Advice & Tips
At JobJar we pride ourselves on guiding our candidates through the recruitment process. From perfecting your CV and interview techniques, right through to being offered the ideal job. The following are handy tips which you may find useful as you embark upon this journey to finding your ideal role - and your JobJar consultant will always be there to provide additional advice and assistance for every step of the way.
- How to Write your CV
- CV Template
- Writing a Covering Letter
- Company Research
- How to Handle the Interview
- The Second Interview
- Counter Offers
- Is your Last Day Really your Last Day?
- Preparing for the First Day at Work
- Contracting – First Day Nerves
- Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Counter offers
It is worthwhile, as a job hunter or successful candidate, to be aware of subsequent counter-offers from a present employer. These can be anything from a simple pay-rise to a promotion or additional responsibility within the Company – designed, of course, to convince you to stay.
While this may flatter you, tempt you – especially if you have worked for the Company for a considerable length of time – and most likely evoke a sense of loyalty or obligation, it is a good idea to put yourself in the Company’s shoes. It is a sad truth that they may have ulterior motives in asking you to stay, rather than simply making you believe you are invaluable.
For example:
Your superior may be simply watching his or her own back – resignations can sometimes reflect badly on the Management
It may be inconvenient for the Company to recruit a replacement at this time
It may be damaging to existing projects to change staff as it is often time consuming to train a replacement
Recruiting can be costly
All of the above suggest that the Company’s asking you to stay is far more beneficial to them than simply mourning the loss of a favoured member of staff. It is therefore important to stay objective and not fall prey to flattery.
Bear in mind …
- The reason you decided to leave the Company in the first place, and whether or not you can seriously see this reason being addressed if you were to stay. *
- The impact your initial resignation may have had on your work colleagues, and indeed your superiors.
- Your loyalty may be hereafter always in question and fellow colleagues may make life harder for you than necessary.
- It is likely that they will have begun seeking a replacement as soon as they heard of your resignation.
- It is extremely easy to be persuaded by having guilt trips laid - try and imagine whether the Company might show the same sort of loyalty to you.
Our advice to you is that counter-offers should rarely be accepted. After all, you have a new job to look forward to and, ultimately, had a motive to look for that job. When faced with a difficult decision of this kind, re-assess what is of paramount importance to you, and your future, and follow that judgement. It’s your career after all!
