How to evaluate a job offer
Congratulations, you got the job! Now the hard part is to decide if you accept it or not. When an employer send a job offer to you, in essence, he has psychologically commited to you. Now, you need to figure out if the job is right for you, and we will try to help with that.
Receiving an offer represents that you passed the interview, so you, probably, in the employer mind are able to work in the company. When evaluating the job offer, you need to think about what matters to you in both your professional and private life.
Even when the salary is enough, you need to figure out if it's in line with the local market. It's also important to think about at the job satisfaction, because you will stay at work for the most part of your life. It's also important to be a cultural fit with the next job: you need to ask yourself if the job it's a place where you will be happy enough. While health benefits are tipically standard in all companies, if the employer wants you to work in his company you can negotiate additional paid time of.
If you are dealing with an intermediary (an HR administrator or consultant for example), you have to not only make requests, but also ask questions, and get other informations and ideas, because from here you will learn how to implement the "classic negotiation" with the employer.
Don't be critical or suspicious when questioning something about the offer and about what you want from your next job. There is no shame in declining a job offer if it's not the right fit, remember this.
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