EVALUATING A JOB OFFER!

The offer is what all this work is about, but don't leap to accept until you have evaluated the pros and cons. The best policy is not to accept an offer right away even if you are fairly certain you want the job. Give yourself a couple of days (or hours at least) to think it through carefully.

Remember also that until you officially accept, you are in an excellent position to bargain for salary, staff benefits, facilities and memberships. Once you take the job, you may lose this power. Once an offer is made, it will not be made to someone else unless you say "no", given of course that you respond in an agreed amount of time. In some cases, you may be able to take as long as two weeks if the organisation is not in a rush to fill the job. A few days to a week are more usual.