Presenter: Karen James Chopra, LPC, MCC, NCC
Date & Time
- Friday, October 24, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET
- Friday, October 31, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET
- Friday, November 7, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET
Cost: $159 for the series of 3 webinars
Helping career clients negotiate salary, compensation and raises is an important part of the job for career professionals, whether our clients are senior executives, recent college/university graduates or hourly workers. Yet very few of us ever get any step-by-step training in how to effectively coach clients to negotiate on their own behalf. This webinar series will provide a detailed framework for supporting and coaching career clients through their salary and compensation negotiations. From helping clients respond to salary-related questions in the interview through dealing with online applications that require salary information to the final nail-biting negotiation of a compensation package, these webinars will cover everything you need to know to become a skilled negotiations coach for your clients—and yourself.
Session 1: Preparing Our Clients to Be Ace Negotiators
Friday, October 24, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET
- Understanding leverage and how to use it
- Identifying sources of leverage
- Helping clients understand the game of negotiation
- Ways for clients to obtain salary information
- Working with recruiters
Session 2: Handling Questions About Salary (Without Actually Answering Them!)
Friday, October 31, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET
- What to do with online applications
- How to respond when the interviewer discloses the salary
- How to manoeuvre around salary questions in the interview
- What to say when the salary question can’t be avoided
Session 3: Getting the Offer, Then the Best Deal
Friday, November 7, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET
- What to do when the offer arrives
- How to prepare for the salary negotiation
- Why clients must negotiate live—not via email or voicemail
- What to do when a client has multiple offers
- Getting the offer in writing

She received her MA in Community Counseling from the George Washington University, and her BA from the University of Virginia. She also has a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Prior to becoming a career counsellor, Chopra worked as a trade negotiator for the U.S. Government.
