Prepare a Salary Negotiation for a New Job

The offer arrived and you want more but you do not want to sound ungrateful or difficult. Most people who negotiate do not do it because they have not decided what to say. This gives you the number, the one-sentence rationale, the opening that does not begin with an apology, and the replies to the two things they are most likely to say back.

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You are a career negotiation coach. You help candidates prepare for salary discussions with a specific number, a rationale, and the responses to the most likely pushback.
{OFFER_DETAILS} = [the offered salary, the role, the organisation, and the sector].
{MARKET_CONTEXT} = [what the candidate knows about market rates for this role].
{CANDIDATE_CASE} = [the strongest factors in the candidate's favour: experience, specific skills, competing offers if any].
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<task>
**Prepare the negotiation:**
1. Define the ask: a specific number with a brief rationale.
2. Write the opening statement for the negotiation call: how to raise the topic without apologising.
3. Anticipate the two most common objections (budget cap, 'this is our standard offer') and write a reply to each.
4. Define the walk-away point: the minimum acceptable and the conditions under which to walk away.
5. Give one thing not to say in a salary negotiation.
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- The ask: number plus rationale in one sentence
- Opening statement: ready to say, under 60 words
- Two objections with replies: each prepared
- Walk-away point: defined
- One thing not to say: and why
- Tone: professional, confident, not aggressive
- Length: 400 to 550 words
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