理清優先級前,先別急着找工作

There's nothing more exciting than receiving a job offer. But that excitement is often mixed with anxiety and apprehension. What if you make the wrong decision? To ease your nerves and make the decision process less emotional, use an objective assessment to evaluate what's important to you in a job. That will ensure you make the best decision for your career and happiness.

沒有什麼比收到錄用通知更令人興奮的事了，但伴隨着這種興奮之情的往往是焦慮、憂思。如果做錯決定了怎麼辦？爲了減輕緊張情緒、使決策過程不那麼情緒化，請客觀評估工作中的輕重緩急，這或能幫助您做出有關職業和幸福的最佳決策。

Before you even start applying for new jobs, list what you are looking for. It's OK if money is on the top of your list, but don't stop there. Here are more categories and criteria you'll want to consider:

申請一份新工作前，列出自己的預期。如果你覺得工資最重要，那完全沒問題，但不要只着眼於工資，您還可以考慮以下的類別和標準。

The Company

公司情況

Number of employees; financial status; leadership style; policies, processes and procedures that establish how it functions; how it holds true to its mission and vision.

職工人數、財務狀況、領導風格、公司運營的政策、流程和程序；公司如何讓使命和願景成爲現實。

The Job

職位情況

Job duties and how much you would enjoy them; how you would spend your day; how many meetings or events you would be expected to attend; the reporting relationships of the job; how your boss would measure success.

工作職責以及你是否喜歡做這些工作；每天如何度過；你需要參加多少次會議或活動；工作的對接關係；你的老闆如何衡量成功。

Career Potential

職業潛力

If you haven't given much thought about your future, imagine where you want to be three to five years from now and how your next job can help you get there. Is there an opportunity for advancement and does the company offer tuition reimbursement?

如果你沒有好好想過你的未來，那就想象一下，希望自己3至5年後處於什麼樣的狀態，你覺得新工作會在此間起到何種作用。有沒有升職的機會？公司是否可報銷學業進修費？

Research examples of employees who have been successful attaining promotions and support for additional education. While company leaders may say they promote from within, there may not be enough roles for you to move up and into.

調研成功升職或得到學業進修補助的職員的案例。雖然公司領導可能會說他們會從內部層層提拔，但你要知道：可能並沒有那麼多的升職機會等着你。

Working Hours and Flexibility

工作時長和靈活性

What are the real hours your potential colleagues work versus the published start and end times? Would you be required to be on call or work overtime? Does the company allow employees to work remotely or offer flexibility in the work schedule?

你的潛在同事真正的工作時長是什麼？公司規定的上班時間和下班時間又是什麼？你是否要做到隨叫隨到，是否需要加班？公司是否允許員工遠程工作，其工作時間是否靈活？

Total Compensation

總體的補償情況

Evaluate the benefits, such as: quality and cost of health insurance, number of days for vacation and sick leave, availability of retirement plans, life and disability insurance.

評估福利，比如：健康保險的質量和成本、休假和病假的天數、退休計劃的有效性，以及人壽保險和傷殘保險。

Don't forget to think about commuting time, whether you'd have to relocate, the costs of parking and child care and other perks and expenses.

還得考慮通勤時間、是否需要搬公寓、停車費、兒童保育費，以及其它津貼和費用。