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So, ya know how I told you about my new job at the college? Well, while gloating in my victory of finally landing a real job, my part-time job at the women’s clinic I was working at counter offered. That’s right: I went 6 months being unemployed (well technically I worked 10 hours a week at my part-time job) to BOOM having 2 job offers at once. I’ve never been in this situation. I’ve been going over and over it my head, and I still don’t really know which to choose. There are a lot of factors that go into each position; money, location, benefits etc. So, since I just love love love Excel (and that is not sarcasm, I really love Excel) I tried to make a list to visualize my options and I hope you all can help me make the right choice.
So what do you think? What would you do? Start shopping for an apartment and a car, or live with the folks? Money, or something I love? Do I negotiate salaries? Do I quit the school now, or stick to my word and work through October? AAACCKK! HELP!
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09.07.09
Hi Carrie,
I just found myself in a very similar situation 3 months ago: Secured a great new job offer, quit my job, and then they suddently decided they'd bend over backwards to keep me.
Here are the three categories I generally use for this sort of decision:
First, money. Even after 5 years of working, I'm still trying to establish myself financially and I have a lot of loans left to pay off. If someone can offer me an extra 20k, I am more or less obligated to accept.
Second, which job will help me most when finding my NEXT next job? This is something I think is very important that it doesn't look like you've been considering (or at least isn't on you chart). Once I'm making enough money, I expect this to become my primary criterion in evaluating a new job. Does this help you get where you want to be? Does it logically lead toward your ultimate goals?
Third, location. Sometimes this doesn't matter much at all (most job offers in the bay area wouldn't even require me to get a new apartment). In my case 3 months ago, this turned out to be the primary factor. The money was about the same at both places, and both jobs would look about the same on my resume, but the new job was all the way across the country, in a place that I didn't really enjoy when I visited. In fact my friend who lived there warned me that I definitely wouldn't like it and he was thinking of moving away.
So, in my case, I decided to accept the counteroffer which helped me out quite a bit with my salary and title. It also taught me that I'm more reticent to leave the bay area than I'd realized. My next job will probably be a local job that can really help me out with salary and/or my resume. Or it could be a job that isn't local, but helps out so much with my salary and resume that it outweighs the cost of moving. For example, I'd have a pretty hard time turning down a lead designer job in Austin.
This is a really stressful thing to deal with, but try to remember how exciting an gratifying it is to be in demand and have control over your own destiny. Let me know what you decide!
Good luck,
09.08.09
Hi Carrie!
I don't think anyone can make this decision for you. But if it helps, have you first prioritised your categories? I.e. - is location most important to you? Then living arrangements?
when i last did my pros & cons list, i organised my priority categories (job satisfaction, relationships, career development, family, lifestyle, hobbies), & knew my answer straight away.
Hope this helps? Good luck;)!
09.11.09
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