When you successfully get through the process of interview, you will be provided with a job offer by your European employer. When you are provided with the job offer carefully review it and pay more attention to the compensation package including work environment, pension plans, flexibility, hours of work, benefits, salary and job content. Read on the check list provided below and find out the cutting-edge strategies, which will enable you to negotiate a better deal:
1. Title: The first thing to be viewed in the job offer is the title or the position the company is offering you. If you find that they are offering a different title and not the one for which you applied, take a step backward and decide whether or not to accept the offer.
2. Reporting person: The next point to be checked is the job description of the person to whom you are going to report if you join the organization. If you are not satisfied at this level, it is better not to accept the offer.
3. Start date: In the job offer, they would have clearly stated the date at which you should join the organization. If you are not sure whether you will be able to join on that date, better enquire them whether you can join some days later or some days earlier.
4. Base Salary: Money should not be the only consideration, but it should also be considered. Check whether they have specified the salary that you expected. If they have specified lesser amount than what you expected, think twice whether you will be able to accept the salary without feeling insulted also think whether the salary will be sufficient for maintaining your current standard of living. Otherwise, you can try to negotiate salary with the employer.
5. Bonus: Also, make sure whether the company will offer any profit-sharing program or bonus to you. If not, you can ask the employer to know what should be done to become eligible for these programs.
6. Commissions: Some companies offer certain percentage of commission to the employees on their profits. Check whether your employer will be offering you any such commissions in the future.
7. Perks and benefits: Apart from your basic pay, commission and bonus, also review the perks and benefits offered by the employer. If you are not sure about the benefits, get your doubts clarified. Get details on life and health insurance coverage, sick and disability time leave, and such other benefits and also make sure the percentage of the cost of these benefits provided by the company and the percentage of your contribution (i.e.) percentage of employer’s contribution and percentage of the employee’s contribution.
8. Items like laptop, cell phone and personal digital assistant: Ensure whether the employer will provide you with the items like PDA, cell phone and laptop. If these are needed for the job and employer is not willing to provide these items, enquire whether the company will be offering any sort of financial assistance for purchasing these items.
So make use of the above-mentioned checklist and enjoy different benefits from your employer.
