Go over your personal checklist before saying 'yes' to tempting job offer

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | Date: August 23, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Career Mentor

Go over your personal checklist before saying 'yes' to tempting job offer

By MARGO FREY

Monday, August 23, 2004

The phone call you've been waiting for finally comes. You are offered the job. Do you say "yes" immediately?

Most career counselors would advise you to sleep on it.

Accepting a job is a serious decision. Most candidates spent fewer than three hours with staff members of the prospective employer during the interview process. That's not a lot of time to get first- hand information.

You need to slow down, to decide whether there is additional information about yourself, ...

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