8 tips to consider when negotiating for salary at interview as a Teacher

-


Key things to consider when negotiating for salary at interview. 👇🏾

1. Never give a range when negotiating for salary eg 1000 CEDI's to 1500 ❌

2. Be the first to quote the salary you want 

❌Dont give a round figure like 1000, 1500, 2000, 3000

👍🏽 be specific like 1550 or 2470, 3290. This informs the employer, you know what u want😊

3. Talent attracts higher price. Don't just accept any offer 👍🏽

4. Don't use personal issues at interviews to justify why your salary must be high 

Eg. 

❌ I am far from this sch or company

❌Transportation factor

❌ I am the bread winner of my family.

*Be professional*👍🏽

5. Better over dress for interview than under dress 😃. Your appearance determines your Value

6. Bargain as an asset to the company than a worker. 😊. Be different

7. Keep your tone positive and confident when bargaining for salary👍🏽

8. Above all learn how to walk away, if they don't meet your demands. ❌

9. Focus more on allowances if the company or the sch has a salary structure.👍🏽 

💯🙏🏽 Kindly comment and share 

Call me when attending interview +233 249019779

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"Discipline Redefined: Why GES Appointing Deans of Discipline Isn’t the Answer”

-
Image
  The recent decision by the Ghana Education Service (GES)  instructing schools to appoint Deans of Discipline in response to the growing concerns over disciplinary problems raises important question : is appointing such Deans the solution to the decline in discipline?   Why Appointing Deans of Discipline Isn't the Answer" Appointing a Dean of Disciplinary may perpetuate the idea that discipline is solely an external imposition rather than an internal responsibility. Teachers are likely to refer all discipline issues rather than dealing with them, and we risk creating an atmosphere of fear and resentment among students and teachers, hindering their personal growth and emotional well-being. Appointing Dean of Discipline may provide a superficial solution that fails to address the underlying causes of disciplinary problems. Such a measure tends to focus on control rather than promoting a holistic approach to discipline that considers the emotional well-being and individ
Read more

Alternative for caning; GES list of recommended disciplinary measures..

-
Image
      The Ghana Education Service (GES), in 2017 officially banned all forms of corporal punishment meted out to children in schools in Ghana as part of efforts aimed at promoting a safer and more protective learning environment for children. The introduction of toolkit by The Guidance and Counseling Unit offers options for the effective application of positive discipline for different forms of misbehaviour and proposes suitable proactive or reactive measures for addressing them, instead of the traditional approach, which is caning. The toolkit has classified misbehaviour into various levels. The first thing every teacher must institute to ensure discipline is the setting of classroom rules posted on notice boards as a visual reminder of expected behaviours from the students List of measures approved by GES to ensure discipline in schools: 1.              Writing Lines The child is given a sentence to write several times over. The sentence should positively reinforce that chi
Read more

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF GRADE SKIPPING

-
Image
In Ghana, Primary education lasts for 6 years, which consists of a 3-year Lower Primary phase and a 3-year Upper Primary phase. This stage of education is widely characterized by grade skipping. During primary education, the curriculum places an emphasis on reading, writing, arithmetic and the development of problem-solving abilities. Compulsory school starting ages vary a lot around the world, mainly from age 3 to 7 years, USA (5years), United Arab Emirates (4years), just to mention a few. In Ghana school starting age is 4 years and starting primary school is pegged at age 6. These days, parents will be struggling for the child to be in primary 1 by 4 years old. By 8 years, the child would have completed primary 4, expecting to proceed to primary 5. This same parent will now try to skip primary 5. Some will even insist on double promotion from primary 3 to primary 5, thereby cutting a year off, and not caring about the mental growth of the child. The parent will insist that the
Read more