StretchLearn Course

Get Paid What You Are Worth

A practical system for researching, framing, and winning better compensation — for any job or raise conversation.

Beginner9 hrSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

This course equips early-career and mid-level professionals with a step-by-step system for negotiating job offers and raises. You will build a salary evidence file, practice anchoring and counter-offer scripts, and evaluate benefits and equity beyond base pay. Every tactic is grounded in behavioural economics and real hiring-manager psychology.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

01

Research comparable market salaries using at least three authoritative data sources

02

Calculate your personal value case using the STAR-Value formula

03

Apply the anchoring principle to set a first-number advantage in any negotiation

04

Respond to common pushback tactics without accepting the first offer

05

Evaluate the full total-compensation package including equity, bonus, and benefits

06

Negotiate a raise with a sitting employer using the 90-day evidence method

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Market Research and Benchmarking

Build a salary evidence file using reliable data sources so you walk into any negotiation with numbers, not guesses.

3 lessons
The Three-Source Rule for Salary DataContent · 45 min
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Building Your Salary Evidence FileContent · 45 min
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Understanding Employer Pay BandsContent · 45 min
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Module 2

Module 2: Framing Your Value Case

Turn your work history into a compelling quantified argument for higher compensation using the STAR-Value formula and proven framing techniques.

3 lessons
The STAR-Value FormulaContent · 45 min
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Positioning Yourself Against the MarketContent · 45 min
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Handling the Salary History QuestionContent · 45 min
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Module 3

Module 3: The Negotiation Conversation

Execute the actual offer and raise conversations using anchoring, silence, and scripted counter-offer responses.

3 lessons
Anchoring and the First Number AdvantageContent · 45 min
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Handling Pushback and Common ObjectionsContent · 45 min
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Closing the Offer and Getting It in WritingContent · 45 min
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Module 4

Module 4: Raises, Total Compensation, and Long-Term Strategy

Apply negotiation skills to raise conversations, evaluate equity and benefits correctly, and build a multi-year compensation growth plan.

3 lessons
Negotiating a Raise with Your Current EmployerContent · 45 min
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Evaluating Total Compensation Beyond Base SalaryContent · 45 min
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Building a Multi-Year Compensation Growth PlanContent · 45 min
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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

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