Tips For Your Next Job Offer Evaluation

By Sharon Hamilton


It is exciting when other companies in your field begin to notice your capability and make advances. It may come immediately you get a new position of years into your contract. It may also come from entities you never thought would hunt for you. The most prudent thing to do is conduct a thorough job offer evaluation. It helps you avoid mistakes that will be regrettable in future. What should you consider?

Conduct a thorough research of your potential employer to give you an idea of where you are going. Before employers make offers to potential employees, they thoroughly research on their skills, current position, salary and even performance. The research should focus on work environment, compensation, work ethics, culture and treatment of employees. By the time you become an employee who can be hired and fired at will, you should do it out of full knowledge.

Salary and wages are important considerations for any employee. You will be motivated to work if your daily engagement pays your bills. The salaries and entitlements should be within industry standards. They should also afford you a lifestyle that is within the scale of a person in the position you are being offered. After expenditure, your financial position should be better than your previous one. Consider the cost of living if you are to move to a new location.

Are there benefits that are attacked to your new position? What are the terms of your leave? How much are you covered in health insurance? Will you get stocks as compensation? Is pension reasonable? Are you entitled to performance bonuses? What is unique about the payment structure you will get? Add the benefits and ensure that they are worth your move.

The commitment required for your new job is also an incentive to take it up or discouragement. There are positions that are extremely demanding of your time and resources. You might lack the opportunity to advance your education, be with family or even have a social life. What are the terms of working overtime and weekends? With such considerations, you can make a better decision.

What career advancement opportunities that this new position offer? While an offer may be attractive at the moment it may hinder your career growth. There offers that require you to shift from your current industry and begin new life elsewhere. Weigh your options and see the value that a particular position adds to your career progression.

Have the new potential employer assigned you the value you deserve? The perk that will be offered determines this. For instance, you may get a lot of money but have no freedom to perform your duties. You might be denied an opportunity towards self-actualization. Consider the long term value in terms of responsibilities assigned and who you report to.

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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