Adam Ward: belief

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…From the candidate's perspective, what are some mistakes that people make when they get an offer that shoot themselves in the foot? Generally, the advice I give to candidates is when you think about your offer and if you're negotiating, it has to just fit a line of logic. And so if you are asking for a certain piece of compensation or a certain other piece of it, is it rooted? Walk me through the logic behind it. I think that makes it easy for the person to understand, but also easy for them to communicate that forward to maybe a different decision maker as well. So I see candidates who are maybe a little bit all over the place on that, where early on it's this and now it's this and it's kind of the add-on type of thing versus a candid who's coming in of here's the four things that are important to me and being clear and consistent with it as much from the outset as you can. Not all things can be there at the outset. That makes it very logical and easy for the company to engage with that. Versus just finding random excuses for more comp.…

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