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Job Search Step 6 — Job Offer

Congratulations — you have a job offer. Now what?

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Congratulations on getting a job offer

Your offer will most often come from a telephone call, so use the opportunity to find out as much information as possible.

Now, be realistic:

• Go to your Job Wheel and complete it for this job. How does the job compare to your seven segments? Which ones fall short? If there are segments that do fall short, are you making the right decision by accepting the job?
• Next, look at your Identity Wheel and place this job in your wider context. Ask the same questions. What will you be compromising on, and is that acceptable?
• Make notes to understand what the job offer means for you and your family and what you would need for it to work for you.

Once you understand that, you can go back and negotiate or accept.

Call your recruiter for feedback if you haven’t had any contact by a week after the interview.

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