If you are unemployed, or just hate your current job more than a root canal with anesthesia faulty job search is a stressful task. That applied to each job of your dreams you can find, and now you sit and wait. You want to feel productive and get on your job search, so you start applying for jobs that are qualified but have little or no interest in.
Then the impossible happens. You receive a call from a share of filler, and think: "What the heck, I'm going for an interview and check it out." Even trying, managed to charm the job the employer is. Oops. What is happening?
Weigh the options
HR professional speaker, facilitator and career coach Lisa Boesen offers five important factors to consider when deciding:
Do the positive outweigh the negative? Are there new things to learn by mail, situations difficult to control or development?
You are able to invest in both mind and heart in position for at least two years?
Some of your reasons for wanting to reject the offer potentially shallow or ego driven?
Balance the "What's in it for me" with "What's for them." What unique contribution can do for you?
Do you really took the time to analyze how the task fits according to key criteria such as the type of work, work, work / life balance, total compensation and organization?
Burning Bridges
Leigh Steere, co-founder and CEO of the best people, LLC, Boulder, Colorado also suggests you ask yourself if you are able to commit to position for at least two years.
"If the answer is no, the reduction in supply," he said. "An employer makes an investment to bring new recruits up to speed. If you leave after two months, lost investment, and you burn a bridge and, potentially, damage their reputation."
If you accept jobs that are not interested in going out and shortly after, remember that employers and recruiters in your area talk to each other warnings, Steere.
"If money is a matter of urgency, to take a short-term temporary situation or a 1099 contract for the project in order to meet your financial needs when searching for the right long-term fit," he says.