How to Negotiate a Raise for Nurse Practitioners with Amanda Guarniere

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There’s a lot of information about negotiating a salary when you’re just starting a job and how to find a new job if you’re underpaid— but what if you love your work? Maybe you want to stay there, and just want to know how to negotiate a raise.

Many people feel like asking for a raise is intimidating, and haven’t actually asked for one before. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be rushed, pressured, and happen in a day like the salary negotiations of an initial job offer with a quick turnaround. It actually is better to do when you make a plan over time and have a runway leading up to the conversation.

How to Negotiate a Raise as a Nurse Practitioner

The first place to start? Listen to that voice that’s bringing up the idea of a raise. What is giving you that nudge? What is the disconnect between the work you’re doing and the amount your being paid that feels off? In other words, the difference between what you bring to the company versus what you’re bringing home.

In this interview with my guest Amanda Guarniere of The Resume Rx, we start with this first step and walk you through the step-by-step process of how to negotiate for a raise, starting with what information to gather through having the conversation with your employer, addressing common questions along the way.

We cover:

Building your case and taking the pressure out of the conversation
Understanding what matters to the employer and using their language and metrics to avoid the knee-jerk “no, there’s no money”
The specific data to gather to make your case, and where to find it
How to have the conversation, and how to address non-committal answers from employers
Understanding the various alternative compensation options if there really isn’t cash as an option for a raise

I’m so grateful for Amanda’s experience, wisdom, and scripts to use when having these types of intimidating conversations.