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Red flags to look out for before you accept a job offer — according to a career coach

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Red flags to look out for before you accept a job offer — according to a career coach

Deal or no deal?

A career coach is sticking her neck out for job applicants, breaking down everything they should look for when considering saying yes to a job offer.

Taking to social media, agency recruiter Darci Smith shared all the ways that hiring teams can “suck” by omitting key steps in the important process — obscuring, or even accidentally highlighting the realities of a bad workplace from eager candidates.

This is the video where career coach Darci Smith broke down the ways applicants need to negotiate their job offers properly. TikTok/@careercoachdarci

“I am going to look through and make sure that offer is good before I let the candidate accept it,” she promised viewers in a TikTok post promoting her services.

The coach said applicants should be looking for “clear-cut” language surrounding salary — and that they should be discussing things like bonuses with recruiters before considering accepting.

Nondescript language is “not good enough,” she preaches.

‘You need to know what the actual metrics are,” she said.

“If your bonus is based on performance you need to know how you need to perform in order to get that money.”

Nondescript language in job offers is a warning sign according to a recruiting expert. She instead urges applicants to get strictly detailed descriptions of bonus requirements and other important benefits. ijeab – stock.adobe.com

Next, it’s outright critical to take a look at a company’s benefits package.

“Just because they have a benefits plan doesn’t mean it’s good,’ she confessed, stressing that it is important to look into their 401K retirement plan in addition to insurance.

“This is key. I started a new job and I didn’t think to ask about timing for when my 401k will begin. I learned it doesn’t begin until 5 YEARS into my employment,” one commented.

There are many things to be mindful of when negotiating a job offer. Companies that do not clearly show benefits, bonus requirements, and other critical information that is relevant to an applicant. pitipat – stock.adobe.com

Smith added that it’s just as important to be mindful if a recruiter doesn’t discuss any of this with you.

“Your recruiter should always talk through the offer with you! If they don’t, they suck,” she captioned her video.

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