Like any market, the labor market is competitive, and often leaves room for negotiations. Although sometimes people might not look at it this way, a job is a deal between the worker and the employer, which exchanges labor for compensation, and thus, it should be a point for negotiation.

Salary negotiation can play a crucial role in the recruitment process, because often its outcome is the compensation you are going to have to work at that company. That compensation can include money and benefits, but putting an extra effort in negotiating them, can make your job experience more pleasing.

Software engineers usually are not people who are thrilled of negotiation, nor are very skilled at it. However, the companies generally respect the candidates that do negotiate, and usually, those are the most attractive candidates.

The four steps you should have in mind before you start with the negotiation, regardless of your career should be:

1. Know your value

2. Know your target salary and benefits

3. Have a strategy

4. Practice

In this article, we are going to give you a guide for negotiating your next compensation, and actually being good at it!

We hope that these tips will help you learn how to negotiate with ease and get the compensation you want.