Whether you’re looking for a job or have one now, the time will come when you understandably will want to make more money. So, when you feel the moment has arrived to ask for a raise; follow these steps to help make it happen!

1- Make a plan Decide when you will ask and whom you will speak with. If it’s not your boss then who should this discussion take place with? Timing is also important, if your boss is going through a particularly stressful week it might be better to ask at another time!

2- Know it’s ok to ask It doesn’t make you greedy or entitled, so don’t be nervous! Your manager has likely been through this many times before and he/she expects it to happen. Be strong in your ask and know this is what is best for you. If the answer is no, you didn’t do anything wrong. My suggestion would be to follow up and ask them what would be needed to earn a raise! This way you have something to work towards to make that possible. You will also know where you stand and why.

3- Share where you want to go Companies like to know that you are in it for the long haul. So, stop and think about where you see yourself in another year. What can you bring to the company during that time? What do you personally want to accomplish? This is the time to speak up about positive things you want to progress towards at the company.

4- Know your worth and the market It’s important to know how much you are being paid compared to the current market. Sites like GlassDoor and others will help with this! Simply search for your job title, area in which you live, and then look for jobs with similar responsibilities to the ones you have now. This will give you a baseline. If you feel you are being underpaid comparably save the data you have found. This will help you put together a number in your mind that is reasonable and on target with the current market for your position!

5- Map out what you’ve accomplished This goes hand in hand with your plan! Before you ask for a raise spend some time putting together a list of all the things you’ve done over the time you’ve been there (or since your last raise). Note how far you’ve grown from the beginning to end. Be sure to pay attention to any specific accomplishments and highlight these! This will help you prove to your manager that you not only have done great things but are continuing to achieve more.

Good luck : )

Please comment with any questions or suggestions on how to earn a raise.

Hi, I'm Jason Tharpe and I would like to join the team and move up the ranks!

I lost my job in May 2018. I was DM for a large Retail company. I worked my way up from SM to DM over a 15 years career. 9 years as a DM. I find myself going on interviews but don't know how to explain why I am no longer there. I was terminated which I was given poor store conditions and shrink control. Both were crap claims but it is what it is in the end. Any advice how I answer the question to prospective employers of how to explain that situation and still remain as a solid candidate for them. I feel this is getting in the way of me finding another oppertunity. Thanks.

I have been at my job for the past 5 years overlooked for advancement because of my skill at my current position and then admittedly lost all interest in going, sometimes a new job can be a scary thing but staying running in place and going nowhere is worse. I finally started to realize that I had overstayed and became incredibly miserable, I have a job offer and an interview in the next few days looking forward to telling my bosses when I am leaving. Like a worn out relationship jobs are the same sometimes we know it's over but still hang on for something, don't your simply wasting your time and effort for people who don't care either you stay or go, simply put, "Keep it Moving."

I hear that your job stile and/or pay should increase at least every year to two ears, but I am currently working a job where the only time pay increases come is when the contract is renewed once every five years (The company I work for has a contract for services with another company for a particular location). But, in the private sector, job announcement never mention is it is forbidden to talk about salary in interviews. I feel it is a race to the bottom when it comes to salaries and benefits (especially health care). Everything is set up as a trap, especially since unions have been decimated.

I was terminated from a job that I loved I work for the diocese of Monterey as a foreman groundskeeper somebody had it in for me somebody in the human resources department why I don’t know probably because the person that promoted me and her did not like each other long story short when I was called in the office and start going over policies with me one policy particular was we all must adhere to other peoples languages and cultures and I’ve been at this company for 10 years I’ve had nothing but glowing reports I get along with everybody I’ve never once had a problem with anybody’s language or anything I am bilingual myself I come from a family that immigrated here many years ago my wife is disabled I know what it’s like to be discriminated against so they call me in the office and go through all these procedures with me and say they’re writing me up I asked if there was a complaint they said no everybody needs to know these rules I had no option but to sign it we had nobody to defend us that was on a Friday on Monday they call me in the office and suspend me tell me to come back Wednesday for a meeting I knew what was up they terminated me saying there was a complaint that I disrespected somebody’s language go figure that anyway anybody ? I think they just want to get lower paying people to the management positions recently hired a new Management company and they’ve been getting rid of all the management

So...I was working at New job had been there 5-6 months when one me and two other guys got sent for random drug test at the clinic ...Note the guys that got sent with me where both Managers....well we went and took the Dt..the next week got results everything was all normal...for everybody....so continued on working.....I seemed to be moving up the ladder fairly quick...actually kinda jumped together two guys who had been there awhile...well one the guys didn't like that at all.....so forward a month or two From There...I received a injury at work that was causing. Severe pain...neck..head...shoulder drawing up....I would litterally wake up couple times a night in tears....to the point of almost driving my head in the wall....I was seeing and ortho and having Cts...x-rays...and was scheduled for Mri....almost had problem solved...well I got a call one day after I left Dr office telling me that I was fired....because the guy who I had ..I apparently made angry because I jumped him on a promotion told that he had helped me pass the drug test....8 months prior .....so I'm like what is going on here....almost as if I was being pranked or something...anyway I got terminated. And guy that went told that stuff...guess thought he had got me ....which he did...but apparently they had problems with him getting folks written up and stuff....before....so they had been wanting to get rid of him o was told....anyway I got fired for a druhscreen that was clean....and while I had just injured mysleft. At work.....They cancelled my insurance...1 day before my MRI....so...there I was hurt and no insurance or job....and later found out that they had just had2 other men before me that was out having to have surgery on backs....necks etc......corruption at if finest...and seems as tho...there nothing you can do about it...I don't know

Hard work goes unrecognized you got to belong to a certain group or you get passed up on or you need to kiss butt

I’m tired(too smart, and too old) of being a server. I want something that will help me further my current degree and has benefits and long term possibilities with growth. I got a bit of a late start (like many of my generation. I am almost 32) and am having a hard time getting past anything beyond the second interview phase for any positions that would provide me with those desired benefits. Any advice?

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