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Madeline Mann

Author of "Reverse the Search" & Career Coach

Madeline Mann is a Job Search Strategist and HR Leader based in Los Angeles, CA. She is the best selling author of “Reverse the Search” & is known for turning job seekers into Job Shoppers. She has garnered an audience of millions of people and is a featured job search coach on Spotify & LinkedIn Learning. Mann’s job search coaching programs have led to thousands of success stories, and her work has been featured on ABC, Bloomberg, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Harvard Business Review, and more. Her YouTube channel has been named a “Top 10 YouTube Channel for Job Seekers” and a “Top 5 Career YouTube Channel”.

Education

  • MS in Organizational Psychology, USC
  • BA in Psychology, UC San Diego

Professional Achievements

  • Host of the "Job Shopper" reality show
  • Named as a LinkedIn Top Voice
  • Bestselling author of "Reverse the Search," published by Penguin Random House
  • LinkedIn Learning Instructor with 4 courses and 700,000+ learners
  • Featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and more

Favorite Piece of Advice

Being great at your job, and being great at job searching are two different skill sets. Take time to learn how to job search, and it will change the trajectory of your life!

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Forum Comments (2)

Tips on how to ask for a raise? I'm nervous!
The best way to ask for a raise is don't wait until a performance review cycle , but instead to ask your manager, “What is the path to get a raise?” This will help them tell you what skills you need to build, what numbers you need to hit, and what projects you need to be on. Write those down, work towards them, talk about them in your one-on-one meetings with your manager, and express that you are looking to get a raise.

It seems kind of funny that you need to tell your manager that you want more money, but they won't be thinking about it. Otherwise, they have their own things going on, and maybe they assume that you are perfectly satisfied and happy with where you're at. They wouldn't know unless you tell them. And so, co-create that plan with your manager so that you're never surprised when it comes to review time, whether or not you are going to get that raise.
What should I say when asked "what are your salary expectations?"
The way you respond is saying, “I'm looking for the best fit and overall package”, and asking if they have some sort of a range that they're working within. If they say no, and they insist on you giving a number, I recommend giving a researched range and positioning it that way. So, that can sound something like, “Based on the other jobs I have been looking at, I'm seeing a lot of the salaries range from X to Y. Is that what you're seeing in the market?” And notice that that framing makes it so you're not locked into that salary. You're not saying you need this salary, but you're just proposing a range.

And so, if you are wildly above what they're looking for, they might just tell you that right out of the gate. Maybe I was looking at the wrong cities, or my research is a bit off. Just make sure whatever range you say that the bottom number you say is actually more of like your middle, middle upper of your range, so you want to say a number that you would be excited to accept as your bottom number.

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