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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business Review

When an employer extends a job offer to you, he has, in essence, “fallen in love with you,” says John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code. ” After all, money is only one component of career satisfaction. “If due diligence tells you that you should not take the job, listen.”

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How to Tell If a Company’s Culture Is Right for You

Harvard Business Review

During the interview process, you had a singular goal: to get an offer. John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business Review

.” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.” “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says.

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How to Work for a Gossipy Boss

Harvard Business Review

’” Your goal, says Rothbard, is to “change the subject.” ” Finally, bring the conversation “back to your boss’s noble goals.” Case Study #1: Steer the conversation toward neutral ground and cut your boss a break. “Say, ‘I see that time is getting away from us.

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How to Know If Joining a Startup Is Right for You

Harvard Business Review

You’re thinking about making a career change (or perhaps getting your first real job out of grad school), and you’re looking at different types of organizations. Focus on the specific opportunity, and do the necessary research, due diligence, and soul-searching to figure out whether that particular job is right for you.

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How to Ask for the Job Title You Deserve

Harvard Business Review

Case Study #1: Do your due diligence and align the title change with your boss’s priorities. Earlier in her career, Sally was hired as the managing editor for a national trade magazine targeted at paralegals. Get discouraged if you don’t get what you want right away. She speaks from experience.

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