How to Negotiate Your Compensation

  When you know what you want to ask for in a negotiation you should rank the items from highest priority to lowest. This is how you will focus the negotiation. Ask for the highest priority item first, then go down the list. For me it was salary, vacation, bonus, and work from home, in…

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Workout at Home-The Close Leg Squats

This is from the convict conditioning workout program (affiliate link). This is different from the full squat by keeping my feet together and squatting all the way down. This is where it starts to get hard.

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What You Can Ask For in a Compensation Negotiation

  The things you can ask for in a negotiation are only limited by your imagination. Remember that your compensation does not always have to be financial. Below are some examples of what you can ask for. Sometimes, accepting a job offer will require you to move, so you should ask them to pay for…

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What should I get paid

How much should you get paid? To figure out your market value, visit to websites like Salary.com and Glassdoor.com. Enter your information and see what each site tells you about similar roles in your geographic region (or where you are moving). There is usually a salary range for each role. To figure out where you…

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Negotiating Job Benefits

  Negotiation is pretty basic if you remember that the winner is the one with the most patience and knowledge. In this type of negotiation the goal is for both the hiring company and prospective employee to win. You have to decide how much patience you have during this process, and I will help you…

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Workout at Home-The High Supported Squat

This is from the convict conditioning workout program (affiliate link). It looks easy but give it a shot. This one builds your flexibility and endurance for the next step in the squat progression.

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Be Ready to Job Negotiate Your Job Offer to Get What You Want

  Now that you have survived all the interviews, the company may make you an offer. It is time to prepare to negotiate your compensation. Many people are afraid of negotiation because it is unfamiliar, it can be intimidating, and they don’t want to lose the offer. Consider these points: By the time you get…

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Workout at Home-The Jack Knife Squat

This is the Jack Knife Squat from the Convict Conditioning Workout. It looks easy but give it a shot. This one builds your flexibility and endurance for the next step in the squat progression.

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The Main Interview Types

A phone interview is typically followed by an in-person interview (usually more than one). If you are located far away from the company, sometimes the company will pay for you to travel to their offices (I was flown to Pittsburgh, PA and Knoxville, TN to interview for my very first professional job). An in-person interview…

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What If I Get a Phone Interview?

  Most every company has a process they follow for interviewing. Many times you will start off with a phone interview. This makes it easy for the company to weed out bad candidates without wasting a lot of time. In obtaining one of my previous jobs, I had two phone interviews with the HR representative.…

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Workout at Home-The Uneven Pushup

This is from the convict conditioning workout program (affiliate link). This is the Uneven Pushup. This one is killer on the pecs. Be sure to work both sides evenly.

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How Do You Answer The Salary Question

While you are in the interview, be sure that you do not ask anything related to compensation (i.e. pay, vacation, insurance, etc.). You have to understand the responsibilities of the job first, so you can decide on the appropriate compensation. Sometimes they will ask how much you were paid at your last job. I recommend…

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Intense Indoor Cardio Workout

This workout comes from the Toughmudder.com website. It is ideal for indoor cardio when the weather is too bad outside or if you want to change it up. you can find the workout here: http://toughmudder.com/tough-mudder-boot-camp-training/

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The Best Thing to do During an Interview is Interview Them

At the beginning of an interview always ask “is it okay if I take notes?” Interviewers love this, because it helps them to see how attentive you are. Remember, while they are interviewing you need to be interviewing them. You need to learn if it is a place you want to work, so it is…

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Workout at Home-The Close Pushup

This is from the convict conditioning workout program (affiliate link). This is where I started to slow in my progress. This one really works the triceps and the delts. I also have a wrist injury so I have to wear a glove on one hand. Also, isn’t the beard awesome?

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What Are The Best Questions to Ask at an Interview

  Preparing for the interview Begin by reviewing everything you have already learned about the company so that the information is fresh in your mind. In addition, you need to research the people whom will be interviewing you using the same methods I mentioned before. This is where Facebook stalking and Linkedin stalking comes in…

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Workout at Home-The Full Pushup

This is from the convict conditioning workout program (affiliate link). This is the old standby. I know it took time for us to get here and some of you may have thought the previous push ups were too simple. They were all building up to the later steps in the program

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