October: Salary & level negotiation for PhDs with Dr. ALEENA BABY

Most PhDs accept the first number they're offered. They don't know the number was negotiable, or what they could have said. This session fixes that.

What you'll learn

• How salaries work in Germany, public and private.TVöD, TV-L, VKA, and the Stufen for research institutes and universities, and how industry sets pay bands. You'll know where your offer sits and what's above it.
• How to make your number credible. How to translate your PhD and research experience into what an employer pays for, so when you ask for more, you can show why you're worth it.
• Level and Stufe: what to ask for. Which band you belong in, which step your years count toward, and the extras most people never hear about.
• When to ask and what to say. The right moment is before the offer is written. You get the exact questions to ask, and what to say when the offer arrives too low, without putting the offer at risk.

Live Q&A on your case. Bring your actual offer, the role you're applying for, or the situation you expect. We work through it together.

You keep

• The slide deck with current salary tables and band guide
• Word-for-word scripts for the three negotiation conversations
• The 30-page salary negotiation guide, with the PhD addendum
• The research-to-industry skill translation table
• The session recording

For PhDs, postdocs, and recent graduates applying in Germany who expect an offer and want to know it's fair before they sign.