By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

A woman wrote to me asking whether I thought this was going to be the right job for her. Here is what I told her was the way she can evaluated for herself.

Give Me One Good Reason Why I Should Increase The Offer?

I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, the head coach for JobSearch.Community, a site with curated information that you can watch, listen to or read that will help you find work more quickly. 

So, let me just start by saying you have to ask yourself the question, what’s most important to me in the next job or organization? What will I need to see or hear to believe it’s the right choice for me? And, in this case, she was reached out to, may have been recruited by LinkedIn or employee referral. It’s not clear there, but they reached out to her. So, they found a resume profile, something online and reached out.

So, going on the interview, once you know what’s important to you in the next job or organization and how to evaluate it, what you’re able to do is dissect the roles proposed and the expectations that they have. Now, I picked up from what she wrote that I haven’t said yet that she’s interested in the job but is concerned that their expectations are more than she can fulfill because she’s got other responsibilities. And, thus, as you get to the offer phase, as they extend the offer to you, you have to . . . I’m going to suggest that you go in there and try and win the job and get the most amount of money possible and then pause for a second and say, thank you so much for making the offer.

I want to cover a couple of things with you. And then you start talking about your expectations and your requirements. And if they rescind the offer or say that they can’t fulfill them, that this is what we need, then you can make the right choice for you.

What often happens is inexperienced job hunters go into the people-pleasing scenario and try to win the job without adequately dissecting whether or not it’s a proper fit. And that’s really what’s been happening with this person. She went on the interview.

It’s been seven plus years since she last interviewed. And she did well! Surprise! And now she’s starting to think, maybe I am going to have to change jobs because I’ve gotten this offer, but I’m not sure . . . or I’m getting this offer and I’m not sure if it’s right for me. So, don’t just simply take a job because it’s offered to you.

You have to construct the compensation, the benefits because you have other responsibilities, of course. You have to look at whether it meets your needs, which you have other responsibilities. And if they’re expecting 60, 70 hours a week from you, that’s not going to be reasonable, right? And thus, it’s appropriate to turn down.

Now, I want to remind you, what’s most important here is that you’re doing well on the interviews. You’ve got something that this firm wants to buy. And as such, you have some leverage here.

I’d wait until you get the offer because I want you to be able to practice more because obviously, because you were tempted by this situation, there may be other things that come to you. So, this becomes a practice scenario for you, where you can practice saying some of the things you need to in order to ensure that you do well on the interview after this one, too, and that this is not an accident. Again, you need to know what’s most important to you in the next job organization and what you need to see or hear to believe it’s a good choice.

And then once you have the offer, be able to have a frank conversation with them in order to ensure that they can deliver. So, I hope you found this helpful. I’m Jeff Altman.

If you’re interested in my coaching, you reach out to me through LinkedIn at linkedin.com forward slash IN forward slash TheBigGameHunter. Mention that you saw the video. I like knowing that I’m helping some folks.

Once we’re connected, message that you’re interested in coaching. We’ll set up time for a free discovery call. Have a question for me.

You can reach out to me through either PrestoExperts.com, which is a phone call, or through an app called Magnify. Now, if you want to call me, I’ll simply say the best way to do it is to message me through the LinkedIn connection. And we schedule a time for the conversation so that this way, you’re not interrupting me with a call while I’m coaching someone else, right? You wouldn’t want that happening to you.

And with Magnify, there’s a scheduling feature in the app so we can work in that way. And lastly, visit my website, TheBigGameHunter.us. I’ve got thousands of posts that you can watch, listen to or read that will help you find work more quickly. And it will answer a lot of questions.

So, I hope you have a great day and take care

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ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one hundred years. He is hired to provide No BS Career Advice globally. That can involve job search, hiring staff, management, leadership, career transition and advice about resolving workplace issues. Schedule a discovery call at my website, www.TheBigGameHunter.us

He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with over 3100 episodes.

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