Overview

Job offer negotiation is a situation that all UCSF students and postdocs are almost guaranteed to encounter during their career. It's also the part of the job application process that they usually feel the least comfortable about. Join us for a lunch-and-learn workshop to ease some of your discomfort around negotiating so you can make sure you are asking for what you need and want to do your job the best. In this session, you will learn the process and norms for negotiating in the U.S., consider what you might want to negotiate for, and practice asking for it.

Registration opens on Handshake on October 20, 2026.

Who should attend: Students and postdocs who want to build some confidence around their negotiation skills. You are welcome whether or not you have experience negotiating, and whether or not you anticipate doing a negotiation soon!

Speaker

Ray Care, PhD - Program Director, Office of Career and Professional Development

Format

During this in-person workshop, we will be moving between short lecture sections and activities done both on your own and with other attendees. We will address questions collected anonymously during the session. No portion will be recorded.