Help! Should I leverage offers from recruiters to ask for a raise?

Did you ever want to be a personal-finance advice columnist? Well, here’s your chance.

In Money’s “Readers to the Rescue” department, we publish questions from readers seeking help with sticky financial situations, along with advice from other readers on how to solve those problems. Here’s our latest reader question:

Is it OK to use recruitment offers to push for a raise even if I don't want to leave my current job and know my company can't afford to pay me more right now?

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