negotiation

Ask Sciencewomen: How much to reveal during start-up negotiations?

sciencewoman | July 6, 2009

Reader science newbie poses a great question to me and asks for the collective wisdom of our readers: Dear Sciencewoman, I have been reading & loving you blog for some time now. Thanks! You rock! Ok, I have a question.... I have interviewed for, and been given a verbal offer for my first assistant professor position. We are negotiating startup funds, salary, etc right now. Due to state budgetary constraints, I have been informed that all of my startup funds (excluding salary) will have to originate from the department's funds, not university or state money. I have found some information…

Negotiating tips

sciencewoman | March 2, 2009

I recently had the privilege of attending a COACh workshop focused on developing the negotiating skills of women STEM faculty, and I highly recommend it and the other workshops they offer. Here are few nuggets I gleaned from the session. Here's a sample dialog between a new faculty member and their chair: "Why do you need fancy piece of equipment X? Can't you just go to nearby university Y and use theirs?" "Umm, I think it will be faster to have it in my own lab and we won't have to travel back and forth so much, so..." "The Dean's not going to like giving such a large startup package."…