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BEP 100 ADV (Study Notes) - Salary Negotiation
This Business English Podcast lesson focuses on the final stage of a job interview: the salary negotiation.
For salary negotiation, preparation - doing your research - is obviously important. Knowledge, however, is not enough. We also need to have the confidence to broach, or bring up, the subject and the tools to bargain up the initial or first offer in order to reach a satisfactory compromise. You will only get what you deserve if you ask for it. So in today’s episode, we’ll focus the skills you need to successfully talk money.
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BEP 99 ADV (Study Notes) - Negotiation Strategy 2
This is the second in a two-part advanced business English series on negotiation strategy.
In the first episode, management consultant Bryan Fields discussed the basics of making a deal. We learned how to avoid some top common mistakes and we reviewed important vocabulary, such as BATNA, bottom line, bargaining chip, win-win, and zone of possible agreement.
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BEP 98 ADV (Study Notes) - Negotiation Strategy 1
Today’s Business English Podcast is the first in a two-part series on the fundamentals of negotiation strategy. Over the coming months we’ll explore the language of negotiating in English in a series of podcasts that look at several typical business negotiations and the language used in each stage of the negotiating process.
We’ll be hearing an interview with experienced management consultant Brian Fields. Brian discusses key concepts and important strategic considerations for negotiating in English.
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BEP 97 ADV - Vocabulary: Talking about the Economy
In this Business English Podcast lesson,we’ll be studying some phrases and vocabulary that you can use to discuss the economy and economic issues, including voicing and reassuring concerns.
BEP 95 ADV (Study Notes & Activities) - Resolving Conflict 2
This is the second in a two-part series on resolving conflict, in which we’ve been focusing on solving everyday disagreements in the office. Ben, a new training specialist at a manufacturing company, feels that he is doing an unfair share (that is, too much) of the work in his department. Gerry, Ben’s manager, talks with him to solve the problem.
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