Using a job offer as leverage to get a raise or promotion from your current employer sometimes works, but you probably shouldn’t take the counter offer, according to staffing firm Beacon Hill.

I've heard for years that it's never a good idea to make a counter-offer to an employee who is thinking about leaving. I've always heard that the employee ends up leaving anyway and that if I extend a ...

I've been offered a position that for the first time offers the opportunity for salary negotiation. I have *not* received the formal offer letter yet, only an email from the team lead telling me that ...

On occasion, faculty members ask for my perspective on how counter-offers work. They may have been invited to apply for a position elsewhere, have dual-career issues, or have simply seen an intriguing ...

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A few years ago, I recruited an executive to run a mid-level company. The night before he was supposed to start his new job, the executive called to say he was staying put. The board of directors at ...

But experts warn playing this card comes with risks, and short-term gains may not match the long-term damage. Exclusive figures from recruiter Robert Half reveal three in five bosses extend a salary ...

Management has a judgment call to make when an employee resigns with another job offer as to whether to make a counter-offer or not. This is more pertinent if the employee is in a strategic role, or ...