What you earn now has a major impact on where you end up.
"You want to make sure you are being very focused on negotiating your best opportunities, because that will help determine what you're getting paid in future roles," certified financial planner Dawn Rapoport told Business Insider. "If you spend 10 years being undervalued, that doesn't set you up for the middle or later stages of your career, where you should hit peak earning power."
To get the offer you're looking for, avoid these common, yet costly, pitfalls: