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[quote=Anonymous]I have received an offer of employment from the Federal Government.  The salary offer is about a 5% increase over my current salary.  I would like to try to negotiate a higher starting salary.  My reasoning is (aside from the obvious--I want more money :) ):  I have not received my salary review for the current year yet (done in July) but it is generally 3-5%, so I am currently due a raise. I haven't completely compared all the other benefits yet, but I do know I will receive less vacation days in the new job. My understanding with the current state of the Feds, I may not get an increase for a while once taking the job so I want to get more to begin with.  Additionally there is some room in the pay range.

Can you give advice on negotiating salary with the Federal Government?  If it helps, this is a direct hire position so I don't think there is a candidate right behind me if I decline the position, but I could be wrong.  And I don't plan on declining the position.  I would take it as is but I was really hoping for a little more money.  [/quote]

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