Tips For Your Next Job Offer Evaluation

By Sharon Hamilton


It is exciting when a company makes an irresistible offer to you instead of you looking for the job. Such offers are very tempting and cause employees into accepting without a second thought. While some are rewarding, others lead to regrets several months or even weeks down the line. Experts recommend that you make a job offer evaluation to see the value you stand to get from the deal. Here are elements that will help you identify and safeguard your value.

Thoroughly review the operations of your target employers. The reputation, employee relations, salary scales and the position you are being offered, among others. The work environment should also be of interest alongside facilitation for responsibilities assigned. This ensures that you have full knowledge of what is expected by the time you sign the contract. You will be shielded from tempting offers that hide nasty conditions below.

Salary must be considered before accepting an invitation to join any company. The salary is only a figure but the position and the move must be worth. You could be offered a higher salary but be forced to live in an expensive city that drains it all. Consider the future as indicated in your current and the proposed contract. You need to get pure value in the long term.

What other benefits are on offer in the new position? Are the leave offers reasonable, will you be provided with a better health insurance cover, are there stocks that come with your position, what about pension, performance bonuses, and such other attractive perks. All these benefits should be added and compared to what you are enjoying or are slated to receive in future.

Each position comes with a particular level of commitment demanded. You might be required to work overtime, night shift, travel a lot and even be engaged during weekends. Such commitments could affect your relationships, family and even social life. The company should make necessary compensation for such inconvenience.

How will the position affect your career prospects? The perks may be attractive for now but hinder your future growth. It could be a complete shift in the industry where you work or are skilled. This may disrupt your progress by making you a misfit in another industry. Any move you make should only be to your favor.

Have you been assigned the value that you deserve? This can be ascertained from the perk that has been offered. This is the tricky part. Though you might have the money you are looking for, it might take away your freedom or even an opportunity to advance your skills. The money may deny you the chance to actualize other dreams or take you away from the important things in life. This value should be viewed in the long term.

Consider the requirements for taking up the new position and what it will take to retain it. Shifts in work places come with inconveniences that should be handled by the employer. If you have to breach the existing contract, there should be a provision for the employer to handle that. Will he also take care of moving costs and other inconveniences occasioned by taking up the new position? Such issues must be addressed in the evaluation.




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