations

This smart, savvy 2016 grad nailed her job search goals by getting multiple offers. But that was the easy part. Lily Comba shares what she negotiated, how she did it, and what tricks she used to overcome her negotiation anxieties.

A few months ago, I would’ve described myself as a negotiation wimp, at best.

Jessica Pham is a Master’s degree candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. This is one of her internship negotiating experiences.