Evaluating Job Offers

First of all, if you have received a job offer – congratulations!  Second, if you are interviewing but have not yet received an offer, persistence and a strategic job search should eventually result in a positive outcome. Receiving a job offer can be extremely exciting and gratifying, the culmination of all of your hard work in applying and interviewing for jobs.  Before you say “Yes!”, however, it always makes sense to be certain you have given careful consideration to the offer.

JobWeb is a website that offers career and job-search advice for new college graduates, including an excellent collection of articles about how to evaluate job offers.  The articles below are particularly useful because they provide specific questions you can be asking as well as rating sheets to assist you in systematically evaluating or comparing offers.

What is important to you in a job?
Choosing among job offers, by Marcia B. Harris and Sharon L. Jones
Questions to ask to evaluate job offers

Additional articles can be found on JobWeb.  Students and alumni may also schedule an appointment in the career development center to discuss individual circumstances and questions related to a job offer.