Name: Should I Take This Job? | What to Consider Before Accepting a Job Offer | 6 Questions to Ask
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Hey, ambitious professionals, it's linda Rainer of linda Rainer dot com guiding you to a career in life you'll truly enjoy.

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Now if you are in a situation where you are thinking about accepting a job offer.

Or you're just thinking about a certain type of job that you might want to pursue and you're not really sure whether it's the right one for you.

I'm going to walk you through my best tips on what you need to consider questions that you need to ask yourself on whether or not this job that's available to you is the right one for you and whether you should accept it and move forward with it.

So let's dive right in as a career strategist.

I've had the honor of being able to help numerous ambitious corporate professionals just like you to land their dream job offers.

And so if this is something that you're interested in working with me one on one, I can give you details about that.

Now, I understand how hard it is to really know if the job that you've just been offered or a job opportunity that you're being presented with is the right one for you.

So I've come up with a list of six qui questions that you really want to ask yourself before you take the plunge and sign the offer and accept it.

So let's dive right in question number one to ask yourself is are the duties and responsibilities in line with what I want to do.

The most important thing about a job offer is not the compensation, not the benefits or the location.

Although all those aspects are extremely, but what's really most important is the job itself, you need to ask yourself what exactly are the tasks and responsibilities that I'll be doing on a day to day basis?

Do they sound like they're going to help me grow my breadth of knowledge and experience?

Are these tasks and responsibilities going to give me a good foundation for the next position that I want to get into.

These are extreme important questions to ask because if a job is extremely repetitive and you're someone who does not enjoy doing repetitive tasks, then for sure you're going to be extremely bored and frustrated with this job very quickly and then you're gonna end up wanting to find a new one.

But of course that's going to leave a black mark on your resume if you end up quitting too soon or if you end up getting laid off or fired because because you weren't performing because you didn't enjoy the role.

But it all stems from the question of what are the responsibility and tasks and you being sure that you understand and know what you have to do on a day to day basis.

Question number two to ask yourself is does the job give me experience skills and knowledge that I can gain and leverage in the future if you are a true ambitious professional at heart then you are someone who does not want to end up in a dead end job.

And so this is a very important question to ask yourself because you have to understand whether this job that you're accepting is a dead end job, is it one where there's really no growth, there's nothing that you can really leverage to move forward in the future.

You have to know that and you have to be honest with yourself about that.

So the role that you are looking for, if you're wanting growth is one where you're going to learn key skills that are going to help you with more senior level positions later on.

So key skills, whether it's technical, whether they're soft skill related, whether the skills in terms of soft skills are teaching you presentation skills, communication skills, collaboration skills, management skills, those are all extremely important and will be leveraged for the next future role and in terms of technical skills, you want to make sure that you're not just learning only one type of technical task and that's it and that's all you do every day all day, it should be one where hopefully you're gaining a variety of technical skills and you're able to specialize and hone in on them, so that when the time comes and when you're ready for that next position, you can take those hands on skills and apply them to the future role, so you want to make sure that this opportunity offers you that question number three to ask yourself, is is is the hiring manager or the person I'll be working with, someone I respect and seems respectable.

Now I know that this question can be a little bit harder to answer, a little bit harder to gauge because obviously you have not yet worked with the hiring manager, but this is where your intuition in your own inner guidance has to play a role and to help you leverage your intuition, there are some tactical things that you can do.

One thing is to look at linkedin, when we look at an individual's linkedin profile, we can potentially gain some perspective on that individual's personality or ambitions just by seeing how they've progressed in their career.

So assuming that their linkedin profile exists and that it's complete, take a look at this hiring managers linkedin profile and look to see if there's someone who is on the path that you want to be on.

So maybe they've progressed gradually over the years and they've taken on more challenging opportunities and they seem to have done well for themselves throughout their careers, then there's a good chance that this person could be a good role model for you, we don't know for sure, but they could be a good role model for you, if that's also what you want for yourself, if you want to be able to learn from someone who is progressive, who has the ability to take on new, challenging opportunities and excel at them.

This is a clue to whether that person is the right person for you in terms of being you manager now, on the other hand, just because maybe they haven't progressed all that quickly and they've stayed in the same role for many years on their linkedin profile.

If that's the case, that doesn't necessarily mean they're not ambitious and that they're not motivated to do well, it could mean that for whatever reason they've done very well in that position and they have been able to just stay in that position.

It's really hard to gauge from that perspective, where that person's mindset is whether they plan to move out of that role eventually or if they're planning to stay in that role continuously.

I mean there's a lot to learn from that person as well, knowing that if they've been in that manager job for a while, then you know that you'll be able to learn a lot from them for that particular role that you're going to be working for them in, but you just want to get a sense.

So all it is is just take a look at their linkedin profile, see how they've progressed, check them out and then you'll be able to make your own call as to how you feel about them now, if looking at their Linkedin profile isn't all that helpful.

Then another thing that you can do is to reflect back on the meetings that you've had with them.

This is again where your intuition and your inner guidance comes in, reflect back on the conversations you had.

Did you feel that this manager was someone who is well informed, who was able to give you good information about the organization about the role and showed a genuine interest in you and working with you.

Did you feel a sense of, hey, I could work with this person, I feel good about this person or did you feel differently?

Because honestly our initial gut reactions and feelings can be very telling of what's to come.

So you want to trust in yourself and you want to make sure that this person is somebody that I truly feel I can work with or even if they're not going to be my best friend, I can respect them and I'll be able to do the job.

But if you're finding that you're having a really bad feeling about this person, something is off.

It just doesn't feel like they're being genuine.

They may be hiding something maybe they're wanting to hire you because they're not able to keep the people in this role because the people in this role just can't stand them and for whatever reason you're getting a bit of that vibe listen to that?

Just trust yourself and really feel your way through this question?

Moving on to question number four is to ask yourself, is the company anyone that I can see myself working at from a culture, people, environment and distance perspective.

Every organization has their own culture, their own environment, their own type of people, personalities.

And so obviously none of these are things that you can control, but these are things that you want to be aware of and prepare yourself for before accepting and going into the job.

So for example, from a culture and environment standpoint is this company, the type of company where collaboration is nurtured and working together and open communication is nurtured or is it one where they respect individual contribution.

So more so a type of company where you put your head down, you do the job and you're gonna be rewarded for that.

You really want to understand the dynamics of what your team is going to be like from that perspective and more so just the overall company, knowing what their culture work environment is like, is going to help you to understand whether it's the right type of environment for you.

So obviously this is another one that's hard to figure out, but you just have to base it back on your reflections of the people that you've talked to.

So think back to those interactions that you had during the interview process with some of the employees at the company and ask yourself, do these people seem like people that I can get along with?

Do I feel like I can work alongside this particular person and that particular person, Does it seem like a friendly environment for me where I feel comfortable?

Obviously it's hard to know fully, but if you spend a little bit of time just asking yourself and leaning into whether that's a yes or a no, you'll know the answer pretty quickly.

For example, I knew someone who took a job offer that was given to her because she was tired of her current existing job and she wanted out and there were some red flags that she had experienced through the interview process.

She knew that it wasn't necessarily going to be the same environment that she had before, but she didn't realize that it was actually much worse than what she had before.

What she found was that the work environment that she was in was one that was very much a Gentleman's club or boys club.

I don't know what you would call it, but essentially it was one where she just did not feel included and she kind of felt that way, even in the interview process, even though they wanted to hire her, she got this vibe that it wasn't one that she was going to love, she wasn't as excited for it.

And honestly those are the types of feelings that you want to tap into.

Do you feel like it's a place that you can join?

Just Something spark within you that makes you really want to take on this role.

If you don't get those feelings listen to them, this is all part of the questioning process.

Question # five is the pay in line with what I'm wanting to make right now.

Now I've talked a lot about the job and what you're gonna do and making sure that you feel comfortable with people in the environment and all of that.

But obviously compensation is another key factor because if you are going to be underpaid in this position, then you're going to be underpaid for your next position, likely what you make right now or what you make next is going to determine the trajectory of what you're going to make later.

And so you want to make sure that you're not going to be underpaid that what they're offering you is in line with your skill set, your abilities, your qualifications for that particular position.

So just do a check the way you would do it is to ask around if you have friends in the same field, just get a gauge in a sense as to what is the market rate for someone like yourself, Talk to recruiters, do your research, find out what is it in your local area, companies are willing to pay for people with your skill set for that particular type of role.

You want to do all this research and understand if you're going to be making what you deserve and as long as that's there then you're good to go now.

If you are finding that the role is underpaying you and it's offering you less than what you would expect for your skill set and ability and in your local area, then this is the time before accepting the job offer to negotiate.

And so if this is something that you're curious to know more about, you can check out my other video on how to negotiate your salary, go through that, take some notes and practice your approach to negotiation.

So the final question to ask yourself is is there a clear path for development and growth beyond this role?

Now you may think this one is similar to the other questions that we've already asked before on growth and development.

But what I'm trying to say here is you want to ask yourself if this role that you're going to be accepting is pretty much the only type of role that's really available, there's really nothing else beyond it.

So for example, if you're taking on an extremely specialized position and you know that there really isn't growth beyond that position, this is the highest that you can go.

And this is the most specialized you can be and you'll still be able to find other jobs in other companies that are the same type of position, but they're not gonna be beyond this, then you just have to ask yourself if that's what you want.

If you like being extremely specialized for example, I know that certain people are very technical, whether it's in certain fields like engineering or computers and they're very specialized in their specific areas.

If you're okay with being specialized in staying in that type of role consistently, then go ahead and accept the position if that's what you're looking for.

But if you're looking for a role that's going to pivot into more management opportunities, more responsibilities in different ways rather than just the technical, then you really want to ask yourself if this is the type of position that you're wanting to take because if it's not going to give you those types of skills and it's only going to focus on a certain type of skill set for you, then it can be difficult to make that move later on.

So you just want to ask yourself, is there a clear path, can I see where I'm going to be after this position?

If I can't see it, if you can't see the next role and what that would look like after this position, then you want to reevaluate and just make sure for yourself, whether it's the right position for you, okay?

So there you have it, those are my six questions that you really want to ask yourself before accepting a new job offer or considering a new opportunity and hopefully these will help you to make your decision.

Now if you're currently on the market and you have not yet gotten your job offer and you are wanting to get one on one professional help from me, feel free to reach out, head on over to my website, linda rainer dot com slash standout.

Get hired, breathe through the page, fill in the application form and from there if it seems like we're a match, one of my team members will be reaching out to you directly.

I also have free resources available to you.

If you're not ready to work with me one on one, you can definitely check out my free interview strategy workshop which the link is in the description box down below.

Or you can also check out my free resume mastery workshop where you can learn some tips on how to create an attractive compelling resume for the jobs that you're applying for.

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