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Job Offer, Raise, or Promotion? Here’s How to Negotiate All Three

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A 2024 survey found 82% of full-time workers who asked for a raise got one.

1. Cybersecurity Mentors Podcast focuses on negotiating a job offer, a raise, and a promotion. 2. John and Steve host the discussion, and their IT and cybersecurity experience shapes the advice they give. 3. The episode asks what a listener should prepare before asking for more pay or a better role. 4. Steve says accepting a job offer immediately is “the worst thing you can do.” 5. The first filter for an offer is fit, meaning the work itself and the people involved. 6. The second filter is growth, including whether an analyst can move toward a senior role. 7. The third filter is life, including remote, hybrid, in-office, on-call, and travel demands. 8. Steve describes learning logistics at Torrington Company, later Tempkin Company, after assuming IT was separate from the business. 9. He also recounts interviewing at a kayak manufacturer and hearing the interviewer say he was leaving because he hated the company. 10. John says interviewers are on their best behavior, so candidates should peel back the layers and ask what people do not like. 11. Steve argues that a candidate should interview the company back because the employer needs the candidate too. 12. He warns that salary ranges on LinkedIn can be misleading and says HR, not hiring managers, often posts them. 13. John advises asking for time after a verbal offer so the candidate can research and review the full package. 14. The hosts say negotiating can include pay, vacation, remote status, training, relocation, and on-call expectations. 15. Steve warns that some recruiters are more focused on the immediate placement than on maximizing the candidate’s salary. 16. The discussion says multiple offers can help, but lying about them or playing companies against each other can backfire. 17. John says raise requests work best when the employee keeps receipts and can show concrete projects and impact. 18. The hosts cite a 2024 survey showing 82% of full-time workers who asked for a raise got one. 19. The conversation stays practical and conversational, with examples, interruptions, and direct back-and-forth. 20. Listeners who want negotiation scripts and career advice for cybersecurity will get the most value. 21. Listeners who want a purely technical cybersecurity episode will probably skip it.

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A practical negotiation checkup that treats compensation as more than just salary.

The episode keeps its focus on practical negotiation, treating a job offer, a raise, or a promotion as more than a salary talk. It widens the lens to the full package, including training, remote work, on-call expectations, and team culture, which gives the discussion real…

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