9 Popular Job Search Tips You Should Definitely Ignore
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Ask For It CEO and founder, Alexandra Dickinson, is a negotiation coach in The Muse's Coach Connect program and regularly contributes job search advice on themuse.com.
Read her advice quoted in "9 Popular Job Search Tips You Should Definitely Ignore":
“When I started out, I was told to be grateful for my first job offer. I was instructed not to show disrespect by trying to negotiate. Boy, is that so off-base, particularly for women who face a wage gap. The gender wage gap costs a full-time working woman a lot of money over the course of her career, and it starts with her first job. Always negotiate on principle, especially if you’re a woman”