The Hiring Game Is Rigged: Here's How It Actually Works
The person across the table has run thousands of these conversations. You've run a handful. It's time to close that gap.
Join us for 60 minutes with a former Head of Global Recruiting on what really happens behind the scenes of a job offer, and how to negotiate yours with confidence.
Free to attend · Live online · Replay + free perks for everyone who registers
There's a reason the first offer is never the best one.
Recruiters negotiate for a living. You do it once every few years, if you're lucky, and usually with your rent riding on the outcome.
That imbalance is exactly why most people accept the first number, or push back so hard they risk the offer altogether.
Here's the part nobody tells you: the system has rules, and once you know them, you can work inside them, calmly and without conflict, to get what you're actually worth.
Yes, Show Me How: Register FreeIn 60 minutes, you'll learn:
- How offers actually get built: the budget, approvals, and internal politics behind every number a recruiter gives you.
- Why the first offer is rarely the real one: and the insider signals that tell you when there’s more on the table.
- Negotiation scripts that work: techniques drawn from over 75,000 offer negotiations, adapted for you to use immediately.
- How to ask without risking the offer: the difference between pushing back and burning a bridge, and how to stay on the right side of it.
- Where candidates leave the most money on the table: the 5- and 6-figure gains people miss simply because nobody told them to ask.
Whether you have an offer in hand, an interview coming up, or you're just planning ahead, this session is for you.
Reserve Your Spot, It's FreeMeet Your Speaker
John Gates
Founder, Salary Coach Academy · Author, Act Your Wage
A world-class pay negotiation expert, John Gates is a veteran corporate recruiting leader, best-selling author of Act Your Wage, and creator of Salary Coach Academy.
A former Head of Global Recruiting for multiple Fortune 500 companies, John has trained hundreds of recruiters and overseen more than 75,000 job offer negotiations during his career. Today, he helps corporate professionals comfortably and safely negotiate their next pay package using insider techniques drawn from more than 20 years on the corporate side of the hiring table.
His clients often uncover 5- and 6-figure gains they might otherwise have left on the table, without damaging relationships or putting opportunities at risk.
Show up. Leave with more than notes.
Everyone who attends live gets the replay and live Q&A access, plus:
1 Month Free Access to Candoorai
Awarded to the most engaged attendee on the night, so you can put everything into practice the same evening.
Full session replay
Can’t make the whole session? Registered attendees get the recording.
Live Q&A access
Bring your questions about your offer, your counter, or your next move. Ask them directly.
(Perks are for registered attendees only, so grab your seat.)
Claim My Seat + PerksThe Details
Date
Friday, 4th September 2026
Time
6:00pm BST
Length
60 minutes (including live Q&A)
Where
Online, join from anywhere
Cost
Free
Seats are limited. The next offer won't wait.
Someone is about to hand you a number and hope you don't ask questions. On 4 September, learn how to ask the right ones, live, free, and in 60 minutes.
Brought to you by Candoorai, the AI career intelligence platform helping UK job seekers get seen, get shortlisted, and get hired.