Weigh your job offer – Part 1
Sunday, June 8, 2008 8:52First of all, my apologies, I’m supposed to publish this article yesterday.
So from today onwards, I’ll be sharing some tips for you to consider before accepting or rejecting a job offer.
As I mentioned in my last article, in CMS, you are actually marketing yourself 
and to effectively make a wise choice on your job offer, you can consider these 3 points:
1) Your career goal
2) The company’s
vision & direction
3) Compensation
In this article, I’ll explain point 1); your career goal.
Let us step back to the past and firstly recalled your intention when you started to look for a job. You might want to become an engineer, a doctor, an accountant or even a administrative clerk or whatever you want to become, everyone may have their own unique intention and it is very important for you to really understand your own intention before making the decision to accept or reject a job offer. If the job offer fits your intention, then the decision for you to make will be much easier but don’t finalize the decision yet before considering the points 2) & 3).
Conflict will only pop out when the job offer you received does not fit your intention but you are desperate for a job. There are some cases where the job offer is not the same as the one you applied or interviewed. Maybe your future employer thinks that you are not suitable for the job you have applied for but your skill or experience fit another job vacancy that is available in the company. To resolve this conflict, you have 2 options:
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You can just consider points 2) & 3) and make a rational decision or
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Just blankly reject the job offer.
Yes, you have the right to reject it but before doing that, you must know points 2) & 3) well enough. Maybe there is a blessing in disguise, so it is worth considering them. I’ll be sharing points 2) & 3) next week.
Till then, take care.
Regards
Yusoff
