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Negotiate a good severance deal before you accept a job offer

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Overview You don't have to skirt the issue of severance when you negotiate a job offer. Here are a few tricks to help you get ready to tackle the subject during your next interview.

Given today's job market instability, more and more employees are wondering about future severance packages while interviewing for a job. After all, the days of working five years, 10 years, or more for a company are pretty much gone. Just look back over your own work history--it's likely that your employment tenure has gotten shorter over the past decade. It only takes that first layoff experience to make you think that you should have given more thought to severance compensation before you took the job to begin with.

Hiring managers understand that applicants are concerned about job stability, and career experts say you shouldn't be shy about bringing up the severance issue during job interviews. These pointers will help you prepare to negotiate for a good severance package the next time you're called in for an interview.

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