3 Tips To A Good Raise

If you want more money, ask for it!

A new study found that only 44% of women and 48% of men have ever asked for a raise.  But if you want a raise, you pretty much HAVE to ask.  85% of the people who DID, ended up getting one.

So step one is finding the guts to ask for one.  And once you've done that, here are three proven tricks that can help you out.

1.  YOU need to make the first offer.  That way you give your boss somewhere to work down from.  If you let THEM offer a certain amount, that's what you'll get.  It's pretty tough to negotiate UP.

2.  Don't use round numbers.  For example, instead of saying you want to make $65,000 a year, say 65,600.  And justify the weird number however you want to.  Maybe it's exactly a 15% raise or something.

A study last year found that if you use a round number like $65,000, there's a good chance they'll cut it way down to another round number, like $60,000.  But if you say a weird number like 65,600, they won't cut as much, and might counteroffer with 65,000.

3.  Ask for a raise DURING a big project, not after it's done. Business Insider says managers value their employees more DURING a project than after it's finished.  Even if you did a really good job on it.

So put on your big boy pants and ask!