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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here:

Thank you for your feedback. I understand that what I was asking for was way above my previous salary but I have read articles about negotiating so in an attempt to try to do that I may have put myself in a hole. I did state that I would be open to negotiation. I did not expect to have a "deal or no deal situation", this is technically my 2nd job.  I would be willing to take the job for the experience and yes it would be an increase in salary compared to what I was making. You live and learn I suppose. [/quote]

Unfortunately negotiating too hard can backfire, especially when you're sufficiently young/junior enough that you're largely interchangeable with a whole bunch of other applicants rather than an experienced person whose particular expertise they need. This is especially true when you do it at the beginning of the interview process rather than once you have an offer in hand. When you're at the beginning of the process, the prospective employer typically has very little invested in you, so it's easy to move on to another candidate if it seems like you'll be difficult to work with or if they think your bottom-line salary requirement will be more than they can pay. If you wait until you have an offer from them, you're in a much stronger position to negotiate because they've already put the effort into interviewing you, meeting to discuss candidates and decide to whom to extend an offer, their back-up candidates might have already moved on by the time you might turn down their offer, etc.

An employer is going to know that you're likely expecting to make more in your next job than in your prior one (although since you've had an extended period of unemployment, you're in a much weaker position here), so there's nothing shocking about a candidate asking for more in the new position. If I were you, I would have been upfront about my salary history and then asked for the position's salary range in the same communication, as a signal that I'm not just going to take whatever I'm offered and I'm deciding whether it's worth it for me to move forward as much as them. Once I had my offer in hand, that's when I would have pushed for a higher salary or other compensation.

I also agree with the others that your salary expectations seem too high, especially for a nonprofit. What kind of data did you find to support your expectation of mid-50s, given your experience level?[/quote]

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