Negotiating a Pay Rise

Negotiating A Pay Rise

Research and confidence is key to securing a salary rise.

Find out about salaries in your industry and for your type of role so you can plan your negotiations before approaching your boss. Use salary surveys to benchmark what you are worth. Before you ask you need to really think about what you have achieved recently and why you deserve the pay rise. You will need to explain what skills and benefits you have brought to the company, how you have excelled in your role in particular and that you are a loyal employee.

You will need to focus on your knowledge and experience you have developed and the way you have grown, learnt and developed whilst working for the company. You should note any expectations you have exceeded, any additional responsibilities you have incurred and any extra achievements you have made that stand out and you feel you deserve credit for.

Asia Job Index

The Robert Walters Asia Job Index is a quarterly report which acts as a barometer for the job market across the region. It tracks the number of job advertisements in leading newspapers and online job boards across China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.

Since its launch in 2008, the Asia Job Index has been highly regarded as an informative source, and many companies have used it as a reference for their organisation’s research and strategy reports.

If you want to find out which job market is growing, read the latest Asia Job Index report here.