YMC Salary Negotiation Skills Workshop 2026

Join the YMC for an interactive workshop that gives you all the tools you’ll need to negotiate your salary, with expert career advice from Samantha Lydon, and hear practical tips and techniques from your peers. 

Salary negotiations can seem difficult, especially in the early stages of your career. This event will aim to make the process less daunting.

Samantha Lydon will share her expert advice on how Young Members can negotiate their salary, and our panel of young professionals will walk through their experiences of the process throughout their careers so far.

As part of this session, everyone attending will have the opportunity to: 

• Get practical advice on how to approach the topic 
• Ask any specific questions they might have about salary negotiations  
• Work in groups and apply the tips and techniques learnt during the session in a safe environment  

Learning objectives

• Negotiation skills – tools and techniques that can be applied to salary negotiations but also more broadly in their role
• Practical advice and best practice on how to prepare for a salary negotiation with their manager
• How to benchmark the value you bring to your employer

Panel

• Samantha Lydon ACII
• Josh Watkins
  Other speaker(s) to follow…

The workshop will be followed by networking drinks & refreshments.

Please note that this session will not be recorded, so playback will not be available to members who do not attend the live event.