Negotiating Your Career Success

Today's professionals understand that to achieve career success they need to know what they want and to be able to negotiate effectively to get it.

However, studies show that many people on their career journey are unclear about what they want and why they want it.

They are reluctant, or unable, to effectively advocate for themselves.

These issues can inhibit or derail a career journey, leading to dissatisfaction with roles, responsibilities, pay, and promotion.

Ultimately, it can lead to career frustration and burnout.

This on-campus, in-person course uses a range of interactive exercises, role plays, games, and simulations.

These activities engage students in uncovering their interests, priorities, and career directions and goals.

Students learn how to leverage their career assets, including their Harvard networks and career resources, to create effective negotiation opportunities.

Skills development includes strategies for empowerment and self-advocacy, approaches to identify and leverage sources of negotiation power, and tools to recognize and create career negotiation opportunities.

Students engage in exercises to develop and practice their own unique and authentic negotiation voice, putting their career journey on a path to success.