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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The job market, though volatile as ever, still offers many candidates the freedom to choose.
Choosing one job over another can be a big challenge.
Despite all the uncertainty surrounding interviewing, fact-finding, and job offer negotiations, candidates often find themselves having to choose between one job or another.
If you are fortunate to have a choice in the matter, choose wisely.
Remember the dog that looked in the lake and tried to grab both bones? It works that way with job offers too!
A fortunate job seeker looks in the mirror one day and thinks not just one company but two want me. How cool am I? Good for you. It’s nice to feel loved.
While you’re feeling proud, remember to give yourself a reality check, if one of those two companies is your current employer.
Bring your ego back down to earth if the day you give your notice is the day you finally feel appreciated.
If that’s the day your boss starts ‘laying it on thick’ about your worth and begging you to stay, take the compliment, but forget any future job opportunity with them.
People will say almost anything to keep employees from walking out the front door at an inopportune time.
With mergers, acquisitions, and every conceivable corporate uncertainty facing leaders today, rarely can they live up to the promises made to you under duress of your unplanned departure.
Think about the last time you left a relationship. The promises made in response to fear of loss are not the kind you should plan your future around.
Whether it’s about careers or love, when people value you most when you’re heading out the door, it’s probably a good idea to keep on going.
Once you’ve made a clear, well-thought-out decision, rethinking it is likely to cloud the issues and ultimately create havoc in your life.
Often, making good decisions simply means sticking to the ones you’ve already made without looking to the past rather toward the future.
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