Salary Negotiation
CLOSING THE PAY GAP
Work Smart & Start Smart
AAUW WORK SMART— designed to prepare working women to negotiate for a new job, raise, or promotion.
START SMART — designed for college students who are about to enter the job market.
Learn how to research your target salary, highlight your accomplishments and find the right words — and the confidence — to negotiate for better benefits and pay. Sign up for a facilitator-guided virtual workshop or use our Work Smart Online e-learning tool, which takes less than two hours to complete and can be done at your own pace — both are free!
Our innovative curricula are grounded in the latest research and offer best practices for navigating the complexities of job offers and promotion opportunities. The workshops help participants learn about:
- The gender pay gap
- Determining their personal value
- Setting their target salary and benefits
- Creating strategies – to build their pitch, deflect and respond persuasively
Negotiating increases your potential to earn more — and can make the difference for paying off loans, supporting your family, buying what you want and need and saving for the future.
No matter how you analyze it, the gender pay gap is real, persistent and harmful to women’s financial well-being.
Women working full time in the U.S. are paid 84% of what men earn. At the current rate of change, we won’t achieve pay equality until 2088.
AAUW’s report, The Simple Truth About the Gender Wage Gap, shows that a gap exists at all levels of work in almost every occupation. There is a gender pay gap in every state. It cuts across all age groups and demographics, widening significantly for women of color. The gap greets a woman as soon as she gets out of college and grows wider throughout her lifetime.