Work & Career guides
Work guides for the conversations that affect your pay and your career. Each one gives you the exact words, the order to say them in and what to do after, starting with how to ask for a raise when your job has grown but your salary hasn't.
Guides
The Raise Kit
Your job has grown, your paycheck hasn't, and every time you try to bring it up the conversation turns into praise instead of a decision.
47-page PDF toolkit + Excel raise calculator
Get the kit · $29The Offer Negotiation Kit
You got the offer, it's lower than you hoped, and you're afraid that asking for more will make them change their mind.
70-page PDF eBook with 2 worksheets
Get the kit · $29The Self-Review Kit
Your review form has a few short boxes and a strict word or character limit, but the year of work behind it is scattered across emails, reports and project notes. Without a method, the draft turns into a list of tasks and your best results get buried.
56-page PDF eBook with 2 fill-in templates
Get the kit · $29Free answers
- What to negotiate in a job offer besides salary
- Can you negotiate after accepting a job offer?
- Can you ask for a raise after 3 or 6 months?
- Is it bad or unprofessional to ask for a raise?
- Will you lose a job offer if you negotiate?
- How to negotiate salary for a job offer
- How to counter a job offer (without risking it)
- Salary negotiation email: template and examples
- How to handle salary questions in an interview
- How to ask for a promotion at work
- How to ask for a raise (and leave with a real answer)
- How to ask for a raise when you've taken on more responsibilities
- How much of a raise should you ask for?
- When to ask for a raise: the best times and when to wait
- Email or letter asking for a raise: template and examples
- Self-evaluation examples: how to write yours
- Performance review template: what to include
Problems these guides solve
- I took on more work but my pay stayed the same
- I don't know how much of a raise to ask for
- My boss says 'great work' but nothing changes
- I asked for a raise and got a vague 'not now'