You finally got the job offer
You were waiting for. But before you accept the offer,
there's three things you absolutely must do.
If you want to know what those things are, keep watching.
Welcome back to my channel where I help you slay your career
and cultivate the successful life you deserve. In today's video,
I'm going to tell you exactly what you need to look at
when you're evaluating a job offer. Now, if you're ready,
click that like button, and let's get right into it.
The first thing that you need to do is actually really fundamental.
And that is determining if this is the job that you really want.
In order to be able to answer this question fully.
There's a few things that you need to know. First of all,
you need to know what your vision and your values are.
And if you haven't already done some of that work,
I'm going to link some videos down below that are going to be really helpful.
Resources that aren't just going to serve you
as you consider this specific opportunity,
but are really going to help you cultivate career success.
The thing you should be taking into consideration right now ,
is this your ideal workplace? Are there values aligned?
Is the environment somewhere that is really designed
for you to succeed based on what you actually need in order to succeed?
Here's the thing. There are things like remote working and free food
and all sorts of razzle dazzle things that really woo us into taking a job,
but if you don't work while working remotely,
that's going to be a terrible thing for you. It's not going to be a benefit.
It's going to be one of the biggest disadvantages that you face.
Knowing what the work environment is,
and how they're going to support you is going to be one
of the instrumental things that you actually consider
to make sure that this is the right job for you.
So much of our energy and focus when we're looking for a new opportunity
is really on getting the offer. It's time to stop right now,
and be really deliberate to make sure that
this in fact is the right job on the right offer for you.
If this is the perfect opportunity,
and it's one that you definitely want to proceed with,
you're going to move into the next step. And that is getting into the details.
When I say that you're going to get into the details.
That means that you're really getting into the dollars and cents here.
There is the obvious thing that includes your salary.
Any bonus or commission structures that you have.
Does the offer include stock options or RSUs? Is there a signing bonus>
A relocation bonus? Is there wellness reimbursements?
How much of your health care is going to be reimbursed by your company?
Is there a 401k?
Is their 401k matching? These are all of the things that you need to look at
in the offer because this is the meat bones
of the actual offer and the value that you're going to get from it. Look,
I know a lot of people have resistance
in terms of appraising an opportunity just based on compensation,
but if you want to hear my philosophy, my philosophy is money is currency.
And currency is energy.
Te more energy that you are able to bring into this role,
the more that you're going to be able to knock it out of the park.
And the more awesomeness they're going to get from you,
which is only going to help their company grow, thrive and succeed.
As you evaluate, there's hopefully going to be a whole bunch of awesomeness
that you're really excited that they've come forward with such a great
opportunity. And this is likely going to be the case if you did a
really good job in terms of positioning and
selling yourself during the hiring process.
However, in many cases,
there are going to be things that you want to make adjustments for. In fact,
many companies are making an offer on the assumption
that you are going to negotiate.
And so when there are the things that are less awesome,
you need to take note of them - because you need to change them.
And this is where you're going to make your list
of what you want to actually negotiate on this job offer. I know, I know.
Unless you're a lawyer, you don't think that your job is negotiation.
This is probably part of the process that makes
you really uncomfortable and you feel least equipped to do.
What you don't want to be is that person
who cringes and recoils from negotiating.
And you end up taking an offer that really, you know,
it could have been much better than it actually is.
Because you didn't want to have the conversation.
The other thing that you want to do at this phase is
you want to vet what the actual offer is against your market standards.
Before you jump into the negotiation,
you're going to want to dig into those things
that you want to make some adjustments on. For example,
if you would like the salary to be a little bit higher,
you want to do a little bit of extra due diligence
to make sure that the salary that you're about to ask for isn't anything crazy.
If you've already done that groundwork,
and you know what your number is because you watched my last video,
then you're absolutely set to actually begin the conversation.
Because I know this video is going to be way too long
If I get into the whole salary negotiation thing,
that is actually going to be an upcoming video,
but there's one thing that we haven't deep dived into yet,
which is actually the equity.
Now, if you're in a public can traded company,
this is pretty simple and straightforward. However,
if you're someone who is looking at working for a private company,
and especially if you are someone who is looking at working for a startup,
understanding your equity is really important for you
to be able to fully understand and be able to make
an informed decision about accepting, declining or negotiating that offer.
And that is exactly why my next video is going to be on startup equity.
If you're interested in that video, if you know you need it in your life,
make sure that you click the subscribe button
plus the notification bell so you know as soon as it comes out.
And also if you are preparing for a negotiation,
and you really want to start taking it into it and to build up your job,
offer negotiation skills,
you'll definitely want to check out my free masterclass.
I'm linking to a down below.
I think that it's really going to serve you,
and you're going to find a ton of value as you're heading
into this conversation, because the most important thing
that you can have when you have this conversation.
is to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing.
How you're presenting and what you're asking for.
I really hope to see you there. Now, I would love to know,
Are you currently negotiating a job offer? If you are,
what are you actually trying to make adjustments on? As always,
if you enjoyed this video, please click the like button.
It lets me know to make more content like this, and quite honestly,
it just really helps my channel.
Thank you so much for being unapologetically ambitious,
for taking this time to invest in yourself,
and your professional development and for watching this video.
That's it for this one. Bye for now.