Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels Career by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors Ask for the Raise, or Start Looking? Run This Playbook First When professionals decide they want to make more money, most assume there are only two options: ask for a raise or quit. Career coach Joyel Crawford, the Fairygodmentor, says the raise conversation and the job search are both negotiations. When professionals decide they want to make more money, most assume there are only two options: ask for a raise or quit. A raise conversation and a job search campaign are both negotiations.