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Negotiation Skills for Recruiters
Closing great candidates takes more than a strong offer. It takes strategy, clarity, and momentum at every stage. This learning path equips you with end-to-end techniques to navigate the emotional, practical, and political complexities of job offer negotiations. From uncovering what candidates truly value, to aligning hiring teams, managing timelines, and sealing the deal with confidence, you’ll learn how to avoid common pitfalls and secure “yes” with impact and intent.
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Presenters Presented By
Andrew MacAskill
SocialTalent Expert
We are delighted to have Andrew as one of our experts on the SocialTalent platform. A leader within their field, Andrew delivers actionable and insightful content that enables organizations to build better workplaces. This is essential viewing for any SocialTalent user.
Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the Learning Path you will be able to:
Develop a strategic negotiation mindset that treats every candidate interaction as an opportunity to build trust, manage tension, and create collaborative partnerships throughout the entire hiring process.
Proactively influence candidate readiness by maintaining momentum, uncovering true motivations, and preventing common derailment factors like delays, doubt, and hidden decision-makers from disrupting the hiring journey.
Achieve internal hiring team alignment by managing expectations, shifting conversations from cost to value, and using market data strategically to create clarity before offers are extended.
Master the art of offer presentation and closing by testing candidate readiness, delivering offers with maximum impact, and implementing post-offer engagement strategies that secure lasting commitment before the start date.
Missions in this Learning Path
Great negotiators don’t just react. They anticipate, align, and lead with intent. Getting in the Negotiation Zone is about adopting the mindset of a strategic partner: one who sees negotiation not as a final step, but as a thread woven through every interaction. In this mission, you’ll learn how to manage tension, guide conversations, and build trust on both sides of the table, so closing great candidates becomes a confident, collaborative process.
Great offers aren’t just made; they’re built, moment by moment, throughout the hiring journey. Negotiation Throughout the Hiring Process shifts your perspective from last-minute deal-making to proactive influence, showing how every conversation - from first contact to final decision - shapes a candidate’s readiness to say yes. In this mission, you’ll learn how to maintain momentum, uncover what really matters, and align internally to create offers that land with clarity and conviction.
Securing a “yes” isn’t luck; it’s leadership. Offer Management and Closing is about turning positive intent into lasting commitment by managing the final stretch of the hiring process with precision and care. In this mission, you’ll learn how to test readiness, present offers with impact, and build post-offer engagement that reduces risk and seals the deal - before Day One ever arrives.
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