Raises are like pulling teeth. Unless your current house is on fire, ALWAYS negotiate super high. NEVER give out current salary info, wait for the end of the

Raises are like pulling teeth. Unless your current house is on fire, ALWAYS negotiate super high. NEVER give out current salary info, wait for the end of the interviews. When you pass all of them, ask for a double digit raise over your current salary. Early you are in your career, the first digit should be at worst 2 and ideally 4-5. Once you pass all the interviews, your market value for the new company skyrockets. You're no longer a potential candidate, just a CV, you're actually someone who made it through the interviews. Most companies will not turn you down, just make you the highest offer they can, and then you decide if it's good enough. * * * I've been exactly in your position in 2008, but I was stuck for about 18 months at the start. I missed the first raise round because I was too new, then they froze salary raises. And then I had to constantly pressure them to get what I should have gotten 3 years earlier (by the time my salary reached a level somewhat equivalent to what I had realized my market value was).