Evaluating Job Offers & Negotiating Salary |
Page 4 of 4 Considering Fringe Benefits Don't focus solely on salary, because most employers offer a range of other benefits, sometimes worth as much as 30-40 percent in addition to your actual salary. Listed below are major categories of benefits and illustrative "generous" benefits in each category. It is unlikely that any employer will offer all these benefits at these high levels, but they provide a measure of what might be offered in specific areas by organizations with especially attractive benefit plans. When you evaluate a job offer, there is much to consider. Only you can be the one to decide whether a larger salary will balance more promising advancement opportunities, or whether better health insurance will make a longer commute worthwhile.
[Sources: Wendy Adams, Suzanne Andrews, Jeff Brown, Marlene Bryan, Perri Capell, Career Opportunity News, Max Carey, Jack Chapman, Don Doerr, Dave Edmonds, Phil Hey, Ed Holton, Keith Johnson, Kennedy Career Strategist June 1994, NACE Job Choices 1997, Occupational Outlook Quarterly Winter/1990-90, RPI Career Development Center, Russell Sage College Career Development Center, Karen Servance.] |
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