Counting Benefits in Your Job Search

While salary, professional growth opportunities, the workplace atmosphere, and your colleagues are all essential factors in making a job decision, the benefits an employer offers are also worth considering.

As part of your job search, make a list of the benefits that are important to you:

• Ask which benefits are part of the package you’re being offered.
• Find out when you would be eligible for each of them and if the timing is negotiable.
• Inquire about benefits that haven’t been mentioned but you’d like to have, if possible.

While no single benefit is likely to be the deciding factor in choosing one job over another, a combination of benefits that matter to you may help you decide between one offer and another, or between whether it pays to stay in the job you have or move on.

 

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