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I Make $46,000 As A Social Worker — & I Struggled In Hourly Jobs For Years

I'm A Tech Associate Program Manager & I Got A $39K Raise By Changing Jobs

I'm A Director Of Product Management & It Took 9 Years To Land My Dream Career

I'm A Graphic Designer — & I Made $200K By Starting My Own Business

How A Business Manager Negotiated A $13K Raise

Years later, when I was promoted to manager, I still had not mastered my negotiation skills and did not negotiate pay. I was intimidated by the process and

by Judith Ohikuare

I'm A Producer — & I Took A $20K Pay Cut To Work At A Better Company

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I Started In Mattress Sales & Now Make $100K As A Senior Marketin...

I'm A Technical Account Manager & I Made More By Going Hourly

I'm An Executive Director Of A Nonprofit & Negotiated A $31K Raise

by Ludmila Leiva

I'm 31 & I Make $59K As An HR Director At A Nonprofit

by Ludmila Leiva

I'm 35 & I Left My Office Job For A Career In The Trades

by Ludmila Leiva

I Make $105K As An Executive Assistant — & I'm Starting A New Cod...

by Ludmila Leiva

I Make $100,000 & I Asked My CEO For A $22,000 Raise

by Ludmila Leiva

I'm A Consultant & Freelance Psychologist Making $87K — & Quittin...

by Ludmila Leiva

I Make $180,000 — & Changing Jobs Often Made Me A Master Negotiator

by Ludmila Leiva

I'm 35, I Make $41,600 As A Social Media Coordinator — & I Barten...

by Ludmila Leiva

I Have Two Master's Degrees & Make $53K As A Math Specialist In E...

by Ludmila Leiva

I've Been In Finance For 8 Years — & I Finally Feel Fulfilled In ...

by Ludmila Leiva

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I Took A $27,000 Pay Cut To Advance My Career — & I Have Zero Reg...

by Ludmila Leiva

I Went 7 Years Without A Promotion — & It Taught Me How To Negotiate

by Ludmila Leiva

I Make $110K — & I Dropped Out Of Grad School To Go Into Marketing

by Ludmila Leiva

I Was Unhappy In My Career — So I Taught Myself Design & Now Make...

by Ludmila Leiva

I Make $50K – & It Took Me 7 Years To Make This Much

by Ludmila Leiva

I Left The Company I Worked At For 8 Years & Got A $70K Raise

by Ludmila Leiva

I Tripled My Salary By Leaving Teaching & Going Into Sales

by Ludmila Leiva

I Make $90K — & I Used My Vacation Days To Interview For A New Job

by Ludmila Leiva

My Personal Shopping Client Got Me A Job — Now I Make $95K

by Ludmila Leiva

I Went From Making $50,000 To $18.50 An Hour & I'm Happier Now

by Ludmila Leiva

I Went From Making $27,000 To $90,000 In Two Years

by Ludmila Leiva

I Make $146,000 — But Would I Have A Higher Salary If I'd Negotia...

by Ludmila Leiva

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