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Recruiter Tips & Tricks: Deciding between offers
November 10, 2011
Introduction: Lead Engineering Recruiter
Jeff Moore
is back at it again in this week's
Recruiter Tips & Tricks
post. Today he talks about what you should consider when deciding between multiple offers. For more information on internship, full-time and other opportunities at Google, add the
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You’ve been out there dominating the interview circuit, companies love you and you’ve got your pick of multiple offers. Awesome, nice job. The question now, really, is which one of these offers do you take?
There are so many factors involved in this decision, some of which you might not have thought about. In no particular order, here’s what you need to consider.
The team
- The single most important thing in your first job or any job is the team. You will be working with these people at least 40 hours a week so you have to like them. Also, you want to work with great, smart and talented people. If the team doesn’t wow you, don’t take the job. If you think it’s a superstar team, you’re likely to really be happy with the decision.
The opportunity
- Jobs are about opportunities. Opportunities to grow, learn, manage, lead and a host of other things. When considering multiple offers you have to weigh your options and consider which one will present you with the best opportunities. Now, what the “best” opportunities are will depend on your priorities and what you hope to make of your career so now is the time to make sure you have that figured out!
The location
- Do you like to be near your family? Friends? Near the ocean? Location is absolutely critical in deciding what role to take. What you do when you are NOT at work is important. You should be happy in the office and then even happier when you are not at work. You want to make sure that whatever offer you accept is in a place where you can be happy and have a really healthy work/life balance.
The money
- Ok, so I lied about doing these in no particular order. The money is important, but not nearly as important as the things I’ve mentioned above. Think about it. Would you rather make $75K and be happy or make $80K and be miserable? In my opinion, you can’t put a price on your happiness. Now, that being said, you do have to consider the total compensation as all offers are not created equally. Some offers will have a bonus included, equity, stock purchase programs, free food, great benefits, etc. All of these represent compensation and need to be part of your decision making process; however, don’t be lulled into thinking that compensation is the end all, be all of your decision—it’s not.
That’s it this week; hopefully you are not struggling too much with these decisions. By now, you should have figured out what you are looking for in a job and be able to evaluate every offer against the factors you’ve deemed important. If you’ve got questions or concerns about any of your offers make sure to ask your recruiter or the hiring manager for some help. The more informed you are about each offer, the better decision you’ll make. Good luck and if I can help, post a comment and I’ll try to offer advice.
Posted by Jeff Moore, Lead Engineering Recruiter
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