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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer
Shift your mindset about the job offer
Think about the offer in terms of your development, quality of life, and the variety of the work you want to do. Think about the trade-offs you are going to make.
When an employer extends a job offer to you, he has psychologically committed to you. You have more leverage to shape your job description and improve your salary and benefits package immediately after you are made an offer than in your first two years of employment.
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Your Final Decision
While making your final decision, keep in mind that:
- You are clear about your deadline for signing the job offer.
- Assert your deadline continually.
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Companies Love Negotiating
Companies like you to submit early in the negotiation and be done with it, so it's best not to fall in their traps and pressure tactics.
Respectfully moving forward, showing transparency and maturity signals to the company that you are not just playing games, and are moving towards a final decision. Being honest, open and communicative is the key.
Negotiating is all about relationship, with communication being the bedrock.
Not Just About Money
- There are various dimensions in a job to be motivated by, not just what you get paid. Your training period, kind of work, kind of team, and the other things you value, like work-life balance, for instance.
- You also need to understand what the company values. Salary is a recurring cost, that increases over time while being a subject of gossip due to inequality. A joining bonus is a one-time expense and isn't public.
- There are other perks to negotiate for, like relocation bonus, which can be easier to arrange.
Take It Or Leave It
The soft ultimatum tactic of the words ‘take it or leave it’ creates a false closure, benefiting the negotiators.
They apply this method to falsely limit your opti...
The Choice Mindset
Rather than getting influenced by the limited set of options provided to you by the other party (which tricks you into a vortex of limited options), it is better to adopt a choice mindset. One has to let go of the internal limitation of having no choice (which is an illusion, of course). There is always a choice, there is always an option.
Taken to an extreme, this illusion is what triggers suicides, as our limiting mind feels that there is no choice except ending one’s own life, which is entirely false.
Ignore The Ultimatum
Thinking about choices makes us ignore the false ultimatums provided by the other party. Have the inner confidence to believe that there is still room for negotiation to get what you want, instead of being lulled into thinking that you have to compromise.
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Take on more responsibility
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Proactively communicate wins
Consistently exceed expectations in terms of your current role and job responsibilities. Take on more than expected, and manage these projects as well as your more senior colleagues.
Share your accomplishments early and often.
Demonstrate your accomplishments
- Demonstrate that you have taken on additional responsibilities and provide specific details about your accomplishments.
- Share examples of projects you have completed and how they’ve positively impacted the business. Was there an increase in revenue? Did you save a customer?
- If you’ve received positive feedback from colleagues or other leaders regarding your work, be prepared to share that with your manager as well.
- Identify ways you’ve earned money for the company, for example through sales, upsells or creating efficiencies.