How to Negotiate a 'Best and Final’ Job Offer

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  Here's your Money Briefing for Tuesday, May 27th.

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  I'm Arianna Aspuru for The Wall Street Journal.

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  After what seems like endless applications, rounds of interviews, and reference checks,

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  you might be tempted to just take that so-called best and final job offer.

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  But don't be fooled.

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  That doesn't mean that nothing is negotiable.

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  The salary may be set in stone,

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  but job seekers should know there may be some other things where you find a little wiggle room.

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  We'll talk with Wall Street Journal on-the-clock columnist Callum Borshers about what you can ask for when what's spelled out in your offer letter isn't enough.

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  Stay with us after the break.

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  Despite a tough job market, you might still be able to negotiate your way into a better offer.

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  Wall Street Journal columnist Callum Borshers recently wrote about how to do it, and he joins me.

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  Callum, when a company tells you that this is their best and final offer, do they really mean it?

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  Well, they might really mean it when it comes to your base salary.

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  But as I discovered, there are sometimes other things that you can negotiate.

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  but you might not even think to ask.

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  And so that was part of what was interesting talking to job seekers or coaches or recruiters about saying like,

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  yes, there are things on the margins and we can talk about what some of those things are.

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  Yeah.

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  I feel like when I first started working, my understanding was that I have to negotiate.

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