SA negotiating FT sans leverage

Since there have been a lot of posts lately on negotiations of salaries, sign-on bonuses, etc., and most recommendations include leveraging other offers you have, I was wondering how it's possible to negotiate a full-time salary when, as a SA, you're offered the FT position. If you say you've got other offers, that means you've been shopping around during your internship... what other reasons for negotiating can you give?

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Let me start by saying you are HIGHLY unlikely to get any type of raise at the entry level, you simply aren't that valuable to the firm yet (I mean that in a general sense).

In my experience, the only way friends have been able to get a raise is to: A) find a JUSTIFIABLE reason - i.e. pay is too low to live in the region and B) show that you have significantly higher offers from other firms.

In my case, I had several offers and none of the companies would negotiate AT ALL. Especially in this environment, you Arne't likely to find much success negotiating.

 

The best way that I've found to do it - and it's actually worked - is to just ask if the base salary is negotiable. That way you're not demanding anything, they know what you are getting at, and it gives them an easy opportunity to say no (which they like if they are so inclined).

 

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