INTHEBLACK August 2022 - Magazine - Page 54
WORK SMART
// M U LT I P L E J O B O F F E R S
// H Y P E R C O L L A B O R AT I O N
As skills shortages bite, it’s likely that candidates
will be offered more than one job. What’s the best
way to choose between multiple job offers?
STORY NICOLA HEATH
SPOILT
FOR
CHOICE?
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any job seekers are well acquainted with the daunting
process of drafting exhaustive lists of pros and cons
when presented with more than one job offer.
In countries where the jobs market is recovering from the
lows of the pandemic, it is a great time to look for a job, but
the wide choice of jobs on offer means many job seekers
must now brush up on their decision-making skills and their
approach to weighing up multiple job offers.
Roxanne Calder, founder and managing director of
recruitment firm EST10, points out that unemployment in
Australia has been at its lowest since 1974, and that “there is
roughly only one unemployed person per job vacancy”. The
result is an ultra-competitive employment market in which
candidates actively looking for a new position are “likely to
be facing a minimum of two different offers”, says Calder.
Often, “these are opportunities for advancement and
promotion”.
Many job seekers now face a dilemma: how do you
choose between multiple attractive job offers?
START WITH A LIST
The first step is to list what’s critical to you, suggests
Calder. Work out whether it’s culture, management style,
opportunities for advancement or a hybrid work
arrangement that is most important to you.