Negotiating Federal Salary and Benefits

Negotiating Federal Salary and Other Benefits (For new hires)

This 50 min video will walk you through all of the strategies that will arm you with the knowledge to negotiate a higher starting salary and additional benefits (student loan repayments, relocation incentives, telework, etc.). Once you get a job offer, you will have the knowledge that will get you off to an amazing start in your new federal career.

• Discover the secrets to negotiating your federal salary
• When you should start negotiating and when you absolutely DO NOT want to negotiate salary
• Whether or not federal employees already in the system can negotiate their salaries
• What document you need to request from the HR office before you start negotiating
• 6 circumstances when management WON’T negotiate salary
• The 4 scenarios when management is most likely to negotiate salaries
• The information that will give you leverage when negotiating
• The easiest ways to convince management to give you a higher salary
• The different strategies veterans vs. non-veterans can use
• Scenarios when the agency will negotiate start date
• How to know if they will negotiate Work Schedules
• The four different work schedules that are negotiable
• The insider scoop on “recruitment incentives”, including how much the government can authorize
• The circumstances when PCS is available, and how to request it
• Relocation incentive vs. “PCS”
• How to get your student loans repaid (Plus, a special program only the VA offers to medical professionals for their student loans).
• Why some government employees are allowed to work from – and how this might be an option you can negotiate for.
• The one sure-fire way to ensure you get to negotiate all the benefits available to you