Salary and Negotiation Workshops

We offer two workshops to help you learn how to benchmark your salary and then negotiate effectively to achieve your salary goals.  These workshops are in collaboration with the American Association of University Women and are available for graduate students and postdocs only.  All Graduate Center Career Services workshops are offered free of charge.  These workshops will be held virtually, and registration is through Handshake.  If you have questions, please contact Shawn Nordell (nordell@arizona.edu).

Spring Semester

Negotiating Effectively

  • March 20, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MST
  • Facilitator: Shawn Nordell, Associate Director of Graduate Career Services and Carmen Aviles, AAUW
  • Modality: Zoom
  • Employers often expect you to negotiate not only salary but also other important negotiables.  Learn how to create an inventory of your important negotiables, evaluate an offer, and create and implement a negotiation strategy.
  • Register on Handshake

Fall Semester

Establishing Salary Goals and Navigating the Gender Pay Gap

  • October 24, 2023 12:30pm - 1:45pm MST
  • Facilitator: Diana Charbonneau, AAUW
  • Modality: Zoom
  • Learn fundamentals and resources for successfully benchmarking your salary and understanding the gender gap.
  • Register on Handshake

Negotiating Effectively

  • October 26, 2023 12:30pm - 1:45pm MST
  • Facilitator: Diana Charbonneau, AAUW
  • Modality: Zoom
  • Learn and practice strategies for successful salary and other compensation negotiations.
  • Register on Handshake

“AAUW Start Smart Attendee Workbook.” American Association of University Women Tucson Branch, 10 Sept. 2018.

Downloadable PDF of the Workbook

"AAUW Start Smart Understand the Gender Pay Gap & Establish Your Salary Goals." American Association of University Women Tucson Branch and Graduate Center, 14 Oct. 2020.

Downloadable PDF Slides of Gender Pay Gap & Establishing Salary Goals

"AAUW Start Smart Making the Most of Your Interview & Negotiating Effectively." American Association of University Women Tucson Branch and Graduate Center, 21 Oct. 2020.

Downloadable PDF Slides of Making the Most of Your Interview and Negotiating Effectively

Sheldon, Laurie. "How to Calculate Cost of Living Adjustments." How to Calculate Cost of Living Adjustments. AAUW and University of Arizona, Oct. 2020. Web.

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Hereford, Melissa. “5 Things You Should Never Say During a Negotiation.” Jobs and Company Reviews for Women, fairygodboss.com/articles/negotiation#.

Kumar, Vinamra. “University of Arizona 2019 Salary Database.” The Daily Wildcat, 19 Mar. 2019, http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2019/03/i-salary-database

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Negotiating A Postdoc Position. Institute for Broadening Participation, 28 Apr. 2016, pathwaystoscience.org/pdf/Postdoc_Negotiating_a_Postdoc.pdf. A link to the video webinar the article was created for is https://pathwaystoscience.org/webinars.aspx#NegotiatingPostdoc.

Negotiating Job Offers for Graduate Students and Post-Docs. University of Arizona Graduate Career Services.

Peck, Emily. “The Gender Wage Gap Is Even Worse Than You Thought.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 28 Nov. 2018, www.huffpost.com/entry/gender-wage-gap_n_5bfd9d3fe4b0771fb6befd55.

“Regional Price Parities by State and Metro Area.” U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area.
 
Schwantes, Marcel. “7 Things to Say When You're Asked, 'What Is Your Current Salary?'.” Inc.com, Inc., 15 Mar. 2019, www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/job-applicants-1-question-youll-hear-in-an-...

 

"The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap." American Association of University Women, 19 Oct. 2021, https://www.aauw.org/resources/research/simple-truth/

“University of Arizona Information.” University of Arizona Libraries, 16 Nov. 2018, https://new.library.arizona.edu/find/ua-info