接受一份工作前應考慮的四件事

這份工作真的是你想做的？

You've gottenan Offer for a position you applied to. There must have been some reason youapplied for the position. Perhaps it was for a company you wanted to work for,or maybe you just wanted a job in the industry and it was what was available.

你已經收到了之前所應聘的公司發來的邀請函。當初應聘時，你肯定是基於一定的考慮的。也許那是一家你一直想要在裏面工作的公司，又也許你只是想在那個行業謀得一份工作，然後正好那裏又缺人。

An importantconsideration to make before you accept a job offer is whether the position isreally what you want to do. Why were you interested in this position? Do youneed a job as soon as possible and are willing to take anything? Are you takingthe job just because you have done a similar role before but want to move onfrom it?

在你決定去上班之前應該想好：那份工作你是真的想要的？爲什麼你會對那份工作有興趣？是因爲想要儘快找到一份工作呢？還是你願意去做那份工作？僅僅是因爲你之前做過類似的工作呢？還是因爲想要嘗試另一份新工作？

The reasons fortaking a job will depend on your desires and your circumstances, but these arepoints worth considering. It may be OK to take a job that isn’t something youreally want to do right now, if it allows you to get into a better position inthe future.

That bringsus to the next question…

接受一份工作是要基於你的喜好以及你所處的環境，這幾點都應該做到深思熟慮。如果你現在決定要做的工作不是你一直想要做的，但它能讓你在將來有很不錯的發展，可能那也是很好的。

那麼我們進入下個問題吧…

2. Will This Position GetYou to Where You Want to Go with Your Career?

2．目前這個職位能是否和你預期的職業規劃一樣呢?

Most of usknow what we want to do. If you don’t have a plan, I suggest [developing onefor your career]. It lets you know where you want to go and how to get there.

大部分人都知道我們想要的到底是什麼。如果你還沒有自己的職業規劃，我建議你做一個。它會告訴你，你想要的是什麼，要怎麼纔可以做到。

Aconsideration to have for this job offer is if it will allow you to get towhere you want to go with your career. Is it on the path of where you want togo? Does it allow you to improve and develop the skills for progressing yourcareer? If not, then why did you apply for this position?

接受這份邀請函時要考慮它是否能實現你的既定目標，考慮這份工作是否是在你通往你目標的同一方向？是否有助於提高你自己，以實現你的既定目標？如果答案都是否定的，那麼你當初是基於什麼原因投遞了簡歷呢？

Even thoughit may not be the ideal job you want, there are jobs we need to do along theway to improve our skills to the level they need to be at, and to gain theexperience we need.

雖然它可能不是你心中最理想的工作,但我們總也需要通過從事相關的工作來提高我們的技能，來積累我們所需的經驗。

3. Is This a Good Company to Work For?

3這是一個值得你爲其工作的好公司嗎?

There’s moreto the job than the position and the money you’re getting paid. We shouldconsider the company that’s offering you the position as well. Are they a goodcompany to work for? Do they share your values and priorities? If not, doesthis matter to you?

除了職位及工資外，它能帶給你更多的東西。同時我們也應該要考慮到公司是否能提供給相應的晉升空間。這是一個值得你爲其工作的好公司嗎？他們會重視的你的價值嗎？會優先考慮你嗎？如果不是,這些對你來說是不是很重要呢？

We can’t all workfor the same company, and each company is different. Try to picture yourselfworking for this company and imagine if you’d be happy there. Work out what youwant in an employer, and how important it is, and see if this is satisfactorybefore you accept a job offer.

儘管公司與公司之間都有區別，但我們也不能總爲了相同的公司工作。在你接受這份工作前，盡力想想自己在這家公司工作的情景，想想看自己在裏面工作是否會快樂。想出你想要爲哪種老闆工作，那份工作的重要性，以及你是否會滿意這份工作。

Thereputation of a company and other factors may or may not be important to you,but it’s probably something to consider anyway.

不管你是否會看重一個公司的聲譽和其他的一些因素,但無論如何都要考慮到一些可能發生的事情。

4. If You AcceptThis Job Offer, Will It Challenge You?

4．如果接受了這份工作,對你來說會是一種挑戰嗎?

One of themost satisfying parts of the job for many people is that the job challengesthem. It allows them to think and focus on problems and solutions forcompanies. It’s more than just a desk job.

對很多的人來說，一份工作最令人滿意的地方就是充滿挑戰性。提供機會給員工爲公司思考，解決問題，而不僅僅是處理辦公室內的工作。

Are yousomeone that needs to be challenged at work? The amount of challenge that aposition brings varies between all of us. Some of us like a little bit of achallenge, some of us like to be “thrown in the deep end” and many are in themiddle.

你是那種喜歡充滿了挑戰性的工作的人？即使是同一職位，對不同的人，挑戰也會因人而異。一些人喜歡幾乎沒有挑戰性的，而另一些人喜歡挑戰性大一些的像是“被扔到萬丈深淵裏“的那種工作, ,大部分還是介於這兩者之間。

You should work outhow much of a challenge you need at work, and assess if the new position meetsthat criteria, before you accept a job offer. This will help your satisfactionin both the short and long term.

在工作之前，你應該要知道在工作時你的挑戰極限在哪裏，評估這份工作是否達到了你的標準,無論是在長期還是短期內，都將有助於提高你對工作的滿意度。

Again, yourcircumstances may mean this is more or less important to you. For example, ifyou really just need a job, or if it’s only a two month contract, then thechallenge of the job may not be as important. However, it’s still something weshould consider.

再者,你目前的環境也或多或少的起到一定的作用。例如,如果真的是迫切的需要一份工作,或者這只是一份只有兩個月的工作,那麼這種工作是否具有挑戰性就不那麼重要了。然而,它仍然是我們應該考慮的。

All of that said,getting a job offer is still a great thing and you must have done a few thingsright to get there. Congratulations!

得到一家公司的邀請函總也是很不錯的,肯定在某些方面你還是做得很不錯的。總之，恭喜你!