How to Choose Between Job Offers - WWBFD?
By Kevin Donlin | July 9th, 2009
Here’s a tricky question from a client that I got by email today …
Dear Kevin,
I need some advice: ABC Co. contacted me asking me if I am still interested in the job offering in NY. The job offers maximum $34,000 but salary could be lower. I would be working from 10 to 8 every day and every other weekend I get off. If I do get this position, I would have to move to NY with higher taxes and more expensive to live in NY than NJ.
I know someone who works at XYZ Co. and they mentioned that they only recruit internally for managers. Therefore, they would help me by starting at $10.50 an hour as a team leader, which could lead into management at some point of time.
What would be the better job to take?
I know that I would be struggling in NY if I was living on my own. I also know that the economy is terrible and many employers are laying people off.
Could you give me your suggestions and reasons behind it?
Dave In New Jersey
Here’s my reply to Dave:
Decisions like this that seem overwhelming lose most of their complexity when you get them out of your head, where they’re maddenly hard to analyze, and down on paper, where they’re defined in black and white.
The best way I’ve found to make this sort of decision is to use the “Ben Franklin” approach.When Ben Franklin was confronted with a decision, so they say, he would draw a line down a sheet of paper. On the left side, he would write, “Reasons For” and on the right side, he would write “Reasons Against.”
Write down all the reasons for and against taking any job you’re considering.Then … do NOTHING. Sleep on it for 24 hours. When you come back the next day, the answer should be very clear to you.
What do you think? Am I on the right track or on drugs? How do you make decisions when it comes to choosing between employers? Please comment below!
And, if you’re in the job market and haven’t done so already, grab your free copy of our Guerrilla Job Search Secrets audio.
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