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Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 60 Salary Negotiation 

May 22, 2025
by Lauren Celano, CEO, Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School 
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In our last episode, we talked about negotiation tips in general.  In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on salary negotiation tips.  We will offer advice for different parts of this process including the self reflection part, research part, and the offer negotiation part.  We cover these points below. Lauren gives talks on this topic often, and has also given a large number of offers, so she think about this topic a lot!  We know many people get anxious even thinking about this topic, so we hope people listening and find this helpful.

Before you start negotiating, you should reflect on a few things one of which is what is important to you

We cover a few thoughts for industry as well academic offers

Do your research for insight into salary ranges for roles

We cover pay transparency laws since this helps with salary insights

Components of an offer covering industry and academic offers

Parts of offers that could be negotiable

Evaluate the entire package

How to approach negotiation

Different ways to approach negotiation

Negotiating multiple offers

 

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

 

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