While salary might not be THE defining factor for employees, it surely counts as an important one and almost everyone at some point in time or other in their employment has faced the prospect of mustering the courage to ask for a bigger paycheck.

Have you been there? done that? or soon to be there? This step-by-step guide to negotiating a higher salary with your HR will be a good prep to go through before you go in for the big step.

1. Have self-belief (a lot of it!)

You deserve what you are asking for. More than your HR, you need to be convinced of your demand being justified. Psych your mind, have complete conviction in the worth of the services you have to offer being undervalued at this point. You don’t have to know how much to ask at this step, all you have to know is that you want and deserve more!