Rodney Tippit has been in a position that requires a great deal of
negotiating for many years. He has been a manager and a buyer in the
furniture business for over 25 years. For most of his career, he applied
his talents in the state of Texas, which is where he was born and
raised. More recently, he has been working for Bob's Discount Furniture
in Manchester, Connecticut. He holds the position of case goods buyer,
and a great deal is expected of him due to his track record of success.
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For
a buyer like Rodney Tippit, negotiation skills are of tantamount
importance. However, the art of negotiation is something that we should
all master to one degree or another, and you should begin to develop as a
negotiator as soon you can. From the first moment that you have some
money in your pocket to spend, you are invariably going to find yourself
in negotiations, even if they are on a very small level. For example,
if you go to a comic book or trading card show as a young person, you
are going to see price tags on the things that interest you. However,
those numbers are not set in stone. Many parents will guide their
children toward interactions with vendors and give them negotiating
tips, because they understand the value of negotiation skills. When you
have a bit of negotiating experience under your belt as a child, you can
build on these talents as you get older and the stakes get higher.
Once
you are ready to enter the workplace as a young adult, you are going to
have many decisions to make. If you graduate from college and the
skills that you acquire are in some demand, you may have multiple job
offers. This can also be the case if you have accumulated a certain
amount of experience in a particular area, even if you never went to
college. It can be intimidating to negotiate when you are looking for a
job, but you may be in a position to do just that. You should probably
aim high when you are asked about your salary expectations. If you
really want a job and you come in at a rock-bottom level, it can take
years to get what you could have gotten from the start if you had simply
negotiated a higher entry-level salary. Your negotiation abilities can
also help you get raises, promotions, additional perks, or a better job
with a different company.
Rodney Tippit is a master negotiator who
has decades of experience getting the best possible value for the
companies that he has represented. You may never be asked to negotiate
on this level, but good negotiating skills can be invaluable in many
different areas of your life.
