Salary Negotiation:

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Daseal

Yeah, to be honest the salary doesn't really concern me that much -- it's answering the question I'm afraid of -- I think I'm going to say 40-50K, thats a broad range and hopefully good. I'll still try to avoid the question if possible, but we'll see!

Don't do that - you've just told them that you will take $40k, thank you very much. What others are suggesting is to aim in the middle, but make it clear that this is a negotiation, not a firm offer on your part. You do that by saying something like:

"I think, given X and Y, that $ZZ,000 is an appropriate salary. However, I understand that there may be considerations on your side that I am not aware of, and I would be interested to hear what you think would be appropriate given my background."