In this solo career‑advice video, Natalie Fisher warns that failing to negotiate a job offer can silently devalue a candidate, costing them $5,000–$20,000 in initial salary and limiting future raises to modest 2‑5% increments. She explains that many people avoid negotiation because they feel they lack experience, fear appearing greedy, or simply don’t know how to start. Fisher argues that these psychological barriers are the real obstacle, not a lack of qualifications. To negotiate successfully, she advises viewers to first build leverage by becoming a highly sought‑after candidate in the marketplace, thereby increasing their bargaining power. She invites the audience to join her Facebook group “Career Kickstarters” for further guidance on confident salary negotiations and ongoing career growth.
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Failing to negotiate before you accept a new position could ironically be positioning you as a less valuable candidate, and you probably won't even realize it. You see, the mistake that most people make, and you might think this too, is that they think they can only negotiate if they have a certain amount of experience, certain qualifications, and if they don't, then they think that they have to accept the first thing that they get, and they think that it'll be easier to ask for a raise later. But this could be the biggest mistake you make. Take it from me, I made this mistake myself. By not negotiating from the beginning, you could be missing out on as much as $5K to $20K in income, whereas the average raise is only going to be set between 2% to 5% of whatever your starting salary is. So once you're in, you're actually going to be capped, and it's going to be a lot more difficult to get a large increase. So I get why you might be thinking this, We've all been conditioned our whole lives to not be greedy or not ask for too much, and we don't want to seem like we're all about the money or ungrateful for the offer. Hey, people say just be grateful that you got an offer and accept it. But if I'm being honest, I think the real reason we don't want to negotiate is because most people don't know how or they don't know what to say. And I get it, it can be daunting, and it's a lot easier to just accept the first thing that they offer you. But the problem is, by not taking the step, which is learning how to negotiate in the first place, you could be leaving up to $5,000 to $20,000 worth of salary on the table. Now, the truth is, there are people with less experience than you and no degree who have negotiated $10,000 to $20,000 raises, and it all started with a decision— a decision not to settle for less. In fact, by choosing to hold on to this belief, the likelihood is that you'll end up underpaid and undervalued and wake up one day wondering why you didn't stand in your worth and ask for what you deserved. So how do you negotiate successfully when you don't have years of experience yet? Well, you start by gaining leverage over the employer. You need to become a highly sought-after candidate who is worth more in the marketplace. So let me ask you, do you really wanna continue to leave money on the table? Or do you wanna be free and you wanna learn how to negotiate successfully with confidence while thriving in a career that you love and you can continually move forward with those skills to negotiate even higher salaries after that? Because we all know that you're not going to accept less than what you were previously making. Thank you so much for watching. My name is Natalie Fisher. If you'd like to continue the conversation, Join me inside my Facebook group called Career Kickstarters. You can find the link around this video. Thanks so much. Bye. Is that they think that if they can negotiate? Okay, starting again.
