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Negotiating for two

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There is no universally accepted method for when and how to broach the two-body problem with recruiters. Karen Kaplan details the options.

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Kaplan, K. Negotiating for two. Nature 466, 1145–1146 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7310-1145a

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