3227: [Part 1] 4 Strategies to Negotiate a Higher Starting Salary by Jessica of The Fioneers on How to Increase Income

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🗓️ 27 July 2025

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3227: Jessica of The Fioneers reveals how job candidates can flip the script and confidently negotiate higher starting salaries by understanding how much leverage they truly have. Drawing on her experience in HR, she explains why companies expect negotiation, how much hiring really costs, and why a well-prepared candidate has more power than they might think. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://thefioneers.com/negotiate-salary/ Quotes to ponder: "Negotiating is not pushy. Negotiation is part of the game." "If the company is making you an offer, they want to hire YOU to work there." "The better trade-off is usually to give the candidate more money." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.5	Four strategies to negotiate a higher starting salary.
1:08.3	Part 1.
1:29.5	By Jessica of the pioneers.com.com first let me tell you i want you to get paid you deserve to be paid a fair and hopefully high wage for the work that you're doing as a strong proponent of lifestyle design i wish that salary potential didn't need to dictate what kinds of careers we decide to pursue. At the same time, I know that making a living wage is vital.
1:36.2	When I was in the traditional workforce, I never chose the highest paying careers. I always worked
1:42.3	in non-profit organizations. I also worked in less lucrative roles,
1:47.3	like fundraising and human resources. In every job I had, though, you had better believe that I was
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