Job Search Spoils and Employment Opportunities

You ran your recent job search successfully, looking for the latest employment opportunities. Each lead was followed until either you were rejected completely, or someone was offered the job. You spent 30-35 hours per week identifying companies and the contact people within each hiring company. Emails, hundreds of contact phone calls, networking and job board searches resulted in you receiving SEVERAL interesting job offers and opportunities for emplyment.

Now what did your succeed in receiving these various offers?

• More advancement opportunities for employment
  

• Better location with less commute

• More reasonable coworkers

• Salary increase

• Improved job responsibilities

• Interesting assignments

• Personal expenses budget

• Larger raises and earnings potential

• Increased vacation time

• Less expensive health insurance

• Reduced overtime requirements

• Improve commissions or territory for sales

• Relocation opportunities

Now certainly most job offers seldom combine all of the above. But many typically include at least several combinations for your careful consideration when choosing your next job.

When weighing each offer carefully, be sure to evaluate using a value/needs comparison. For example, a job may offer higher compensation and better opportunities for enhanced employment, but require relocation to an area of much higher cost of living, housing, etc. Family situations may dictate certain geographical preferences or restrictions. Difficult declining house valuations may factor into the property sale necessary to relocate also.

Sometimes simply leaving a situation where the company has been reducing staff considerably and passing a much higher workload onto those remaining acts as a strong motivation to move on. Surprise plant or office closings or company buy-outs cause large numbers of skilled people to saturate a local marketplace, limiting job availability. Possibly a longer commute to a nearby location may provide a viable answer. However this may also affect the naturally higher transportation cost.

The immediate resumption of an incoming salary will ease the financial burden brought on as a result of leaving and/or unemployment. New bosses, priorities, work load and company culture may in fact also relieve the build up of stress and fears surrounding your previous employment situation.

Vacation time off may have been earned if you stayed long enough with your past employer. Seldom are you able to start at similar number of weeks off. However, it should be noted, many government jobs provide 30 days vacation time initially and every year of employment. Certain foreign-based corporations provide extended vacation due to their practices within their native country or company policy.

Congratulations on your success in changing companies and enjoy the next stage of your life. Remember change is inevitable. Now do something with it.