Class Central is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

FutureLearn

Salary Negotiation for Women in the Workplace

Hustle Crew via FutureLearn

Overview

Nurture your confidence and power as a woman in the workplace

This course will help you to supercharge your resilience and confidence at work as a woman and hone your negotiations skills so that you can negotiate the maximum pay rise that you deserve.

In our patriarchal society, when women behave the same as men at work they often face harsher penalties due to outdated expectations of gender roles and harmful stereotypes perpetuated in the media.

Enhance your workplace negotiation skills

To stay motivated at work it’s vital that you earn what you’re worth, but likeability penalty research has shown that when women are assertive in negotiations they face harsher penalties.

Whether you’re a freelancer or work within a company structure, this course will help you to build on your past experiences and identify your market value.

You’ll learn how to use your experience to gain bargaining power and identify how external factors can help you build your case to raise your salary and earn your market rate.

Earn the salary increase you deserve

Studies show at the current pace of change it would take over one hundred years to close the gender pay gap.

Led by experts at Hustle Crew, who are on a mission towards equality and inclusivity in tech, you’ll build the confidence to have tough conversations about your worth at work, how to navigate your course of action when things don’t go your way, and how to make sure you win the pay rise you’re worth.

This course is designed for any woman in the workplace who wants to build their negotiation skills and learn how to negotiate a payrise effectively and professionally.

This is particularly useful for those interested in the creative and tech industries.

A notebook for scribbling thoughts and a strong sense of self-belief.

Syllabus

  • Preparation
    • Welcome to the course
    • Why women often find it hard to negotiate.
    • How to find data to help you negotiate confidently
    • Week summary
  • Practicing your negotiation
    • Practicing your negotiation conversation
    • Tackling negotiation difficulties
    • Level up your confidence & assertiveness
    • Week summary
  • Execution
    • How to execute your negotiation
    • Aim high and justify why
    • Deciding when to hit pause

Taught by

Abadesi Osunsade

Reviews

4.5 rating at FutureLearn based on 17 ratings

Start your review of Salary Negotiation for Women in the Workplace

Never Stop Learning.

Get personalized course recommendations, track subjects and courses with reminders, and more.

Someone learning on their laptop while sitting on the floor.