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What if salary negotiations were an opportunity to get to know yourself better? That is, to question your beliefs and redefine what you will and will not accept in your professional life? Something to think about...

When it comes to finding a new job, salaray negotiations are often perceived as a delicate, even intimidating process. However, with the right preparation, it can become an opportunity to assert your value, set your terms and build a healthy, balanced professional relationship. Here is our advice.

Sofia*, 29, has just been through several successful interviews for an engineering position at a large industrial group.  As she approaches the final stages of the recruitment process, one question keeps niggling at her : how should she approach the salary negotiations?

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Thomas*, 52, an experienced director in the pharmaceutical sector, has been appointed to head up a six-person R&D team in Dublin, Ireland. Coming from a rather vertical French managerial culture, he is discovering a more horizontal, direct Anglo-Saxon approach... which he sometimes finds disconcerting.

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Julie*, a 32-year-old engineer in a construction company, has just been promoted to manager of a team of five people – her former colleagues – who are all seasoned senior staff. She is competent and highly regarded by her superiors, but on the ground, it's a different story...
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Attitudes to work, communication, use of digital tools... there are many generational gaps in the workplace.

What are the intergenerationnal challenges facing organisations today? And how can they be overcome? Find out in this webinar.