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Evaluating A Job Offer
By Kay LaRocca
The call came today that you were waiting for! It was the offer of employment. You are excited, but yet you know that you are faced with a difficult decision and must evaluate each offer carefully. Fortunately, most organizations will not expect you to accept or reject an offer on the spot. You probably will be given at least a week to make up your mind.
There are many issues to consider when assessing a job offer. Will the organization be a good place to work? Will the job be interesting? How are opportunities for advancement? Is the salary fair? Does the employer offer good benefits? If you have not already figured out exactly what you want, the following discussion may help you develop a set of criteria for judging job offers, whether you are starting a career, reentering the labor force after a long absence, or planning a career change.
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Why Some People Always Succeed At Work
By Kevin Donlin
Some people always seem to get faster promotions, make more money and generally stand out on the job, in any economy.
Why is that?
While there’s no one thing that will guarantee career success for everyone, there are three things you can start doing today to make yourself more valuable – to any employer, in any industry.
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How to Get Yourself "Chera-Picked"
Perhaps you've heard of him? His name is Jean Carlos Chera, and he's just 9 years old. Despite his age and the fact that he lives in a small town in Brazil, he's been offered a contract by Manchester United, one of the most elite teams in the world of soccer, and a number of other clubs are pursuing him, as well.
How did this happen? Well, Jean Carlos is a soccer "wonder-kid;" he can do things with a soccer ball that even many adults only dream of. He would have simply been a local hero, however, and languished in obscurity had it not been for the Internet. He exploded on the international soccer scene because a video of his play appeared on his team's Web-site. There, it was seen by a reporter from an Argentine newspaper who wrote a story about it. That, in turn, prompted some soccer fans to take a look at the video, and they then e-mailed it to their friends who passed it on to their friends and before long, the video had circled the globe online. The rest, as they say, is history. The soccer career of young Jean Carlos has been launched. All because of a little networking and distributing of his information through the Internet.
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Career Insights
Volume 3, Issue 1
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