Decision To Accept

Decision to Accept a New Opportunity

To minimize your risk the new opportunity must, or at least should meet as many of the 5 criteria below as is possible. It is also imperative that you define prior to any interview situation an acceptable quotient for your job search.

a. Must present a real opportunity, for personal and professional growth, increased income, career expanding experiences, industry exposure, or new skills.

b. Must have "good chemistry" with the other people in the firm, especially, managers, executives, and client base. All the talk on this website about risk, accomplishments, and competencies are merely a mechanism to get you in front of a Hiring Authority. Chemistry is what gets you in a position of making a decision.

c. This next statement has two meanings. One is the the company's product, the other is you as the product. Product... Must have a product that works, that you can respect and that is or could be needed in the market place. Not the promise of a product, but an actual product in the "can".

d. Must have ability to promise a good income base, "at plan", options, etc.

e. Must fit in with the management style of the firm, micro, macro, laissez faire and other.