5 signs asking you to turn down the job offer
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What a great feeling to get a job offer . Particularly after a long, restless search. Finally another employer has perceived that you have the right stuff. Your feelings of relief and fervour can be huge.
In any case, once you've finished negotiating the offer, take a deep breath before really accepting. Is your gut telling you something you would prefer fundamentally not to hear? Like maybe the individual you'll be reporting to rubbed you the wrong way some way or another. Or, on the other hand traffic while in transit to the office was path worse than you'd imagined, making your drive any worse than expected.
These are five signs telling you to pass on a job
1. At lunch, you had the chance to meet some potential colleagues who report to your imminent boss. When you ask that they describe her management style, they hesitated and struggled to pass on any positives.
2. The employer is searching for somebody who exceeds expectations at public speaking or requires some other skill that is not strength for you, and you are not intrigued by developing that skill area.
3. Neither formal or informal mechanisms for training have all the earmarks of being set up, and the job would include a steep learning curve for you.
4. The salary offered is a step up for you however altogether below market for the job, and the possibility of gaining salary increases is not clear.
5. Compensation is vigorously weighted with commissions and additionally bonuses and the goals for accomplishing adequate compensation don't appear to be reasonable.
Be ruthless—yet diplomatic—about negotiating assignments that adjust to where you need to go next in your career. Otherwise the only stretching you'll be doing is stretching yourself too thin.
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In any case, once you've finished negotiating the offer, take a deep breath before really accepting. Is your gut telling you something you would prefer fundamentally not to hear? Like maybe the individual you'll be reporting to rubbed you the wrong way some way or another. Or, on the other hand traffic while in transit to the office was path worse than you'd imagined, making your drive any worse than expected.
These are five signs telling you to pass on a job
1. At lunch, you had the chance to meet some potential colleagues who report to your imminent boss. When you ask that they describe her management style, they hesitated and struggled to pass on any positives.
2. The employer is searching for somebody who exceeds expectations at public speaking or requires some other skill that is not strength for you, and you are not intrigued by developing that skill area.
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4. The salary offered is a step up for you however altogether below market for the job, and the possibility of gaining salary increases is not clear.
5. Compensation is vigorously weighted with commissions and additionally bonuses and the goals for accomplishing adequate compensation don't appear to be reasonable.
Be ruthless—yet diplomatic—about negotiating assignments that adjust to where you need to go next in your career. Otherwise the only stretching you'll be doing is stretching yourself too thin.
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