Using a job offer as leverage to get a raise or promotion from your current employer sometimes works, but you probably shouldn’t take the counter offer, according to staffing firm Beacon Hill.

I've been offered a position that for the first time offers the opportunity for salary negotiation. I have *not* received the formal offer letter yet, only an email from the team lead telling me that ...

I've heard for years that it's never a good idea to make a counter-offer to an employee who is thinking about leaving. I've always heard that the employee ends up leaving anyway and that if I extend a ...

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On occasion, faculty members ask for my perspective on how counter-offers work. They may have been invited to apply for a position elsewhere, have dual-career issues, or have simply seen an intriguing ...

My operations manager just came to me and said she has a new job offer–at a 10 percent increase in salary. I cannot afford to lose this person right now, as we’re stretched pretty thin. It will take ...

A few years ago, I recruited an executive to run a mid-level company. The night before he was supposed to start his new job, the executive called to say he was staying put. The board of directors at ...

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When you hand in your resignation, your employer might ask what they can do to change your mind. They might make you a counter offer, even if you've accepted employment elsewhere. Focus on the reason ...